Top 25 Slugging Average in 2000 in the American League

Slugging Average : 2000 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

2000 Slugging Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

Manny Ramirez .697 (.69704) Cleveland Indians 1

Carlos Delgado .664 (.66432) Toronto Blue Jays 2

Jason Giambi .647 (.64706) Oakland Athletics 3

Frank Thomas .625 (.62543) Chicago White Sox 4

Alex Rodriguez .607 (.60650) Seattle Mariners 5

Troy Glaus .604 (.60391) Anaheim Angels 6

Nomar Garciaparra .599 (.59924) Boston Red Sox 7

Carl Everett .587 (.58669) Boston Red Sox 8

David Justice .584 (.58397) Cleveland Indians 9

New York Yankees

Edgar Martinez .579 (.57914) Seattle Mariners 10

Bernie Williams .566 (.56611) New York Yankees 11

Jermaine Dye .561 (.56073) Kansas City Royals 12

Brad Fullmer .558 (.55809) Toronto Blue Jays 13

Rafael Palmeiro .558 (.55752) Texas Rangers 14

Magglio Ordonez .546 (.54592) Chicago White Sox 15

Darin Erstad .541 (.54142) Anaheim Angels 16

Tim Salmon .540 (.54049) Anaheim Angels 17

Bobby Higginson .538 (.53769) Detroit Tigers 18

Jim Thome .531 (.53142) Cleveland Indians 19

Jorge Posada .527 (.52673) New York Yankees 20

Mike Sweeney .523 (.52265) Kansas City Royals 21

Tony Batista .519 (.51935) Toronto Blue Jays 22

Garret Anderson .519 (.51932) Anaheim Angels 23

Shannon Stewart .518 (.51801) Toronto Blue Jays 24

Travis Fryman .516 (.51568) Cleveland Indians 25

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox � including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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