2002 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Jim Thome	.677 (.67708)	Cleveland Indians	1
Manny Ramirez	.647 (.64679)	Boston Red Sox	2
Alex Rodriguez	.623 (.62340)	Texas Rangers	3
Jason Giambi	.598 (.59821)	New York Yankees	4
Magglio Ordonez	.597 (.59661)	Chicago White Sox	5
Rafael Palmeiro	.571 (.57143)	Texas Rangers	6
Mike Sweeney	.563 (.56263)	Kansas City Royals	7
Carlos Delgado	.549 (.54851)	Toronto Blue Jays	8
Alfonso Soriano	.547 (.54741)	New York Yankees	9
Ellis Burks	.541 (.54054)	Cleveland Indians	10
Garret Anderson	.539 (.53918)	Anaheim Angels	11
Raul Ibanez	.537 (.53722)	Kansas City Royals	12
Nomar Garciaparra	.528 (.52756)	Boston Red Sox	13
Torii Hunter	.524 (.52406)	Minnesota Twins	14
Eric Chavez	.513 (.51282)	Oakland Athletics	15
Jacque Jones	.511 (.51127)	Minnesota Twins	16
Miguel Tejada	.508 (.50755)	Oakland Athletics	17
Tim Salmon	.503 (.50311)	Anaheim Angels	18
Carlos Beltran	.501 (.50078)	Kansas City Royals	19
Paul Konerko	.498 (.49825)	Chicago White Sox	20
Bernie Williams	.493 (.49346)	New York Yankees	21
John Olerud	.490 (.49005)	Seattle Mariners	22
Carlos Lee	.484 (.48374)	Chicago White Sox	23
Jay Gibbons	.482 (.48163)	Baltimore Orioles	24
Eric Hinske	.481 (.48057)	Toronto Blue Jays	25
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank

	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. The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit? Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.