2003 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Alex Rodriguez	.600 (.59967)	Texas Rangers	1
Carlos Delgado	.593 (.59298)	Toronto Blue Jays	2
David Ortiz	.592 (.59152)	Boston Red Sox	3
Manny Ramirez	.587 (.58699)	Boston Red Sox	4
Trot Nixon	.578 (.57823)	Boston Red Sox	5
Frank Thomas	.562 (.56227)	Chicago White Sox	6
Aubrey Huff	.555 (.55503)	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	7
Vernon Wells	.550 (.55015)	Toronto Blue Jays	8
Magglio Ordonez	.546 (.54620)	Chicago White Sox	9
Garret Anderson	.541 (.54075)	Anaheim Angels	10
Bill Mueller	.540 (.54008)	Boston Red Sox	11
Dmitri Young	.537 (.53737)	Detroit Tigers	12
Bret Boone	.535 (.53537)	Seattle Mariners	13
Jason Giambi	.527 (.52710)	New York Yankees	14
Alfonso Soriano	.525 (.52493)	New York Yankees	15
Nomar Garciaparra	.524 (.52432)	Boston Red Sox	16
Carlos Beltran	.522 (.52207)	Kansas City Royals	17
Hank Blalock	.522 (.52205)	Texas Rangers	18
Jorge Posada	.518 (.51767)	New York Yankees	19
Eric Chavez	.514 (.51361)	Oakland Athletics	20
Jason Varitek	.512 (.51220)	Boston Red Sox	21
Carl Everett	.510 (.50951)	Texas Rangers	22
		Chicago White Sox
Rafael Palmeiro	.508 (.50802)	Texas Rangers	23
Carlos Lee	.499 (.49920)	Chicago White Sox	24
Jody Gerut	.494 (.49375)	Cleveland Indians	25
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank

	The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.