Slugging Average : 2004 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

2004 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Manny Ramirez .613 (.61268) Boston Red Sox 1
David Ortiz .603 (.60309) Boston Red Sox 2
Vladimir Guerrero .598 (.59804) Anaheim Angels 3
Travis Hafner .583 (.58299) Cleveland Indians 4
Melvin Mora .562 (.56182) Baltimore Orioles 5
Mark Teixeira .560 (.55963) Texas Rangers 6
Aaron Rowand .544 (.54415) Chicago White Sox 7
Carlos Guillen .542 (.54215) Detroit Tigers 8
Carlos Delgado .535 (.53493) Toronto Blue Jays 9
Paul Konerko .535 (.53464) Chicago White Sox 10
Miguel Tejada .534 (.53446) Baltimore Orioles 11
Gary Sheffield .534 (.53403) New York Yankees 12
Carlos Lee .525 (.52453) Chicago White Sox 13
Erubiel Durazo .523 (.52250) Oakland Athletics 14
Hideki Matsui .522 (.52226) New York Yankees 15
Alex Rodriguez .512 (.51248) New York Yankees 16
Ivan Rodriguez .510 (.51044) Detroit Tigers 17
Juan Uribe .506 (.50598) Chicago White Sox 18
Javy Lopez .503 (.50259) Baltimore Orioles 19
Eric Chavez .501 (.50105) Oakland Athletics 20
Hank Blalock .500 (.50000) Texas Rangers 21
Jose Guillen .497 (.49735) Anaheim Angels 22
Aubrey Huff .493 (.49333) Tampa Bay Devil Rays 23
Victor Martinez .492 (.49231) Cleveland Indians 24
Casey Blake .486 (.48552) Cleveland Indians 25



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.

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).