Slugging Average : 1876 National League Top 25

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1876 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ross Barnes .590 (.59006) Chicago White Stockings 1
George Hall .545 (.54478) Philadelphia Athletics 2
Lip Pike .472 (.47163) St. Louis Brown Stockings 3
Cap Anson .450 (.44984) Chicago White Stockings 4
Levi Meyerle .449 (.44922) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Paul Hines .439 (.43934) Chicago White Stockings 6
Charley Jones .420 (.42029) Cincinnati Red Stockings 7
Jim O'Rourke .420 (.41987) Boston Red Caps 8
Ezra Sutton .419 (.41949) Philadelphia Athletics 9
Deacon White .419 (.41914) Chicago White Stockings 10
John Peters .418 (.41772) Chicago White Stockings 11
Dick Higham .407 (.40705) Hartford Dark Blues 12
Cal McVey .406 (.40584) Chicago White Stockings 13
George Wright .397 (.39701) Boston Red Caps 14
Jimmy Hallinan .383 (.38333) New York Mutuals 15
Al Spalding .373 (.37329) Chicago White Stockings 16
Jim Devlin .369 (.36913) Louisville Grays 17
Tom York .369 (.36882) Hartford Dark Blues 18
Joe Battin .367 (.36749) St. Louis Brown Stockings 19
Wes Fisler .360 (.35971) Philadelphia Athletics 20
Chick Fulmer .356 (.35581) Louisville Grays 21
Jack Remsen .352 (.35185) Hartford Dark Blues 22
John Glenn .351 (.35145) Chicago White Stockings 23
Joe Gerhardt .336 (.33562) Louisville Grays 24
Tim Murnane .334 (.33442) Boston Red Caps 25



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).

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.

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