Slugging Average : 1880 National League Top 25

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1880 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
George Gore .463 (.46273) Chicago White Stockings 1
Roger Connor .459 (.45882) Troy Trojans 2
Abner Dalrymple .458 (.45812) Chicago White Stockings 3
Harry Stovey .454 (.45352) Worcester Ruby Legs 4
Jim O'Rourke .441 (.44077) Boston Red Caps 5
Fred Dunlap .429 (.42895) Cleveland Blues 6
Charley Jones .429 (.42857) Boston Red Caps 7
John O'Rourke .425 (.42492) Boston Red Caps 8
Cap Anson .419 (.41854) Chicago White Stockings 9
King Kelly .401 (.40116) Chicago White Stockings 10
Paul Hines .396 (.39572) Providence Grays 11
Mickey Welch .390 (.39044) Troy Trojans 12
Blondie Purcell .378 (.37846) Cincinnati Reds 13
Tom Burns .378 (.37838) Chicago White Stockings 14
John Clapp .365 (.36533) Cincinnati Reds 15
Bill Phillips .365 (.36527) Cleveland Blues 16
Ed Cogswell .364 (.36364) Troy Trojans 17
Jack Farrell .363 (.36283) Providence Grays 18
Joe Hornung .363 (.36257) Buffalo Bisons 19
Curry Foley .361 (.36145) Boston Red Caps 20
Orator Shafer .361 (.36095) Cleveland Blues 21
Hardy Richardson .359 (.35860) Buffalo Bisons 22
Joe Start .354 (.35362) Providence Grays 23
Buttercup Dickerson .349 (.34921) Troy Trojans 24
Worcester Ruby Legs  
John Morrill .348 (.34795) Boston Red Caps 25



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).

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.
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