Slugging Average : 1893 National League Top 25

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"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1893 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ed Delahanty .583 (.58319) Philadelphia Phillies 1
George Davis .554 (.55373) New York Giants 2
Sam Thompson .530 (.53000) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Elmer Smith .525 (.52510) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Billy Hamilton .524 (.52394) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Buck Ewing .496 (.49600) Cleveland Spiders 6
Jesse Burkett .491 (.49119) Cleveland Spiders 7
Jack Clements .489 (.48936) Philadelphia Phillies 8
Joe Kelley .476 (.47610) Baltimore Orioles 9
Mike Tiernan .476 (.47554) New York Giants 10
Ed McKean .473 (.47339) Cleveland Spiders 11
Tommy McCarthy .465 (.46537) Boston Beaneaters 12
Hugh Duffy .461 (.46071) Boston Beaneaters 13
Jake Beckley .459 (.45941) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Sam Wise .457 (.45681) Washington Senators 15
Bill Dahlen .452 (.45155) Chicago Colts 16
Roger Connor .450 (.45010) New York Giants 17
Tom Daly .445 (.44468) Brooklyn Bridegrooms 18
Perry Werden .442 (.44200) St. Louis Browns 19
Patsy Tebeau .440 (.44033) Cleveland Spiders 20
Wilbert Robinson .435 (.43454) Baltimore Orioles 21
Bobby Lowe .433 (.43346) Boston Beaneaters 22
Billy Nash .433 (.43299) Boston Beaneaters 23
Walt Wilmot .431 (.43112) Chicago Colts 24
Mike Griffin .431 (.43094) Brooklyn Bridegrooms 25



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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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