Top 25 Slugging Average in 1894 in the National League

Slugging Average : 1894 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1894 Slugging Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

Hugh Duffy .694 (.69388) Boston Beaneaters 1

Sam Thompson .687 (.68650) Philadelphia Phillies 2

Bill Joyce .648 (.64789) Washington Senators 3

Joe Kelley .602 (.60158) Baltimore Orioles 4

Ed Delahanty .585 (.58487) Philadelphia Phillies 5

Jake Stenzel .580 (.58046) Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Bill Dahlen .566 (.56574) Chicago Colts 7

Dan Brouthers .560 (.56000) Baltimore Orioles 8

Roger Connor .552 (.55195) New York Giants 9

St. Louis Browns

Cap Anson .538 (.53824) Chicago Colts 10

Elmer Smith .538 (.53783) Pittsburgh Pirates 11

George Davis .537 (.53669) New York Giants 12

Billy Hamilton .528 (.52757) Philadelphia Phillies 13

Lave Cross .524 (.52363) Philadelphia Phillies 14

Bug Holliday .523 (.52250) Cincinnati Reds 15

Bobby Lowe .520 (.52039) Boston Beaneaters 16

Jake Beckley .518 (.51782) Pittsburgh Pirates 17

George Treadway .518 (.51775) Brooklyn Bridegrooms 18

Willie Keeler .517 (.51695) Baltimore Orioles 19

Jimmy Bannon .514 (.51417) Boston Beaneaters 20

Kip Selbach .511 (.51075) Washington Senators 21

Ed McKean .509 (.50903) Cleveland Spiders 22

Jesse Burkett .509 (.50860) Cleveland Spiders 23

Herman Long .505 (.50526) Boston Beaneaters 24

Heinie Reitz .504 (.50448) Baltimore Orioles 25

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

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.

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.

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