1896 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Ed Delahanty	.631 (.63126)	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Bill Dahlen	.553 (.55274)	Chicago Colts	2
Tom McCreery	.546 (.54649)	Louisville Colonels	3
Joe Kelley	.543 (.54335)	Baltimore Orioles	4
Jesse Burkett	.541 (.54096)	Cleveland Spiders	5
Bill Joyce	.518 (.51789)	Washington Senators	6
		New York Giants
Mike Tiernan	.516 (.51631)	New York Giants	7
Elmer Smith	.500 (.50000)	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Willie Keeler	.496 (.49632)	Baltimore Orioles	9
Hughie Jennings	.488 (.48752)	Baltimore Orioles	10
Jake Stenzel	.486 (.48643)	Pittsburgh Pirates	11
George Van Haltren	.484 (.48399)	New York Giants	12
Fred Clarke	.476 (.47582)	Louisville Colonels	13
Dusty Miller	.468 (.46825)	Cincinnati Reds	14
Ed McKean	.468 (.46760)	Cleveland Spiders	15
Bill Lange	.465 (.46482)	Chicago Colts	16
Herman Long	.463 (.46307)	Boston Beaneaters	17
Billy Hamilton	.463 (.46272)	Boston Beaneaters	18
George Davis	.455 (.45547)	New York Giants	19
John Anderson	.453 (.45349)	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	20
Gene DeMontreville	.452 (.45216)	Washington Senators	21
Sam Thompson	.449 (.44874)	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Cupid Childs	.446 (.44578)	Cleveland Spiders	23
Fielder Jones	.443 (.44304)	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	24
Roger Connor	.433 (.43271)	St. Louis Browns	25
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank

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