1897 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Nap Lajoie	.569 (.56881)	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Willie Keeler	.539 (.53901)	Baltimore Orioles	2
Ed Delahanty	.538 (.53774)	Philadelphia Phillies	3
Fred Clarke	.533 (.53282)	Louisville Colonels	4
George Davis	.509 (.50867)	New York Giants	5
Bobby Wallace	.504 (.50388)	Cleveland Spiders	6
Chick Stahl	.499 (.49893)	Boston Beaneaters	7
Joe Kelley	.489 (.48911)	Baltimore Orioles	8
Jake Beckley	.485 (.48499)	New York Giants	9
		Cincinnati Reds
Jimmy Collins	.482 (.48204)	Boston Beaneaters	10
Hugh Duffy	.482 (.48182)	Boston Beaneaters	11
Jake Stenzel	.481 (.48134)	Baltimore Orioles	12
Bill Lange	.480 (.48017)	Chicago Colts	13
Jesse Burkett	.476 (.47582)	Cleveland Spiders	14
Harry Davis	.473 (.47319)	Pittsburgh Pirates	15
Hughie Jennings	.469 (.46925)	Baltimore Orioles	16
Elmer Smith	.463 (.46253)	Pittsburgh Pirates	17
Kip Selbach	.461 (.46091)	Washington Senators	18
Jimmy Ryan	.458 (.45769)	Chicago Colts	19
Tommy Tucker	.456 (.45628)	Boston Beaneaters	20
		Washington Senators
John Anderson	.455 (.45528)	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	21
Mike Tiernan	.451 (.45076)	New York Giants	22
Jack Doyle	.448 (.44783)	Baltimore Orioles	23
Candy LaChance	.446 (.44615)	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	24
Herman Long	.444 (.44444)	Boston Beaneaters	25
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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.