Slugging Average : 1900 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

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1900 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner .573 (.57306) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Elmer Flick .545 (.54495) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Nap Lajoie .510 (.50998) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Joe Kelley .485 (.48458) Brooklyn Superbas 4
Charlie Hickman .482 (.48203) New York Giants 5
Jesse Burkett .474 (.47406) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Kip Selbach .461 (.46080) New York Giants 7
Buck Freeman .452 (.45215) Boston Beaneaters 8
Willie Keeler .449 (.44938) Brooklyn Superbas 9
Jake Beckley .434 (.43369) Cincinnati Reds 10
Ed Delahanty .430 (.43043) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Sam Crawford .429 (.42931) Cincinnati Reds 12
Chick Stahl .421 (.42134) Boston Beaneaters 13
Danny Green .416 (.41645) Chicago Orphans 14
John McGraw .416 (.41617) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Tom Daly .414 (.41399) Brooklyn Superbas 16
Sam Mertes .407 (.40748) Chicago Orphans 17
George Davis .406 (.40610) New York Giants 18
Tom O'Brien .404 (.40426) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Bill Bradley .399 (.39865) Chicago Orphans 20
Bill Keister .398 (.39839) St. Louis Cardinals 21
George Van Haltren .398 (.39755) New York Giants 22
Billy Hamilton .396 (.39615) Boston Beaneaters 23
Fred Clarke .396 (.39599) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Jimmy Collins .394 (.39420) Boston Beaneaters 25



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.

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.

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).