Slugging Average : 1901 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1901 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jimmy Sheckard .534 (.53430) Brooklyn Superbas 1
Ed Delahanty .528 (.52768) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Sam Crawford .524 (.52427) Cincinnati Reds 3
Jesse Burkett .509 (.50915) St. Louis Cardinals 4
Elmer Flick .500 (.50000) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Honus Wagner .494 (.49362) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Topsy Hartsel .475 (.47491) Chicago Orphans 7
Emmet Heidrick .470 (.47012) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Fred Clarke .461 (.46110) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Bobby Wallace .451 (.45091) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Tom Daly .444 (.44423) Brooklyn Superbas 11
Jake Beckley .429 (.42931) Cincinnati Reds 12
George Davis .426 (.42566) New York Giants 13
Joe Kelley .425 (.42480) Brooklyn Superbas 14
Tommy Leach .422 (.42246) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Danny Green .421 (.42086) Chicago Orphans 16
Willie Keeler .420 (.42017) Brooklyn Superbas 17
Ginger Beaumont .418 (.41756) Pittsburgh Pirates 18
George Van Haltren .405 (.40516) New York Giants 19
Kitty Bransfield .398 (.39753) Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Dan McGann .392 (.39243) St. Louis Cardinals 21
Charlie Hickman .387 (.38670) New York Giants 22
Lefty Davis .380 (.38028) Brooklyn Superbas 23
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Harry Steinfeldt .380 (.37958) Cincinnati Reds 24
Kip Selbach .376 (.37649) New York Giants 25



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.

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.

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.