Slugging Average : 1902 National League Top 25

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1902 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner .463 (.46255) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Sam Crawford .461 (.46126) Cincinnati Reds 2
Fred Clarke .449 (.44880) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Jake Beckley .428 (.42750) Cincinnati Reds 4
Tommy Leach .426 (.42607) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Ginger Beaumont .418 (.41774) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Heinie Peitz .406 (.40568) Cincinnati Reds 7
Kitty Bransfield .395 (.39467) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Willie Keeler .386 (.38640) Brooklyn Superbas 9
Homer Smoot .380 (.38031) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Fred Tenney .376 (.37628) Boston Beaneaters 11
Jimmy Sheckard .372 (.37243) Brooklyn Superbas 12
Duff Cooley .372 (.37226) Boston Beaneaters 13
Shad Barry .363 (.36280) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Jimmy Slagle .357 (.35683) Chicago Cubs 15
John Dobbs .356 (.35642) Cincinnati Reds 16
Chicago Cubs  
Harry Steinfeldt .355 (.35491) Cincinnati Reds 17
Patsy Donovan .355 (.35458) St. Louis Cardinals 18
Bill Dahlen .353 (.35294) Brooklyn Superbas 19
George Barclay .350 (.34991) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Ed Gremminger .347 (.34674) Boston Beaneaters 21
Johnny Kling .343 (.34339) Chicago Cubs 22
George Browne .342 (.34205) Philadelphia Phillies 23
New York Giants  
Cozy Dolan .336 (.33615) Brooklyn Superbas 24
Joe Tinker .332 (.33198) Chicago Cubs 25



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.