Slugging Average : 1904 National League Top 25

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1904 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner .520 (.52041) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Cy Seymour .439 (.43879) Cincinnati Reds 2
Frank Chance .430 (.43016) Chicago Cubs 3
Harry Lumley .428 (.42808) Brooklyn Superbas 4
Dave Brain .408 (.40779) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Jake Beckley .403 (.40290) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Sam Mertes .393 (.39286) New York Giants 7
Moose McCormick .392 (.39229) New York Giants 8
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jim Delahanty .389 (.38878) Boston Beaneaters 9
John Titus .387 (.38690) Philadelphia Phillies 10
Dan McGann .387 (.38685) New York Giants 11
Joe Kelley .385 (.38530) Cincinnati Reds 12
Cozy Dolan .383 (.38280) Cincinnati Reds 13
Fred Odwell .380 (.38034) Cincinnati Reds 14
Ginger Beaumont .374 (.37398) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Duff Cooley .373 (.37259) Boston Beaneaters 16
Homer Smoot .365 (.36538) St. Louis Cardinals 17
Art Devlin .354 (.35443) New York Giants 18
Claude Ritchey .347 (.34743) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
George Browne .347 (.34732) New York Giants 20
Roy Thomas .345 (.34476) Philadelphia Phillies 21
Fred Tenney .341 (.34146) Boston Beaneaters 22
Ed Abbaticchio .337 (.33679) Boston Beaneaters 23
Bill Dahlen .337 (.33652) New York Giants 24
Tommy Leach .335 (.33506) Pittsburgh Pirates 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).

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.