Slugging Average : 1911 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1911 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Wildfire Schulte .534 (.53380) Chicago Cubs 1
Larry Doyle .527 (.52662) New York Giants 2
Honus Wagner .507 (.50740) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Sherry Magee .483 (.48315) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Chief Wilson .472 (.47243) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Fred Luderus .472 (.47187) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Heinie Zimmerman .462 (.46168) Chicago Cubs 7
Doc Miller .442 (.44194) Boston Rustlers 8
Ed Konetchy .433 (.43257) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Fred Merkle .431 (.43068) New York Giants 10
Mike Mitchell .427 (.42722) Cincinnati Reds 11
Red Murray .426 (.42623) New York Giants 12
Buck Herzog .418 (.41774) Boston Rustlers 13
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Bill Sweeney .417 (.41683) Boston Rustlers 14
Dick Hoblitzel .415 (.41479) Cincinnati Reds 15
Steve Evans .413 (.41316) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Jim Doyle .413 (.41314) Chicago Cubs 17
Zack Wheat .412 (.41199) Brooklyn Dodgers 18
Hans Lobert .405 (.40481) Philadelphia Phillies 19
Johnny Bates .394 (.39382) Cincinnati Reds 20
John Hummel .392 (.39203) Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Jake Daubert .391 (.39092) Brooklyn Dodgers 22
Joe Tinker .390 (.38993) Chicago Cubs 23
Jimmy Sheckard .388 (.38776) Chicago Cubs 24
Fred Snodgrass .388 (.38764) New York Giants 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.

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.