Slugging Average : 1912 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
 

1912 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Heinie Zimmerman .571 (.57092) Chicago Cubs 1
Chief Wilson .513 (.51286) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Honus Wagner .496 (.49642) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Larry Doyle .471 (.47133) New York Giants 4
Gavvy Cravath .470 (.47018) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Ed Konetchy .455 (.45539) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Zack Wheat .450 (.45033) Brooklyn Dodgers 7
Fred Merkle .449 (.44885) New York Giants 8
John Titus .446 (.44622) Philadelphia Phillies 9
Boston Braves  
Bill Sweeney .445 (.44519) Boston Braves 10
Johnny Evers .441 (.44142) Chicago Cubs 11
Sherry Magee .438 (.43750) Philadelphia Phillies 12
Vic Saier .419 (.41907) Chicago Cubs 13
Wildfire Schulte .418 (.41772) Chicago Cubs 14
Jake Daubert .415 (.41503) Brooklyn Dodgers 15
Red Murray .413 (.41348) New York Giants 16
Dode Paskert .413 (.41296) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Bobby Byrne .405 (.40530) Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Dick Hoblitzel .405 (.40502) Cincinnati Reds 19
Steve Evans .403 (.40326) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Dots Miller .397 (.39683) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Bob Bescher .396 (.39599) Cincinnati Reds 22
Max Carey .394 (.39353) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Red Smith .393 (.39300) Brooklyn Dodgers 24
Vin Campbell .391 (.39103) Boston Braves 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.

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.