Slugging Average : 1916 National League Top 25

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"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1916 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Zack Wheat .461 (.46127) Brooklyn Robins 1
Hal Chase .459 (.45941) Cincinnati Reds 2
Cy Williams .459 (.45926) Chicago Cubs 3
Rogers Hornsby .444 (.44444) St. Louis Cardinals 4
Gavvy Cravath .440 (.43973) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Bill Hinchman .427 (.42703) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Dave Robertson .426 (.42589) New York Giants 7
Casey Stengel .424 (.42424) Brooklyn Robins 8
Benny Kauff .408 (.40761) New York Giants 9
Larry Doyle .403 (.40292) New York Giants 10
Chicago Cubs  
Dode Paskert .402 (.40180) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Possum Whitted .399 (.39924) Philadelphia Phillies 12
Jake Daubert .397 (.39749) Brooklyn Robins 13
Heinie Zimmerman .390 (.38980) Chicago Cubs 14
New York Giants  
Art Fletcher .382 (.38200) New York Giants 15
Heinie Groh .374 (.37432) Cincinnati Reds 16
Fred Luderus .374 (.37402) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Max Carey .374 (.37396) Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Ed Konetchy .373 (.37279) Boston Braves 19
Honus Wagner .370 (.37037) Pittsburgh Pirates 20
George Burns .368 (.36758) New York Giants 21
Milt Stock .360 (.35953) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Vic Saier .357 (.35743) Chicago Cubs 23
Bert Niehoff .356 (.35584) Philadelphia Phillies 24
Red Smith .348 (.34774) Boston Braves 25



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.

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.