1917 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Rogers Hornsby	.484 (.48375)	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Gavvy Cravath	.473 (.47316)	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Edd Roush	.454 (.45402)	Cincinnati Reds	3
George Burns	.412 (.41206)	New York Giants	4
Heinie Groh	.411 (.41068)	Cincinnati Reds	5
Walton Cruise	.399 (.39887)	St. Louis Cardinals	6
Jack Smith	.398 (.39827)	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Hal Chase	.394 (.39369)	Cincinnati Reds	8
Red Smith	.392 (.39208)	Boston Braves	9
Heinie Zimmerman	.391 (.39145)	New York Giants	10
Dave Robertson	.391 (.39098)	New York Giants	11
Benny Kauff	.388 (.38819)	New York Giants	12
Ed Konetchy	.380 (.37975)	Boston Braves	13
Max Carey	.378 (.37755)	Pittsburgh Pirates	14
Casey Stengel	.375 (.37523)	Brooklyn Robins	15
Possum Whitted	.373 (.37251)	Philadelphia Phillies	16
Fred Merkle	.368 (.36804)	Brooklyn Robins	17
		Chicago Cubs
Les Mann	.367 (.36712)	Chicago Cubs	18
Dode Paskert	.363 (.36264)	Philadelphia Phillies	19
Doug Baird	.357 (.35671)	Pittsburgh Pirates	20
		St. Louis Cardinals
Rabbit Maranville	.357 (.35651)	Boston Braves	21
Larry Doyle	.353 (.35294)	Chicago Cubs	22
Fred Luderus	.351 (.35057)	Philadelphia Phillies	23
Milt Stock	.349 (.34929)	Philadelphia Phillies	24
Hy Myers	.348 (.34820)	Brooklyn Robins	25
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank

	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.