Slugging Average : 1921 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1921 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .639 (.63851) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Austin McHenry .531 (.53136) St. Louis Cardinals 2
George Kelly .528 (.52811) New York Giants 3
Irish Meusel .515 (.51536) Philadelphia Phillies 4
New York Giants  
Jack Fournier .505 (.50523) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Cy Williams .488 (.48754) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Frankie Frisch .485 (.48544) New York Giants 7
Zack Wheat .484 (.48415) Brooklyn Robins 8
Tommy Griffith .464 (.46374) Brooklyn Robins 9
Ray Powell .462 (.46154) Boston Braves 10
Jimmy Johnston .460 (.45994) Brooklyn Robins 11
Ed Konetchy .458 (.45806) Brooklyn Robins 12
Philadelphia Phillies  
Ross Youngs .456 (.45635) New York Giants 13
Ray Grimes .449 (.44906) Chicago Cubs 14
Billy Southworth .441 (.44112) Boston Braves 15
Tony Boeckel .441 (.44088) Boston Braves 16
Dave Bancroft .441 (.44059) New York Giants 17
Max Carey .430 (.42994) Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Carson Bigbee .427 (.42722) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Charlie Grimm .409 (.40925) Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Pat Duncan .408 (.40789) Cincinnati Reds 21
Cotton Tierney .405 (.40498) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Max Flack .400 (.40035) Chicago Cubs 23
Jake Daubert .399 (.39922) Cincinnati Reds 24
Sam Bohne .398 (.39804) Cincinnati Reds 25



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