Slugging Average : 1922 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1922 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .722 (.72231) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Ray Grimes .572 (.57171) Chicago Cubs 2
Cotton Tierney .515 (.51474) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Cy Williams .514 (.51370) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Hack Miller .511 (.51073) Chicago Cubs 5
Irish Meusel .509 (.50891) New York Giants 6
Zack Wheat .503 (.50333) Brooklyn Robins 7
Curt Walker .499 (.49914) Philadelphia Phillies 8
George Kelly .497 (.49662) New York Giants 9
Jake Daubert .492 (.49180) Cincinnati Reds 10
Pat Duncan .479 (.47941) Cincinnati Reds 11
Butch Henline .479 (.47907) Philadelphia Phillies 12
Carson Bigbee .471 (.47068) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Ross Youngs .465 (.46512) New York Giants 14
Max Carey .459 (.45946) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Jack Smith .449 (.44902) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Charlie Hollocher .444 (.44426) Chicago Cubs 17
George Harper .442 (.44186) Cincinnati Reds 18
Bob O'Farrell .441 (.44133) Chicago Cubs 19
Frankie Frisch .438 (.43774) New York Giants 20
Milt Stock .418 (.41824) St. Louis Cardinals 21
Dave Bancroft .418 (.41782) New York Giants 22
Frank Parkinson .413 (.41284) Philadelphia Phillies 23
Ray Powell .409 (.40909) Boston Braves 24
Hy Myers .408 (.40777) Brooklyn Robins 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.

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.

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).