Slugging Average : 1925 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:

"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
 

1925 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .756 (.75595) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Kiki Cuyler .598 (.59806) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Jim Bottomley .578 (.57835) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Jack Fournier .569 (.56881) Brooklyn Robins 4
George Harper .558 (.55758) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Irish Meusel .548 (.54845) New York Giants 6
Zack Wheat .541 (.54058) Brooklyn Robins 7
Ray Blades .535 (.53463) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Edd Roush .494 (.49444) Cincinnati Reds 9
Max Carey .491 (.49077) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Glenn Wright .480 (.48046) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Dick Cox .477 (.47696) Brooklyn Robins 12
Bill Terry .474 (.47444) New York Giants 13
Frankie Frisch .472 (.47211) New York Giants 14
George Kelly .471 (.47099) New York Giants 15
Pie Traynor .464 (.46362) Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Curt Walker .460 (.45972) Cincinnati Reds 17
Lew Fonseca .450 (.44968) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Dick Burrus .449 (.44898) Boston Braves 19
Clyde Barnhart .447 (.44712) Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Jimmy Welsh .440 (.44008) Boston Braves 21
Charlie Grimm .439 (.43931) Chicago Cubs 22
Howard Freigau .430 (.43028) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Chicago Cubs  
Eddie Brown .429 (.42880) Brooklyn Robins 24
Dave Bancroft .426 (.42589) Boston Braves 25



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).

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.

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