Slugging Average : 1929 National League Top 25

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1929 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .679 (.67940) Chicago Cubs 1
Chuck Klein .657 (.65747) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Mel Ott .635 (.63486) New York Giants 3
Chick Hafey .633 (.63250) St. Louis Cardinals 4
Lefty O'Doul .622 (.62226) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Hack Wilson .618 (.61847) Chicago Cubs 6
Babe Herman .612 (.61160) Brooklyn Robins 7
Jim Bottomley .568 (.56786) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Riggs Stephenson .562 (.56162) Chicago Cubs 9
Johnny Frederick .545 (.54459) Brooklyn Robins 10
Paul Waner .534 (.53356) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Kiki Cuyler .532 (.53242) Chicago Cubs 12
Don Hurst .525 (.52462) Philadelphia Phillies 13
Bill Terry .522 (.52224) New York Giants 14
Travis Jackson .490 (.49002) New York Giants 15
Frankie Frisch .484 (.48387) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Pinky Whitney .482 (.48203) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Lloyd Waner .479 (.47885) Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Del Bissonette .476 (.47564) Brooklyn Robins 19
Curt Walker .474 (.47358) Cincinnati Reds 20
Pie Traynor .472 (.47222) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Taylor Douthit .471 (.47145) St. Louis Cardinals 22
Freddie Lindstrom .464 (.46448) New York Giants 23
Adam Comorosky .461 (.46089) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Rube Bressler .461 (.46053) Brooklyn Robins 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).

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.