Slugging Average : 1936 National League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1936 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mel Ott .588 (.58801) New York Giants 1
Dolph Camilli .577 (.57736) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Joe Medwick .577 (.57704) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Paul Waner .520 (.51966) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Chuck Klein .512 (.51248) Chicago Cubs 5
Philadelphia Phillies  
Frank Demaree .496 (.49587) Chicago Cubs 6
Johnny Moore .494 (.49364) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Wally Berger .483 (.48315) Boston Bees 8
Ival Goodman .476 (.47648) Cincinnati Reds 9
Arky Vaughan .474 (.47359) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Billy Herman .470 (.46994) Chicago Cubs 11
Pepper Martin .469 (.46853) St. Louis Cardinals 12
Gus Suhr .467 (.46655) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Kiki Cuyler .453 (.45326) Cincinnati Reds 14
Gene Moore .449 (.44898) Boston Bees 15
Jo-Jo Moore .421 (.42065) New York Giants 16
Dick Bartell .418 (.41765) New York Giants 17
Les Scarsella .412 (.41237) Cincinnati Reds 18
Buck Jordan .405 (.40541) Boston Bees 19
Buddy Hassett .405 (.40472) Brooklyn Dodgers 20
Gus Mancuso .405 (.40462) New York Giants 21
Woody Jensen .404 (.40374) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Tony Cuccinello .402 (.40177) Boston Bees 23
Joe Stripp .399 (.39863) Brooklyn Dodgers 24
Stan Hack .392 (.39216) Chicago Cubs 25



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.

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

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.