Slugging Average : 1941 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1941 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Pete Reiser .558 (.55784) Brooklyn Dodgers 1
Dolph Camilli .556 (.55577) Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Johnny Mize .535 (.53488) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Joe Medwick .517 (.51673) Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Enos Slaughter .496 (.49647) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Mel Ott .495 (.49524) New York Giants 6
Danny Litwhiler .466 (.46610) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Babe Young .462 (.46167) New York Giants 8
Babe Dahlgren .459 (.45905) Boston Braves 9
Chicago Cubs  
Elbie Fletcher .457 (.45681) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Vince DiMaggio .456 (.45644) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Nick Etten .454 (.45370) Philadelphia Phillies 12
Bill Nicholson .453 (.45301) Chicago Cubs 13
Dixie Walker .452 (.45198) Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Johnny Hopp .436 (.43596) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Stan Hack .427 (.42662) Chicago Cubs 16
Max West .426 (.42562) Boston Braves 17
Frank McCormick .421 (.42123) Cincinnati Reds 18
Jimmy Brown .406 (.40619) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Terry Moore .400 (.39959) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Dom Dallessandro .391 (.39095) Chicago Cubs 21
Billy Jurges .386 (.38641) New York Giants 22
Johnny Cooney .385 (.38462) Boston Braves 23
Bama Rowell .383 (.38302) Boston Braves 24
Johnny Rucker .383 (.38264) New York Giants 25



The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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

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).