Slugging Average : 1945 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)
 

1945 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tommy Holmes .577 (.57704) Boston Braves 1
Whitey Kurowski .511 (.51076) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Phil Cavarretta .500 (.50000) Chicago Cubs 3
Mel Ott .499 (.49889) New York Giants 4
Luis Olmo .462 (.46223) Brooklyn Dodgers 5
Goody Rosen .460 (.46040) Brooklyn Dodgers 6
Chuck Workman .459 (.45914) Boston Braves 7
Andy Pafko .455 (.45506) Chicago Cubs 8
Vince DiMaggio .451 (.45133) Philadelphia Phillies 9
Augie Galan .441 (.44097) Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Buster Adams .440 (.44006) Philadelphia Phillies 11
St. Louis Cardinals  
Dixie Walker .438 (.43822) Brooklyn Dodgers 12
Jim Russell .433 (.43333) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Danny Gardella .426 (.42558) New York Giants 14
Bob Elliott .423 (.42329) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Johnny Barrett .418 (.41815) Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Jimmy Wasdell .412 (.41200) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Stan Hack .405 (.40536) Chicago Cubs 18
Johnny Hopp .395 (.39462) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Peanuts Lowrey .392 (.39197) Chicago Cubs 20
Al Gionfriddo .386 (.38631) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Ray Sanders .385 (.38547) St. Louis Cardinals 22
Frank McCormick .384 (.38448) Cincinnati Reds 23
Al Libke .383 (.38307) Cincinnati Reds 24
Bill Nicholson .377 (.37746) Chicago Cubs 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.

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 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?