Slugging Average : 1955 National League Top 25

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"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1955 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Willie Mays .659 (.65862) New York Giants 1
Duke Snider .628 (.62825) Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Eddie Mathews .601 (.60120) Milwaukee Braves 3
Ernie Banks .596 (.59564) Chicago Cubs 4
Ted Kluszewski .585 (.58497) Cincinnati Redlegs 5
Roy Campanella .583 (.58296) Brooklyn Dodgers 6
Wally Post .574 (.57404) Cincinnati Redlegs 7
Stan Musial .566 (.56584) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Hank Aaron .540 (.53987) Milwaukee Braves 9
Carl Furillo .520 (.52008) Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Del Ennis .518 (.51773) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Dale Long .513 (.51313) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Gus Bell .510 (.50984) Cincinnati Redlegs 13
Gil Hodges .500 (.50000) Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Smoky Burgess .495 (.49548) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Cincinnati Redlegs  
Rip Repulski .467 (.46680) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Wally Moon .459 (.45868) St. Louis Cardinals 17
Del Crandall .457 (.45682) Milwaukee Braves 18
Richie Ashburn .448 (.44841) Philadelphia Phillies 19
Randy Jackson .445 (.44489) Chicago Cubs 20
Johnny Logan .442 (.44202) Milwaukee Braves 21
Bill Virdon .433 (.43258) St. Louis Cardinals 22
Frank Thomas .431 (.43137) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Gene Freese .426 (.42637) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Ken Boyer .425 (.42453) St. Louis Cardinals 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.

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.

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