Top 25 Slugging Average in 1959 in the National League

Slugging Average : 1959 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1959 Slugging Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

Hank Aaron .636 (.63593) Milwaukee Braves 1

Ernie Banks .596 (.59593) Chicago Cubs 2

Eddie Mathews .593 (.59259) Milwaukee Braves 3

Frank Robinson .583 (.58333) Cincinnati Reds 4

Willie Mays .583 (.58261) San Francisco Giants 5

Orlando Cepeda .522 (.52231) San Francisco Giants 6

Gil Hodges .513 (.51332) Los Angeles Dodgers 7

Vada Pinson .509 (.50926) Cincinnati Reds 8

Ken Boyer .508 (.50799) St. Louis Cardinals 9

Wally Moon .495 (.49540) Los Angeles Dodgers 10

Joe Cunningham .478 (.47817) St. Louis Cardinals 11

Willie Kirkland .475 (.47516) San Francisco Giants 12

Bill White .470 (.47002) St. Louis Cardinals 13

Charlie Neal .464 (.46429) Los Angeles Dodgers 14

Wally Post .457 (.45726) Philadelphia Phillies 15

Ed Bouchee .449 (.44890) Philadelphia Phillies 16

Gus Bell .445 (.44483) Cincinnati Reds 17

Johnny Temple .430 (.42977) Cincinnati Reds 18

Gino Cimoli .430 (.42967) St. Louis Cardinals 19

Del Crandall .423 (.42278) Milwaukee Braves 20

Jackie Brandt .415 (.41492) San Francisco Giants 21

Johnny Logan .411 (.41064) Milwaukee Braves 22

Hal Smith .403 (.40265) St. Louis Cardinals 23

Harry Anderson .402 (.40157) Philadelphia Phillies 24

Don Hoak .399 (.39894) Pittsburgh Pirates 25

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

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.

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

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.

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