Slugging Average : 1966 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1966 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dick Allen .632 (.63168) Philadelphia Phillies 1
Willie McCovey .586 (.58566) San Francisco Giants 2
Willie Stargell .581 (.58144) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Joe Torre .560 (.56044) Atlanta Braves 4
Willie Mays .556 (.55616) San Francisco Giants 5
Hank Aaron .539 (.53897) Atlanta Braves 6
Ron Santo .538 (.53832) Chicago Cubs 7
Roberto Clemente .536 (.53605) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Felipe Alou .533 (.53303) Atlanta Braves 9
Donn Clendenon .520 (.52014) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Jim Ray Hart .510 (.51038) San Francisco Giants 11
Orlando Cepeda .473 (.47305) San Francisco Giants 12
St. Louis Cardinals  
Rico Carty .468 (.46833) Atlanta Braves 13
Mike Shannon .462 (.46187) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Billy Williams .461 (.46142) Chicago Cubs 15
Deron Johnson .461 (.46139) Cincinnati Reds 16
Tom Haller .461 (.46072) San Francisco Giants 17
Pete Rose .460 (.46024) Cincinnati Reds 18
Jim Lefebvre .460 (.45956) Los Angeles Dodgers 19
Bill White .451 (.45061) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Vada Pinson .442 (.44175) Cincinnati Reds 21
Ernie Banks .432 (.43249) Chicago Cubs 22
Lou Brock .429 (.42924) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Tim McCarver .424 (.42357) St. Louis Cardinals 24
Matty Alou .421 (.42056) Pittsburgh Pirates 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.

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.

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.