Slugging Average : 1972 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1972 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Billy Williams .606 (.60627) Chicago Cubs 1
Willie Stargell .558 (.55758) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Johnny Bench .541 (.54089) Cincinnati Reds 3
Cesar Cedeno .537 (.53667) Houston Astros 4
Hank Aaron .514 (.51448) Atlanta Braves 5
Richie Hebner .508 (.50820) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Nate Colbert .508 (.50799) San Diego Padres 7
Dusty Baker .504 (.50448) Atlanta Braves 8
Tony Perez .497 (.49709) Cincinnati Reds 9
Lee May .490 (.48986) Houston Astros 10
Ron Santo .487 (.48707) Chicago Cubs 11
Jimmy Wynn .470 (.47048) Houston Astros 12
Ted Simmons .465 (.46465) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Bob Watson .464 (.46350) Houston Astros 14
Dave Kingman .462 (.46186) San Francisco Giants 15
Earl Williams .457 (.45664) Atlanta Braves 16
Jose Cardenal .454 (.45403) Chicago Cubs 17
Greg Luzinski .453 (.45293) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Bobby Bonds .446 (.44569) San Francisco Giants 19
Willie Davis .441 (.44065) Los Angeles Dodgers 20
Ken Henderson .437 (.43736) San Francisco Giants 21
Al Oliver .437 (.43717) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Joe Morgan .435 (.43478) Cincinnati Reds 23
Garry Maddox .432 (.43231) San Francisco Giants 24
Ron Fairly .430 (.43049) Montreal Expos 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.

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.