Slugging Average : 1975 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1975 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dave Parker .541 (.54122) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Greg Luzinski .540 (.54027) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Mike Schmidt .523 (.52313) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Johnny Bench .519 (.51887) Cincinnati Reds 4
George Foster .518 (.51836) Cincinnati Reds 5
Willie Stargell .516 (.51627) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Joe Morgan .508 (.50803) Cincinnati Reds 7
Bob Watson .495 (.49485) Houston Astros 8
Dave Kingman .494 (.49402) New York Mets 9
Ted Simmons .491 (.49053) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Reggie Smith .488 (.48847) St. Louis Cardinals 11
Bill Madlock .479 (.47860) Chicago Cubs 12
Steve Garvey .476 (.47648) Los Angeles Dodgers 13
Richie Zisk .474 (.47421) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Ron Cey .474 (.47350) Los Angeles Dodgers 15
Tony Perez .466 (.46575) Cincinnati Reds 16
Al Oliver .454 (.45382) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Manny Sanguillen .451 (.45114) Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Rusty Staub .448 (.44774) New York Mets 19
Von Joshua .448 (.44773) San Francisco Giants 20
Rick Monday .446 (.44603) Chicago Cubs 21
Cesar Cedeno .440 (.44000) Houston Astros 22
Pete Rose .432 (.43202) Cincinnati Reds 23
Bobby Murcer .432 (.43156) San Francisco Giants 24
Jose Cardenal .423 (.42334) 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).

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.