Slugging Average : 1976 National League Top 25

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1976 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe Morgan .576 (.57627) Cincinnati Reds 1
George Foster .530 (.53025) Cincinnati Reds 2
Mike Schmidt .524 (.52397) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Rick Monday .507 (.50749) Chicago Cubs 4
Dave Kingman .506 (.50633) New York Mets 5
Bill Madlock .500 (.50000) Chicago Cubs 6
Greg Luzinski .478 (.47842) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Dave Parker .475 (.47486) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Richie Zisk .465 (.46472) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Ron Cey .462 (.46215) Los Angeles Dodgers 10
Bob Watson .458 (.45812) Houston Astros 11
Garry Maddox .456 (.45574) Philadelphia Phillies 12
Cesar Cedeno .454 (.45391) Houston Astros 13
Tony Perez .452 (.45161) Cincinnati Reds 14
Ken Griffey .450 (.45018) Cincinnati Reds 15
Steve Garvey .450 (.45008) Los Angeles Dodgers 16
Pete Rose .450 (.44962) Cincinnati Reds 17
John Milner .447 (.44695) New York Mets 18
Gary Matthews .443 (.44293) San Francisco Giants 19
Bobby Murcer .433 (.43340) San Francisco Giants 20
Dave Winfield .431 (.43089) San Diego Padres 21
Willie Montanez .418 (.41846) San Francisco Giants 22
Atlanta Braves  
Cesar Geronimo .414 (.41358) Cincinnati Reds 23
Jose Cardenal .401 (.40115) Chicago Cubs 24
Dave Concepcion .401 (.40104) Cincinnati Reds 25



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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.