Slugging Average : 1977 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1977 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

George Foster .631 (.63089) Cincinnati Reds 1
Greg Luzinski .594 (.59386) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Reggie Smith .576 (.57582) Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Mike Schmidt .574 (.57353) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Johnny Bench .540 (.54049) Cincinnati Reds 5
Dave Parker .531 (.53061) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Gary Carter .525 (.52490) Montreal Expos 7
Bill Robinson .525 (.52465) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Jeff Burroughs .520 (.51986) Atlanta Braves 9
Dusty Baker .512 (.51220) Los Angeles Dodgers 10
Ellis Valentine .504 (.50394) Montreal Expos 11
Willie McCovey .500 (.50000) San Francisco Giants 12
Ted Simmons .500 (.50000) St. Louis Cardinals  
Steve Garvey .498 (.49845) Los Angeles Dodgers 14
Bob Watson .498 (.49819) Houston Astros 15
George Hendrick .492 (.49168) San Diego Padres 16
Al Oliver .481 (.48063) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Joe Morgan .478 (.47793) Cincinnati Reds 18
Jose Cruz .475 (.47496) Houston Astros 19
Andre Dawson .474 (.47429) Montreal Expos 20
Dan Driessen .468 (.46828) Cincinnati Reds 21
Ken Griffey .467 (.46667) Cincinnati Reds 22
Dave Winfield .467 (.46667) San Diego Padres  
Tony Perez .463 (.46333) Montreal Expos 24
Keith Hernandez .459 (.45893) St. Louis Cardinals 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.

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.

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.