Slugging Average : 1979 National League Top 25

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1979 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dave Kingman .613 (.61278) Chicago Cubs 1
Mike Schmidt .564 (.56377) Philadelphia Phillies 2
George Foster .561 (.56136) Cincinnati Reds 3
Dave Winfield .558 (.55779) San Diego Padres 4
Bob Horner .552 (.55236) Atlanta Braves 5
Larry Parrish .551 (.55147) Montreal Expos 6
Dave Parker .526 (.52572) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Keith Hernandez .513 (.51311) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Ted Simmons .507 (.50670) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Gary Matthews .502 (.50238) Atlanta Braves 10
Ron Cey .499 (.49897) Los Angeles Dodgers 11
Steve Garvey .497 (.49691) Los Angeles Dodgers 12
Gary Carter .485 (.48515) Montreal Expos 13
Jack Clark .476 (.47628) San Francisco Giants 14
Andre Dawson .468 (.46792) Montreal Expos 15
Davey Lopes .464 (.46392) Los Angeles Dodgers 16
Johnny Bench .459 (.45905) Cincinnati Reds 17
Garry Templeton .458 (.45833) St. Louis Cardinals 18
George Hendrick .456 (.45639) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Dusty Baker .455 (.45487) Los Angeles Dodgers 20
Ellis Valentine .454 (.45438) Montreal Expos 21
Ray Knight .454 (.45372) Cincinnati Reds 22
Jerry Martin .453 (.45318) Chicago Cubs 23
Lee Mazzilli .449 (.44891) New York Mets 24
Gene Tenace .445 (.44492) San Diego Padres 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.