Slugging Average : 1981 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1981 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mike Schmidt .644 (.64407) Philadelphia Phillies 1
Andre Dawson .553 (.55330) Montreal Expos 2
George Foster .519 (.51932) Cincinnati Reds 3
Bill Madlock .495 (.49462) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
George Hendrick .485 (.48477) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Bill Buckner .480 (.47981) Chicago Cubs 6
Ron Cey .474 (.47436) Los Angeles Dodgers 7
Pedro Guerrero .464 (.46398) Los Angeles Dodgers 8
Keith Hernandez .463 (.46277) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Leon Durham .460 (.46037) Chicago Cubs 10
Bob Horner .460 (.46000) Atlanta Braves 11
Jack Clark .460 (.45974) San Francisco Giants 12
Dave Kingman .456 (.45609) New York Mets 13
Gary Matthews .451 (.45125) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Dusty Baker .445 (.44500) Los Angeles Dodgers 15
Gary Carter .444 (.44385) Montreal Expos 16
Tim Raines .438 (.43770) Montreal Expos 17
Mike Easler .431 (.43068) Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Jose Cruz .425 (.42543) Houston Astros 19
Claudell Washington .425 (.42500) Atlanta Braves 20
Warren Cromartie .419 (.41899) Montreal Expos 21
Darrell Evans .417 (.41737) San Francisco Giants 22
Larry Herndon .415 (.41484) San Francisco Giants 23
Steve Henderson .411 (.41115) Chicago Cubs 24
Steve Garvey .411 (.41067) Los Angeles Dodgers 25



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.