Slugging Average : 1982 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1982 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mike Schmidt .547 (.54669) Philadelphia Phillies 1
Pedro Guerrero .536 (.53565) Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Leon Durham .521 (.52134) Chicago Cubs 3
Al Oliver .514 (.51378) Montreal Expos 4
Jason Thompson .511 (.51091) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Gary Carter .510 (.50987) Montreal Expos 6
Dale Murphy .507 (.50669) Atlanta Braves 7
Bob Horner .501 (.50100) Atlanta Braves 8
Andre Dawson .498 (.49836) Montreal Expos 9
Bill Madlock .488 (.48768) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Terry Kennedy .486 (.48577) San Diego Padres 11
Jack Clark .481 (.48135) San Francisco Giants 12
Sixto Lezcano .472 (.47234) San Diego Padres 13
Tim Wallach .471 (.47148) Montreal Expos 14
Dusty Baker .458 (.45789) Los Angeles Dodgers 15
George Hendrick .450 (.45049) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Bo Diaz .450 (.44952) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Bill Buckner .441 (.44140) Chicago Cubs 18
Joe Morgan .438 (.43844) San Francisco Giants 19
Chris Chambliss .436 (.43633) Atlanta Braves 20
Mike Easler .436 (.43579) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Tony Pena .435 (.43461) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Lonnie Smith .434 (.43412) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Dave Kingman .432 (.43178) New York Mets 24
Ron Cey .428 (.42806) Los Angeles Dodgers 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 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?

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.