Top 25 Slugging Average in 1988 in the National League

Slugging Average : 1988 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1988 Slugging Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

Darryl Strawberry .545 (.54512) New York Mets 1

Andres Galarraga .540 (.54023) Montreal Expos 2

Will Clark .508 (.50783) San Francisco Giants 3

Andy Van Slyke .506 (.50596) Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Andre Dawson .504 (.50423) Chicago Cubs 5

Kevin McReynolds .496 (.49638) New York Mets 6

Barry Bonds .491 (.49071) Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Eric Davis .489 (.48941) Cincinnati Reds 8

Kirk Gibson .483 (.48339) Los Angeles Dodgers 9

Glenn Davis .478 (.47772) Houston Astros 10

Bobby Bonilla .476 (.47603) Pittsburgh Pirates 11

Kal Daniels .463 (.46263) Cincinnati Reds 12

Hubie Brooks .447 (.44728) Montreal Expos 13

Mike Marshall .445 (.44465) Los Angeles Dodgers 14

Kevin Mitchell .442 (.44158) San Francisco Giants 15

Ron Gant .439 (.43872) Atlanta Braves 16

Rafael Palmeiro .436 (.43621) Chicago Cubs 17

Barry Larkin .429 (.42857) Cincinnati Reds 18

Tom Brunansky .428 (.42830) St. Louis Cardinals 19

Howard Johnson .422 (.42222) New York Mets 20

Dale Murphy .421 (.42061) Atlanta Braves 21

Ryne Sandberg .419 (.41909) Chicago Cubs 22

Tony Gwynn .415 (.41459) San Diego Padres 23

Chris Sabo .415 (.41450) Cincinnati Reds 24

Paul O'Neill .414 (.41443) Cincinnati Reds 25

Name Slugging Average Team Rank

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