Slugging Average : 1989 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1989 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Kevin Mitchell .635 (.63536) San Francisco Giants 1
Howard Johnson .559 (.55867) New York Mets 2
Will Clark .546 (.54592) San Francisco Giants 3
Eric Davis .541 (.54113) Cincinnati Reds 4
Lonnie Smith .533 (.53320) Atlanta Braves 5
Ryne Sandberg .497 (.49670) Chicago Cubs 6
Glenn Davis .492 (.49225) Houston Astros 7
Bobby Bonilla .490 (.49026) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Pedro Guerrero .477 (.47719) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Darryl Strawberry .466 (.46639) New York Mets 10
Von Hayes .461 (.46111) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Jack Clark .459 (.45934) San Diego Padres 12
Mark Grace .457 (.45686) Chicago Cubs 13
Kevin McReynolds .450 (.44954) New York Mets 14
Andres Galarraga .434 (.43357) Montreal Expos 15
Barry Bonds .426 (.42586) Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Tony Gwynn .424 (.42384) San Diego Padres 17
Tim Wallach .419 (.41885) Montreal Expos 18
Tim Raines .418 (.41779) Montreal Expos 19
Jeff Blauser .410 (.41009) Atlanta Braves 20
Tom Brunansky .410 (.41007) St. Louis Cardinals 21
Ricky Jordan .407 (.40727) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Hubie Brooks .404 (.40406) Montreal Expos 23
Shawon Dunston .403 (.40340) Chicago Cubs 24
Craig Biggio .402 (.40181) Houston Astros 25



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.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).