Slugging Average : 1990 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1990 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Barry Bonds .565 (.56455) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Ryne Sandberg .559 (.55935) Chicago Cubs 2
Kevin Mitchell .544 (.54389) San Francisco Giants 3
Ron Gant .539 (.53913) Atlanta Braves 4
David Justice .535 (.53531) Atlanta Braves 5
Andre Dawson .535 (.53497) Chicago Cubs 6
Kal Daniels .531 (.53111) Los Angeles Dodgers 7
Eddie Murray .520 (.51971) Los Angeles Dodgers 8
Darryl Strawberry .518 (.51845) New York Mets 9
Bobby Bonilla .518 (.51840) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Matt Williams .488 (.48784) San Francisco Giants 11
Eric Davis .486 (.48565) Cincinnati Reds 12
Chris Sabo .476 (.47619) Cincinnati Reds 13
Franklin Stubbs .475 (.47545) Houston Astros 14
Tim Wallach .471 (.47125) Montreal Expos 15
Andy Van Slyke .465 (.46450) Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Lonnie Smith .459 (.45923) Atlanta Braves 17
Dave Magadan .457 (.45676) New York Mets 18
Kevin McReynolds .455 (.45489) New York Mets 19
Will Clark .448 (.44833) San Francisco Giants 20
Lenny Dykstra .441 (.44068) Philadelphia Phillies 21
Willie McGee .437 (.43713) St. Louis Cardinals 22
Howard Johnson .434 (.43390) New York Mets 23
Gregg Jefferies .434 (.43377) New York Mets 24
Bip Roberts .433 (.43345) San Diego Padres 25



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).

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.

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.