1996 Slugging Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank
Ellis Burks	.639 (.63948)	Colorado Rockies	1
Gary Sheffield	.624 (.62428)	Florida Marlins	2
Ken Caminiti	.621 (.62088)	San Diego Padres	3
Barry Bonds	.615 (.61509)	San Francisco Giants	4
Andres Galarraga	.601 (.60064)	Colorado Rockies	5
Jeff Bagwell	.570 (.57042)	Houston Astros	6
Barry Larkin	.567 (.56673)	Cincinnati Reds	7
Sammy Sosa	.564 (.56426)	Chicago Cubs	8
Mike Piazza	.563 (.56307)	Los Angeles Dodgers	9
Bernard Gilkey	.562 (.56217)	New York Mets	10
Henry Rodriguez	.562 (.56203)	Montreal Expos	11
Todd Hundley	.550 (.55000)	New York Mets	12
Vinny Castilla	.548 (.54849)	Colorado Rockies	13
Steve Finley	.531 (.53130)	San Diego Padres	14
Dante Bichette	.531 (.53081)	Colorado Rockies	15
Ryan Klesko	.530 (.53030)	Atlanta Braves	16
Chipper Jones	.530 (.53010)	Atlanta Braves	17
Eric Davis	.523 (.52289)	Cincinnati Reds	18
Ron Gant	.504 (.50358)	St. Louis Cardinals	19
Benito Santiago	.503 (.50312)	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Jeff King	.497 (.49746)	Pittsburgh Pirates	21
Raul Mondesi	.495 (.49527)	Los Angeles Dodgers	22
Fred McGriff	.494 (.49433)	Atlanta Braves	23
Marquis Grissom	.489 (.48882)	Atlanta Braves	24
Ray Lankford	.486 (.48624)	St. Louis Cardinals	25
Name	Slugging Average	Team	Rank

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