Slugging Average : 2001 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:

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2001 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Barry Bonds .863 (.86345) San Francisco Giants 1
Sammy Sosa .737 (.73657) Chicago Cubs 2
Luis Gonzalez .688 (.68801) Arizona Diamondbacks 3
Todd Helton .685 (.68484) Colorado Rockies 4
Larry Walker .662 (.66197) Colorado Rockies 5
Lance Berkman .620 (.62045) Houston Astros 6
Albert Pujols .610 (.61017) St. Louis Cardinals 7
Chipper Jones .605 (.60490) Atlanta Braves 8
Shawn Green .598 (.59774) Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Brian Giles .590 (.59028) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Phil Nevin .588 (.58791) San Diego Padres 11
Gary Sheffield .583 (.58252) Los Angeles Dodgers 12
Cliff Floyd .578 (.57838) Florida Marlins 13
Mike Piazza .573 (.57256) New York Mets 14
Rich Aurilia .572 (.57233) San Francisco Giants 15
Jeff Bagwell .568 (.56833) Houston Astros 16
Vladimir Guerrero .566 (.56594) Montreal Expos 17
Jim Edmonds .564 (.56400) St. Louis Cardinals 18
Moises Alou .554 (.55361) Houston Astros 19
Reggie Sanders .549 (.54875) Arizona Diamondbacks 20
Richie Sexson .547 (.54682) Milwaukee Brewers 21
Paul Lo Duca .543 (.54348) Los Angeles Dodgers 22
Bobby Abreu .543 (.54252) Philadelphia Phillies 23
Ryan Klesko .539 (.53903) San Diego Padres 24
Aramis Ramirez .536 (.53566) Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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