Slugging Average : 2002 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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2002 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Barry Bonds .799 (.79901) San Francisco Giants 1
Brian Giles .622 (.62173) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Larry Walker .602 (.60168) Colorado Rockies 3
Sammy Sosa .594 (.59353) Chicago Cubs 4
Vladimir Guerrero .593 (.59283) Montreal Expos 5
Lance Berkman .578 (.57785) Houston Astros 6
Todd Helton .577 (.57685) Colorado Rockies 7
Jeff Kent .565 (.56501) San Francisco Giants 8
Albert Pujols .561 (.56102) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Jim Edmonds .561 (.56092) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Shawn Green .558 (.55842) Los Angeles Dodgers 11
Pat Burrell .544 (.54437) Philadelphia Phillies 12
Mike Piazza .544 (.54393) New York Mets 13
Ryan Klesko .537 (.53704) San Diego Padres 14
Chipper Jones .537 (.53650) Atlanta Braves 15
Bobby Abreu .521 (.52098) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Jeff Bagwell .518 (.51839) Houston Astros 17
Andruw Jones .513 (.51250) Atlanta Braves 18
Mark Bellhorn .512 (.51236) Chicago Cubs 19
Gary Sheffield .512 (.51220) Atlanta Braves 20
Fred McGriff .505 (.50478) Chicago Cubs 21
Richie Sexson .504 (.50351) Milwaukee Brewers 22
Scott Rolen .503 (.50345) Philadelphia Phillies 23
St. Louis Cardinals  
Steve Finley .499 (.49901) Arizona Diamondbacks 24
Luis Gonzalez .496 (.49618) Arizona Diamondbacks 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.

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.