Slugging Average : 2004 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

2004 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Barry Bonds .812 (.81233) San Francisco Giants 1
Albert Pujols .657 (.65709) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Jim Edmonds .643 (.64257) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Adrian Beltre .629 (.62876) Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Todd Helton .620 (.61974) Colorado Rockies 5
Scott Rolen .598 (.59800) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Jim Thome .581 (.58071) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Aramis Ramirez .578 (.57770) Chicago Cubs 8
J.D. Drew .570 (.56950) Atlanta Braves 9
Adam Dunn .569 (.56866) Cincinnati Reds 10
Lance Berkman .566 (.56618) Houston Astros 11
Jeromy Burnitz .559 (.55926) Colorado Rockies 12
Moises Alou .557 (.55740) Chicago Cubs 13
Bobby Abreu .544 (.54355) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Vinny Castilla .535 (.53516) Colorado Rockies 15
Sean Casey .534 (.53415) Cincinnati Reds 16
Jeff Kent .531 (.53148) Houston Astros 17
Sammy Sosa .517 (.51674) Chicago Cubs 18
Miguel Cabrera .512 (.51244) Florida Marlins 19
Mike Lowell .505 (.50502) Florida Marlins 20
Derrek Lee .504 (.50413) Chicago Cubs 21
Craig Wilson .499 (.49911) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Brad Wilkerson .498 (.49825) Montreal Expos 23
Mark Loretta .495 (.49516) San Diego Padres 24
Phil Nevin .492 (.49177) San Diego Padres 25



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

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?

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).