Slugging Average : 2008 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

2008 Slugging Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Albert Pujols .653 (.65267) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Ryan Ludwick .591 (.59108) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Chipper Jones .574 (.57403) Atlanta Braves 3
Lance Berkman .567 (.56679) Houston Astros 4
Ryan Braun .553 (.55319) Milwaukee Brewers 5
Ryan Howard .543 (.54262) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Hanley Ramirez .540 (.53990) Florida Marlins 7
Matt Holliday .538 (.53803) Colorado Rockies 8
Chase Utley .535 (.53542) Philadelphia Phillies 9
David Wright .534 (.53355) New York Mets 10
Alfonso Soriano .532 (.53201) Chicago Cubs 11
Brian McCann .523 (.52259) Atlanta Braves 12
Carlos Delgado .518 (.51839) New York Mets 13
Aramis Ramirez .518 (.51805) Chicago Cubs 14
Dan Uggla .514 (.51412) Florida Marlins 15
Mike Jacobs .514 (.51363) Florida Marlins 16
Adam Dunn .513 (.51257) Cincinnati Reds 17
Arizona Diamondbacks  
Andre Ethier .510 (.51048) Los Angeles Dodgers 18
Adrian Gonzalez .510 (.50974) San Diego Padres 19
Pat Burrell .507 (.50746) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Prince Fielder .507 (.50680) Milwaukee Brewers 21
Joey Votto .506 (.50570) Cincinnati Reds 22
Geovany Soto .504 (.50405) Chicago Cubs 23
Stephen Drew .502 (.50245) Arizona Diamondbacks 24
Carlos Beltran .500 (.50000) New York Mets 25



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.

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

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).