1882 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American Association
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Pete Browning	.378 (.37847)	Louisville Eclipse	1
Hick Carpenter	.342 (.34188)	Cincinnati Red Stockings	2
Ed Swartwood	.329 (.32923)	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	3
Tom Brown	.304 (.30387)	Baltimore Orioles	4
Jack O'Brien	.303 (.30290)	Philadelphia Athletics	5
Jimmy Wolf	.299 (.29874)	Louisville Eclipse	6
Pop Snyder	.291 (.29126)	Cincinnati Red Stockings	7
John Peters	.288 (.28829)	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	8
Bill Gleason	.288 (.28818)	St. Louis Brown Stockings	9
Joe Sommer	.288 (.28814)	Cincinnati Red Stockings	10
Jack Leary	.287 (.28727)	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	11
		Baltimore Orioles
Juice Latham	.285 (.28483)	Philadelphia Athletics	12
Billy Taylor	.281 (.28094)	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	13
Chick Fulmer	.281 (.28086)	Cincinnati Red Stockings	14
Mike Mansell	.277 (.27666)	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	15
Guy Hecker	.276 (.27647)	Louisville Eclipse	16
Dan Sullivan	.273 (.27273)	Louisville Eclipse	17
Will White	.266 (.26570)	Cincinnati Red Stockings	18
Jud Birchall	.263 (.26331)	Philadelphia Athletics	19
Bill Schenck	.260 (.25974)	Louisville Eclipse	20
Ed Whiting	.260 (.25974)	Baltimore Orioles
Tony Mullane	.257 (.25743)	Louisville Eclipse	22
Ecky Stearns	.257 (.25701)	Cincinnati Red Stockings	23
Charlie Householder	.254 (.25407)	Baltimore Orioles	24
Jack Gleason	.254 (.25378)	St. Louis Brown Stockings	25
Name	Batting 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). 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. 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.