Batting Average : 1890 American Association Top 25

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"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1890 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Jimmy Wolf .363 (.36280) Louisville Colonels 1
Denny Lyons .354 (.35398) Philadelphia Athletics 2
Tommy McCarthy .350 (.35036) St. Louis Browns 3
Spud Johnson .346 (.34572) Columbus Colts 4
Cupid Childs .345 (.34483) Syracuse Stars 5
Ed Swartwood .327 (.32684) Toledo Maumees 6
Jack O'Connor .324 (.32385) Columbus Colts 7
Mox McQuery .308 (.30803) Syracuse Stars 8
Sandy Griffin .307 (.30713) Rochester Rochesters 9
Harry Taylor .306 (.30561) Louisville Colonels 10
Rasty Wright .305 (.30460) Syracuse Stars 11
Perry Werden .295 (.29518) Toledo Maumees 12
Farmer Weaver .289 (.28905) Louisville Colonels 13
John Sneed .286 (.28599) Toledo Maumees 14
Columbus Colts  
Orator Shafer .282 (.28205) Philadelphia Athletics 15
Jimmy Knowles .281 (.28106) Rochester Rochesters 16
Billy O'Brien .278 (.27835) Brooklyn Gladiators 17
Shorty Fuller .278 (.27757) St. Louis Browns 18
Phil Tomney .277 (.27720) Louisville Colonels 19
Blondie Purcell .276 (.27646) Philadelphia Athletics 20
Charlie Duffee .275 (.27513) St. Louis Browns 21
Billy Alvord .273 (.27273) Toledo Maumees 22
Charlie Hamburg .272 (.27216) Louisville Colonels 23
Hank Simon .270 (.27032) Brooklyn Gladiators 24
Syracuse Stars  
George Tebeau .268 (.26772) Toledo Maumees 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.

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.

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.