1880 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
George Gore	.360 (.36025)	Chicago White Stockings	1
Cap Anson	.337 (.33708)	Chicago White Stockings	2
Roger Connor	.332 (.33235)	Troy Trojans	3
Abner Dalrymple	.330 (.32984)	Chicago White Stockings	4
Tom Burns	.309 (.30931)	Chicago White Stockings	5
Paul Hines	.307 (.30749)	Providence Grays	6
Ed Cogswell	.301 (.30144)	Troy Trojans	7
Charley Jones	.300 (.30000)	Boston Red Caps	8
Blondie Purcell	.292 (.29231)	Cincinnati Reds	9
Curry Foley	.292 (.29217)	Boston Red Caps	10
King Kelly	.291 (.29070)	Chicago White Stockings	11
Mickey Welch	.287 (.28685)	Troy Trojans	12
John Clapp	.282 (.28173)	Cincinnati Reds	13
Joe Start	.278 (.27826)	Providence Grays	14
Fred Dunlap	.276 (.27614)	Cleveland Blues	15
Jim O'Rourke	.275 (.27548)	Boston Red Caps	16
John O'Rourke	.275 (.27476)	Boston Red Caps	17
Jack Farrell	.271 (.27139)	Providence Grays	18
Bill Crowley	.268 (.26836)	Buffalo Bisons	19
Orator Shafer	.266 (.26627)	Cleveland Blues	20
Joe Hornung	.266 (.26608)	Buffalo Bisons	21
Harry Stovey	.265 (.26479)	Worcester Ruby Legs	22
Bob Ferguson	.262 (.26205)	Troy Trojans	23
Hardy Richardson	.259 (.25948)	Buffalo Bisons	24
Emil Gross	.259 (.25937)	Providence Grays	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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.