Batting Average : 1884 National League Top 25

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1884 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
King Kelly .354 (.35398) Chicago White Stockings 1
Jim O'Rourke .347 (.34690) Buffalo Bisons 2
Ezra Sutton .346 (.34615) Boston Beaneaters 3
Cap Anson .335 (.33474) Chicago White Stockings 4
Dan Brouthers .327 (.32663) Buffalo Bisons 5
Deacon White .325 (.32522) Buffalo Bisons 6
George Gore .318 (.31754) Chicago White Stockings 7
Roger Connor .317 (.31656) New York Gothams 8
Jack Rowe .315 (.31500) Buffalo Bisons 9
Abner Dalrymple .309 (.30902) Chicago White Stockings 10
Paul Hines .302 (.30204) Providence Grays 11
Hardy Richardson .301 (.30068) Buffalo Bisons 12
Fred Pfeffer .289 (.28908) Chicago White Stockings 13
Ned Williamson .278 (.27818) Chicago White Stockings 14
Buck Ewing .277 (.27749) New York Gothams 15
Bill Phillips .276 (.27586) Cleveland Blues 16
Mike Dorgan .276 (.27566) New York Gothams 17
Joe Start .276 (.27559) Providence Grays 18
Alex McKinnon .272 (.27234) New York Gothams 19
Jack Manning .271 (.27123) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Bill Crowley .270 (.27027) Boston Beaneaters 21
Jack Burdock .269 (.26870) Boston Beaneaters 22
Joe Hornung .268 (.26834) Boston Beaneaters 23
Charlie Buffinton .267 (.26705) Boston Beaneaters 24
Ned Hanlon .264 (.26444) Detroit Wolverines 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.

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).

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.
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