1887 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Sam Thompson	.372 (.37248)	Detroit Wolverines	1
Cap Anson	.347 (.34746)	Chicago White Stockings	2
Dan Brouthers	.338 (.33800)	Detroit Wolverines	3
John Ward	.338 (.33761)	New York Giants	4
Sam Wise	.334 (.33405)	Boston Beaneaters	5
Hardy Richardson	.328 (.32781)	Detroit Wolverines	6
Fred Carroll	.328 (.32779)	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	7
Ed Andrews	.325 (.32543)	Philadelphia Phillies	8
Jerry Denny	.324 (.32353)	Indianapolis Hoosiers	9
King Kelly	.322 (.32231)	Boston Beaneaters	10
Jack Rowe	.318 (.31844)	Detroit Wolverines	11
Otto Schomberg	.308 (.30788)	Indianapolis Hoosiers	12
Paul Hines	.308 (.30753)	Washington Senators	13
Deacon White	.303 (.30290)	Detroit Wolverines	14
Bill Kuehne	.299 (.29851)	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	15
Billy Nash	.295 (.29474)	Boston Beaneaters	16
Jack Glasscock	.294 (.29400)	Indianapolis Hoosiers	17
John Coleman	.293 (.29263)	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	18
George Gore	.290 (.28976)	New York Giants	19
George Wood	.289 (.28921)	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Mike Tiernan	.287 (.28747)	New York Giants	21
Joe Mulvey	.287 (.28692)	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Jimmy Ryan	.285 (.28543)	Chicago White Stockings	23
Jim O'Rourke	.285 (.28463)	New York Giants	24
Roger Connor	.285 (.28450)	New York Giants	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). 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.