1889 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Dan Brouthers	.373 (.37320)	Boston Beaneaters	1
Jack Glasscock	.352 (.35223)	Indianapolis Hoosiers	2
Mike Tiernan	.335 (.33467)	New York Giants	3
Fred Carroll	.330 (.33019)	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	4
Buck Ewing	.327 (.32678)	New York Giants	5
Jim O'Rourke	.321 (.32072)	New York Giants	6
Ed McKean	.318 (.31800)	Cleveland Spiders	7
Roger Connor	.317 (.31653)	New York Giants	8
Emmett Seery	.314 (.31369)	Indianapolis Hoosiers	9
Cap Anson	.311 (.31081)	Chicago White Stockings	10
George Van Haltren	.309 (.30939)	Chicago White Stockings	11
Jimmy Ryan	.307 (.30729)	Chicago White Stockings	12
George Gore	.305 (.30533)	New York Giants	13
Paul Hines	.305 (.30453)	Indianapolis Hoosiers	14
Hardy Richardson	.304 (.30410)	Boston Beaneaters	15
Jake Beckley	.301 (.30077)	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	16
John Ward	.299 (.29854)	New York Giants	17
Sam Thompson	.296 (.29644)	Philadelphia Phillies	18
Hugh Duffy	.295 (.29452)	Chicago White Stockings	19
King Kelly	.294 (.29389)	Boston Beaneaters	20
Connie Mack	.293 (.29275)	Washington Senators	21
Walt Wilmot	.289 (.28935)	Washington Senators	22
Joe Mulvey	.289 (.28860)	Philadelphia Phillies	23
Patsy Tebeau	.282 (.28215)	Cleveland Spiders	24
Jerry Denny	.282 (.28201)	Indianapolis Hoosiers	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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). The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.