1893 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Billy Hamilton	.380 (.38028)	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Sam Thompson	.370 (.37000)	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Ed Delahanty	.368 (.36807)	Philadelphia Phillies	3
Hugh Duffy	.363 (.36250)	Boston Beaneaters	4
George Davis	.355 (.35519)	New York Giants	5
Jesse Burkett	.348 (.34834)	Cleveland Spiders	6
Tommy McCarthy	.346 (.34632)	Boston Beaneaters	7
Elmer Smith	.346 (.34556)	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Buck Ewing	.344 (.34400)	Cleveland Spiders	9
George Van Haltren	.338 (.33837)	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Wilbert Robinson	.334 (.33426)	Baltimore Orioles	11
Patsy Tebeau	.329 (.32922)	Cleveland Spiders	12
John Ward	.328 (.32823)	New York Giants	13
Cupid Childs	.326 (.32577)	Cleveland Spiders	14
Steve Brodie	.325 (.32509)	St. Louis Browns	15
		Baltimore Orioles
John McGraw	.321 (.32083)	Baltimore Orioles	16
Jack Glasscock	.320 (.31967)	St. Louis Browns	17
		Pittsburgh Pirates
Patsy Donovan	.317 (.31663)	Pittsburgh Pirates	18
Cap Anson	.314 (.31407)	Chicago Colts	19
Sam Wise	.311 (.31094)	Washington Senators	20
Ed McKean	.310 (.31009)	Cleveland Spiders	21
Bug Holliday	.310 (.31000)	Cincinnati Reds	22
Mike Tiernan	.309 (.30920)	New York Giants	23
Bill Hallman	.307 (.30705)	Philadelphia Phillies	24
Denny Lyons	.306 (.30612)	Pittsburgh Pirates	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.