Batting Average : 1900 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1900 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner .381 (.38140) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Elmer Flick .367 (.36697) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Jesse Burkett .363 (.36315) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Willie Keeler .362 (.36234) Brooklyn Superbas 4
John McGraw .344 (.34431) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Jake Beckley .341 (.34050) Cincinnati Reds 6
Nap Lajoie .337 (.33703) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Kip Selbach .337 (.33652) New York Giants 8
Billy Hamilton .333 (.33269) Boston Beaneaters 9
Ed Delahanty .323 (.32282) Philadelphia Phillies 10
Joe Kelley .319 (.31938) Brooklyn Superbas 11
George Davis .319 (.31925) New York Giants 12
Roy Thomas .316 (.31638) Philadelphia Phillies 13
Patsy Donovan .316 (.31610) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Jimmy Barrett .316 (.31560) Cincinnati Reds 15
George Van Haltren .315 (.31524) New York Giants 16
Charlie Hickman .313 (.31290) New York Giants 17
Tom Daly .312 (.31195) Brooklyn Superbas 18
Fielder Jones .310 (.30978) Brooklyn Superbas 19
Ed McFarland .305 (.30523) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Jimmy Collins .304 (.30375) Boston Beaneaters 21
Buck Freeman .301 (.30144) Boston Beaneaters 22
Bill Keister .300 (.29980) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Danny Green .298 (.29820) Chicago Orphans 24
Dan McGann .297 (.29730) St. Louis Cardinals 25



The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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).