1905 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Cy Seymour	.377 (.37694)	Cincinnati Reds	1
Honus Wagner	.363 (.36314)	Pittsburgh Pirates	2
Mike Donlin	.356 (.35644)	New York Giants	3
Roy Thomas	.317 (.31673)	Philadelphia Phillies	4
Frank Chance	.316 (.31633)	Chicago Cubs	5
Homer Smoot	.311 (.31086)	St. Louis Cardinals	6
John Titus	.308 (.30839)	Philadelphia Phillies	7
Shad Barry	.304 (.30435)	Chicago Cubs	8
		Cincinnati Reds
Dan McGann	.299 (.29939)	New York Giants	9
Fred Clarke	.299 (.29905)	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Sherry Magee	.299 (.29851)	Philadelphia Phillies	11
Harry Lumley	.293 (.29307)	Brooklyn Superbas	12
George Browne	.293 (.29291)	New York Giants	13
Del Howard	.292 (.29195)	Pittsburgh Pirates	14
Jimmy Sheckard	.292 (.29167)	Brooklyn Superbas	15
Doc Gessler	.290 (.29002)	Brooklyn Superbas	16
Fred Tenney	.288 (.28780)	Boston Beaneaters	17
Jake Beckley	.286 (.28599)	St. Louis Cardinals	18
Sam Mertes	.279 (.27949)	New York Giants	19
Ed Abbaticchio	.279 (.27869)	Boston Beaneaters	20
Ernie Courtney	.275 (.27454)	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Wildfire Schulte	.274 (.27383)	Chicago Cubs	22
Miller Huggins	.273 (.27305)	Cincinnati Reds	23
Jimmy Slagle	.269 (.26937)	Chicago Cubs	24
Cozy Dolan	.269 (.26863)	Cincinnati Reds	25
		Boston Beaneaters
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). 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. 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.