Batting Average : 1906 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1906 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner .339 (.33915) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Harry Steinfeldt .327 (.32653) Chicago Cubs 2
Harry Lumley .324 (.32438) Brooklyn Superbas 3
Frank Chance .319 (.31857) Chicago Cubs 4
Fred Clarke .309 (.30935) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Art Devlin .299 (.29920) New York Giants 6
Miller Huggins .292 (.29174) Cincinnati Reds 7
Cy Seymour .286 (.28646) Cincinnati Reds 8
New York Giants  
Tommy Leach .286 (.28571) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Fred Tenney .283 (.28309) Boston Beaneaters 10
Sherry Magee .282 (.28242) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Roger Bresnahan .281 (.28148) New York Giants 12
Wildfire Schulte .281 (.28064) Chicago Cubs 13
Kitty Bransfield .275 (.27481) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Shad Barry .269 (.26938) Cincinnati Reds 15
St. Louis Cardinals  
Claude Ritchey .269 (.26860) Pittsburgh Pirates 16
John Titus .267 (.26653) Philadelphia Phillies 17
George Browne .264 (.26415) New York Giants 18
Jimmy Sheckard .262 (.26230) Chicago Cubs 19
Tim Jordan .262 (.26222) Brooklyn Superbas 20
Pug Bennett .262 (.26218) St. Louis Cardinals 21
Del Howard .261 (.26055) Boston Beaneaters 22
Bob Ganley .258 (.25832) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Spike Shannon .256 (.25637) St. Louis Cardinals 24
New York Giants  
Jim Nealon .255 (.25540) Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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).

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.