Batting Average : 1907 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:

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1907 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner .350 (.34951) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Sherry Magee .328 (.32803) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Ginger Beaumont .322 (.32241) Boston Doves 3
Tommy Leach .303 (.30347) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Cy Seymour .294 (.29387) New York Giants 5
Mike Mitchell .292 (.29211) Cincinnati Reds 6
Fred Clarke .289 (.28942) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Dave Brain .279 (.27898) Boston Doves 8
Art Devlin .277 (.27699) New York Giants 9
John Titus .275 (.27533) Philadelphia Phillies 10
Tim Jordan .274 (.27423) Brooklyn Superbas 11
Fred Tenney .273 (.27256) Boston Doves 12
Solly Hofman .268 (.26809) Chicago Cubs 13
Jimmy Sheckard .267 (.26653) Chicago Cubs 14
Harry Lumley .267 (.26652) Brooklyn Superbas 15
Harry Steinfeldt .266 (.26568) Chicago Cubs 16
Spike Shannon .265 (.26496) New York Giants 17
Ed Abbaticchio .262 (.26210) Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Red Murray .262 (.26186) St. Louis Cardinals 19
George Browne .260 (.25983) New York Giants 20
Johnny Bates .260 (.25951) Boston Doves 21
Jimmy Slagle .258 (.25767) Chicago Cubs 22
Bobby Byrne .256 (.25581) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Claude Ritchey .255 (.25451) Boston Doves 24
Otto Knabe .255 (.25450) Philadelphia Phillies 25



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.

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.