Batting Average : 1919 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1919 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Edd Roush .321 (.32143) Cincinnati Reds 1
Rogers Hornsby .318 (.31836) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Ross Youngs .311 (.31084) New York Giants 3
Heinie Groh .310 (.31027) Cincinnati Reds 4
Milt Stock .307 (.30691) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Hy Myers .307 (.30664) Brooklyn Robins 6
Irish Meusel .305 (.30518) Philadelphia Phillies 7
George Burns .303 (.30337) New York Giants 8
Ed Konetchy .298 (.29835) Brooklyn Robins 9
Zack Wheat .297 (.29664) Brooklyn Robins 10
Max Flack .294 (.29424) Chicago Cubs 11
Fred Luderus .293 (.29273) Philadelphia Phillies 12
Walter Holke .292 (.29151) Boston Braves 13
Tommy Griffith .281 (.28099) Brooklyn Robins 14
Billy Southworth .280 (.28035) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Cy Williams .278 (.27816) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Ivy Olson .278 (.27797) Brooklyn Robins 17
Buck Herzog .278 (.27778) Boston Braves 18
Chicago Cubs  
Benny Kauff .277 (.27699) New York Giants 19
Art Fletcher .277 (.27664) New York Giants 20
Carson Bigbee .276 (.27615) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Jake Daubert .276 (.27561) Cincinnati Reds 22
Larry Kopf .270 (.27038) Cincinnati Reds 23
Lee Magee .270 (.27009) Brooklyn Robins 24
Chicago Cubs  
Charlie Hollocher .270 (.26977) Chicago Cubs 25



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.

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).

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.