Batting Average : 1920 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
 

1920 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .370 (.37012) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Ross Youngs .351 (.35112) New York Giants 2
Edd Roush .339 (.33851) Cincinnati Reds 3
Zack Wheat .328 (.32762) Brooklyn Robins 4
Cy Williams .325 (.32542) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Milt Stock .319 (.31925) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Irish Meusel .309 (.30888) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Ed Konetchy .308 (.30785) Brooklyn Robins 8
Jack Fournier .306 (.30566) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Hy Myers .304 (.30412) Brooklyn Robins 10
Jake Daubert .304 (.30380) Cincinnati Reds 11
Max Flack .302 (.30192) Chicago Cubs 12
Dave Robertson .300 (.30000) Chicago Cubs 13
Dave Bancroft .299 (.29853) Philadelphia Phillies 14
New York Giants  
Heinie Groh .298 (.29818) Cincinnati Reds 15
Pat Duncan .295 (.29514) Cincinnati Reds 16
Walter Holke .294 (.29401) Boston Braves 17
Casey Stengel .292 (.29213) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Jimmy Johnston .291 (.29134) Brooklyn Robins 19
Doc Lavan .289 (.28876) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Max Carey .289 (.28866) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Gene Paulette .288 (.28826) Philadelphia Phillies 22
George Burns .287 (.28685) New York Giants 23
Larry Doyle .285 (.28450) New York Giants 24
Cliff Heathcote .284 (.28425) St. Louis Cardinals 25



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.

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?

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).