Batting Average : 1922 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:

"The key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1922 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .401 (.40128) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Ray Grimes .354 (.35363) Chicago Cubs 2
Hack Miller .352 (.35193) Chicago Cubs 3
Carson Bigbee .350 (.35016) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Cotton Tierney .345 (.34467) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
George Harper .340 (.33953) Cincinnati Reds 6
Charlie Hollocher .340 (.33953) Chicago Cubs  
Curt Walker .337 (.33735) Philadelphia Phillies 8
Jake Daubert .336 (.33607) Cincinnati Reds 9
Zack Wheat .335 (.33500) Brooklyn Robins 10
Ross Youngs .331 (.33095) New York Giants 11
Irish Meusel .331 (.33063) New York Giants 12
Max Carey .329 (.32909) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Pat Duncan .328 (.32784) Cincinnati Reds 14
George Kelly .328 (.32770) New York Giants 15
Frankie Frisch .327 (.32685) New York Giants 16
Bob O'Farrell .324 (.32398) Chicago Cubs 17
Dave Bancroft .321 (.32104) New York Giants 18
Jimmy Johnston .319 (.31922) Brooklyn Robins 19
Hy Myers .317 (.31715) Brooklyn Robins 20
Butch Henline .316 (.31628) Philadelphia Phillies 21
Jack Smith .310 (.30980) St. Louis Cardinals 22
Cy Williams .308 (.30822) Philadelphia Phillies 23
Babe Pinelli .305 (.30530) Cincinnati Reds 24
Milt Stock .305 (.30465) St. Louis Cardinals 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).

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?