Batting Average : 1925 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1925 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .403 (.40278) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Jim Bottomley .367 (.36672) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Zack Wheat .359 (.35877) Brooklyn Robins 3
Kiki Cuyler .357 (.35656) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Jack Fournier .350 (.35046) Brooklyn Robins 5
George Harper .349 (.34949) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Max Carey .343 (.34317) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Ray Blades .342 (.34199) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Dick Burrus .340 (.34014) Boston Braves 9
Edd Roush .339 (.33889) Cincinnati Reds 10
Frankie Frisch .331 (.33068) New York Giants 11
Dick Cox .329 (.32949) Brooklyn Robins 12
Milt Stock .328 (.32846) Brooklyn Robins 13
Irish Meusel .328 (.32752) New York Giants 14
Clyde Barnhart .325 (.32468) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Pie Traynor .320 (.31980) Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Dave Bancroft .319 (.31942) Boston Braves 17
Lew Fonseca .319 (.31906) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Bill Terry .319 (.31902) New York Giants 19
Curt Walker .318 (.31827) Cincinnati Reds 20
Jimmy Welsh .312 (.31198) Boston Braves 21
George Kelly .309 (.30887) New York Giants 22
Glenn Wright .308 (.30782) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Gus Felix .307 (.30719) Boston Braves 24
Charlie Grimm .306 (.30636) Chicago Cubs 25



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?

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.

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.