Batting Average : 1926 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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1926 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Paul Waner .336 (.33582) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Freddy Leach .329 (.32927) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Eddie Brown .328 (.32843) Boston Braves 3
Les Bell .325 (.32530) St. Louis Cardinals 4
Edd Roush .323 (.32327) Cincinnati Reds 5
Hack Wilson .321 (.32136) Chicago Cubs 6
Kiki Cuyler .321 (.32085) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Billy Southworth .320 (.31953) New York Giants 8
St. Louis Cardinals  
Babe Herman .319 (.31855) Brooklyn Robins 9
George Grantham .318 (.31849) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Pie Traynor .317 (.31707) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Rogers Hornsby .317 (.31689) St. Louis Cardinals 12
Frankie Frisch .314 (.31376) New York Giants 13
Dave Bancroft .311 (.31126) Boston Braves 14
Sparky Adams .309 (.30929) Chicago Cubs 15
Glenn Wright .308 (.30786) Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Taylor Douthit .308 (.30755) St. Louis Cardinals 17
Curt Walker .306 (.30648) Cincinnati Reds 18
Ray Blades .305 (.30529) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Johnny Mokan .303 (.30263) Philadelphia Phillies 20
George Kelly .303 (.30261) New York Giants 21
Freddie Lindstrom .302 (.30203) New York Giants 22
Jim Bottomley .299 (.29851) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Andy High .296 (.29622) Boston Braves 24
Bob O'Farrell .293 (.29268) 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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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?