Batting Average : 1928 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1928 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .387 (.38683) Boston Braves 1
Paul Waner .370 (.37043) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Freddie Lindstrom .358 (.35759) New York Giants 3
George Sisler .340 (.34012) Boston Braves 4
Babe Herman .340 (.33951) Brooklyn Robins 5
Pie Traynor .337 (.33743) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Lance Richbourg .337 (.33660) Boston Braves 7
Chick Hafey .337 (.33654) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Lloyd Waner .335 (.33536) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Bill Terry .326 (.32570) New York Giants 10
Jim Bottomley .325 (.32465) St. Louis Cardinals 11
Riggs Stephenson .324 (.32422) Chicago Cubs 12
George Grantham .323 (.32273) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Mel Ott .322 (.32184) New York Giants 14
Del Bissonette .320 (.32027) Brooklyn Robins 15
Harvey Hendrick .318 (.31765) Brooklyn Robins 16
Hack Wilson .313 (.31346) Chicago Cubs 17
Jimmy Welsh .307 (.30672) New York Giants 18
Ethan Allen .305 (.30515) Cincinnati Reds 19
Freddy Leach .304 (.30442) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Pinky Whitney .301 (.30085) Philadelphia Phillies 21
Frankie Frisch .300 (.29982) St. Louis Cardinals 22
Woody English .299 (.29895) Chicago Cubs 23
Hughie Critz .296 (.29641) Cincinnati Reds 24
Rube Bressler .295 (.29541) Brooklyn Robins 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).

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.