Batting Average : 1937 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1937 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe Medwick .374 (.37441) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Johnny Mize .364 (.36429) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Paul Waner .354 (.35380) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Pinky Whitney .341 (.34086) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Dolph Camilli .339 (.33895) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Billy Herman .335 (.33511) Chicago Cubs 6
Heinie Manush .333 (.33262) Brooklyn Dodgers 7
Lloyd Waner .330 (.32961) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Frank Demaree .324 (.32358) Chicago Cubs 9
Arky Vaughan .322 (.32196) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Don Padgett .314 (.31390) St. Louis Cardinals 11
Jo-Jo Moore .310 (.31034) New York Giants 12
Al Todd .307 (.30739) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Dick Bartell .306 (.30620) New York Giants 14
Buddy Hassett .304 (.30396) Brooklyn Dodgers 15
Billy Jurges .298 (.29778) Chicago Cubs 16
Stan Hack .297 (.29725) Chicago Cubs 17
Mel Ott .294 (.29358) New York Giants 18
Burgess Whitehead .286 (.28571) New York Giants 19
Gene Moore .283 (.28342) Boston Bees 20
Hersh Martin .283 (.28325) Philadelphia Phillies 21
Cookie Lavagetto .282 (.28231) Brooklyn Dodgers 22
Woody Jensen .279 (.27898) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Gus Suhr .278 (.27826) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Jimmy Brown .276 (.27619) St. Louis Cardinals 25



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.

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.

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?