Batting Average : 1946 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1946 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Stan Musial .365 (.36538) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Johnny Hopp .333 (.33258) Boston Braves 2
Dixie Walker .319 (.31944) Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Del Ennis .313 (.31296) Philadelphia Phillies 4
Tommy Holmes .310 (.30986) Boston Braves 5
Eddie Waitkus .304 (.30385) Chicago Cubs 6
Whitey Kurowski .301 (.30058) St. Louis Cardinals 7
Enos Slaughter .300 (.30049) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Billy Herman .298 (.29817) Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Boston Braves  
Phil Cavarretta .294 (.29412) Chicago Cubs 10
Sid Gordon .293 (.29333) New York Giants 11
Pee Wee Reese .284 (.28413) Brooklyn Dodgers 12
Frank McCormick .284 (.28373) Philadelphia Phillies 13
Willard Marshall .282 (.28235) New York Giants 14
Johnny Wyrostek .281 (.28073) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Red Schoendienst .281 (.28053) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Jim Russell .277 (.27713) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Pete Reiser .277 (.27660) Brooklyn Dodgers 18
Emil Verban .274 (.27426) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Philadelphia Phillies  
Eddie Stanky .273 (.27329) Brooklyn Dodgers 20
Grady Hatton .271 (.27064) Cincinnati Reds 21
Jim Tabor .268 (.26782) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Bert Haas .264 (.26355) Cincinnati Reds 23
Bob Elliott .263 (.26337) Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Frankie Gustine .259 (.25859) Pittsburgh Pirates 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.

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).

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.