Top 25 Batting Average in 1950 in the National League

Batting Average : 1950 National League Top 25

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"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)

1950 Batting Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Batting Average Team Rank

Stan Musial .346 (.34595) St. Louis Cardinals 1

Jackie Robinson .328 (.32819) Brooklyn Dodgers 2

Duke Snider .321 (.32097) Brooklyn Dodgers 3

Del Ennis .311 (.31092) Philadelphia Phillies 4

Ted Kluszewski .307 (.30669) Cincinnati Reds 5

Bob Elliott .305 (.30508) Boston Braves 6

Carl Furillo .305 (.30484) Brooklyn Dodgers 7

Sid Gordon .304 (.30353) Boston Braves 8

Andy Pafko .304 (.30350) Chicago Cubs 9

Richie Ashburn .303 (.30303) Philadelphia Phillies 10

Eddie Stanky .300 (.29981) New York Giants 11

Dick Sisler .296 (.29637) Philadelphia Phillies 12

Whitey Lockman .295 (.29511) New York Giants 13

Don Mueller .291 (.29143) New York Giants 14

Earl Torgeson .290 (.28993) Boston Braves 15

Enos Slaughter .290 (.28957) St. Louis Cardinals 16

Hank Thompson .289 (.28906) New York Giants 17

Tommy Glaviano .285 (.28537) St. Louis Cardinals 18

Wally Westlake .285 (.28512) Pittsburgh Pirates 19

Johnny Wyrostek .285 (.28487) Cincinnati Reds 20

Eddie Waitkus .284 (.28393) Philadelphia Phillies 21

Gil Hodges .283 (.28342) Brooklyn Dodgers 22

Roy Campanella .281 (.28146) Brooklyn Dodgers 23

Al Dark .279 (.27939) New York Giants 24

Red Schoendienst .276 (.27570) St. Louis Cardinals 25

Name Batting Average Team Rank

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.

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

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).

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