1951 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Stan Musial	.355 (.35467)	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Richie Ashburn	.344 (.34370)	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Jackie Robinson	.338 (.33759)	Brooklyn Dodgers	3
Roy Campanella	.325 (.32475)	Brooklyn Dodgers	4
Monte Irvin	.312 (.31183)	New York Giants	5
Johnny Wyrostek	.311 (.31099)	Cincinnati Reds	6
Ralph Kiner	.309 (.30885)	Pittsburgh Pirates	7
Al Dark	.303 (.30341)	New York Giants	8
Carl Furillo	.295 (.29535)	Brooklyn Dodgers	9
Bobby Thomson	.293 (.29344)	New York Giants	10
Red Schoendienst	.289 (.28933)	St. Louis Cardinals	11
Dick Sisler	.287 (.28738)	Philadelphia Phillies	12
Sid Gordon	.287 (.28727)	Boston Braves	13
Pee Wee Reese	.286 (.28571)	Brooklyn Dodgers	14
Willie Jones	.285 (.28546)	Philadelphia Phillies	15
Bob Elliott	.285 (.28542)	Boston Braves	16
Frank Baumholtz	.284 (.28393)	Chicago Cubs	17
Whitey Lockman	.282 (.28176)	New York Giants	18
Willard Marshall	.281 (.28145)	Boston Braves	19
Enos Slaughter	.281 (.28117)	St. Louis Cardinals	20
Solly Hemus	.281 (.28095)	St. Louis Cardinals	21
Sam Jethroe	.280 (.27972)	Boston Braves	22
Billy Cox	.279 (.27912)	Brooklyn Dodgers	23
Gus Bell	.278 (.27833)	Pittsburgh Pirates	24
Duke Snider	.277 (.27723)	Brooklyn Dodgers	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. 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). 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.