1954 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Willie Mays	.345 (.34513)	New York Giants	1
Don Mueller	.342 (.34249)	New York Giants	2
Duke Snider	.341 (.34075)	Brooklyn Dodgers	3
Stan Musial	.330 (.32995)	St. Louis Cardinals	4
Ted Kluszewski	.326 (.32635)	Cincinnati Redlegs	5
Red Schoendienst	.315 (.31475)	St. Louis Cardinals	6
Richie Ashburn	.313 (.31306)	Philadelphia Phillies	7
Pee Wee Reese	.309 (.30866)	Brooklyn Dodgers	8
Joe Adcock	.308 (.30800)	Milwaukee Braves	9
Johnny Temple	.307 (.30693)	Cincinnati Redlegs	10
Gil Hodges	.304 (.30397)	Brooklyn Dodgers	11
Wally Moon	.304 (.30394)	St. Louis Cardinals	12
Gus Bell	.299 (.29887)	Cincinnati Redlegs	13
Granny Hamner	.299 (.29866)	Philadelphia Phillies	14
Frank Thomas	.298 (.29809)	Pittsburgh Pirates	15
Ray Jablonski	.296 (.29624)	St. Louis Cardinals	16
Carl Furillo	.294 (.29433)	Brooklyn Dodgers	17
Al Dark	.293 (.29348)	New York Giants	18
Eddie Mathews	.290 (.28992)	Milwaukee Braves	19
Hank Sauer	.288 (.28846)	Chicago Cubs	20
Andy Pafko	.286 (.28627)	Milwaukee Braves	21
Ralph Kiner	.285 (.28546)	Chicago Cubs	22
Dee Fondy	.285 (.28521)	Chicago Cubs	23
Bill Bruton	.284 (.28395)	Milwaukee Braves	24
Rip Repulski	.283 (.28271)	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. 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. 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).