Batting Average : 1957 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1957 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Stan Musial .351 (.35060) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Willie Mays .333 (.33333) New York Giants 2
Frank Robinson .322 (.32242) Cincinnati Redlegs 3
Hank Aaron .322 (.32195) Milwaukee Braves 4
Dick Groat .315 (.31537) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Red Schoendienst .309 (.30864) New York Giants 6
Milwaukee Braves  
Gil Hodges .299 (.29879) Brooklyn Dodgers 7
Dale Long .298 (.29833) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Chicago Cubs  
Richie Ashburn .297 (.29712) Philadelphia Phillies 9
Wally Moon .295 (.29457) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Gino Cimoli .293 (.29323) Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Don Hoak .293 (.29301) Cincinnati Redlegs 12
Ed Bouchee .293 (.29268) Philadelphia Phillies 13
Gus Bell .292 (.29216) Cincinnati Redlegs 14
Eddie Mathews .292 (.29196) Milwaukee Braves 15
Al Dark .290 (.28988) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Frank Thomas .290 (.28956) Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Walt Moryn .289 (.28873) Chicago Cubs 18
Del Ennis .286 (.28571) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Ernie Banks .285 (.28451) Chicago Cubs 20
Johnny Temple .284 (.28366) Cincinnati Redlegs 21
Bill Mazeroski .283 (.28327) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Duke Snider .274 (.27362) Brooklyn Dodgers 23
Eddie Kasko .273 (.27349) St. Louis Cardinals 24
Johnny Logan .273 (.27328) Milwaukee Braves 25



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?

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

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.