1963 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Tommy Davis	.326 (.32554)	Los Angeles Dodgers	1
Roberto Clemente	.320 (.32000)	Pittsburgh Pirates	2
Hank Aaron	.319 (.31854)	Milwaukee Braves	3
Dick Groat	.319 (.31854)	St. Louis Cardinals
Orlando Cepeda	.316 (.31606)	San Francisco Giants	5
Willie Mays	.314 (.31376)	San Francisco Giants	6
Vada Pinson	.313 (.31288)	Cincinnati Reds	7
Tony Gonzalez	.306 (.30631)	Philadelphia Phillies	8
Bill White	.304 (.30395)	St. Louis Cardinals	9
Curt Flood	.302 (.30211)	St. Louis Cardinals	10
Maury Wills	.302 (.30171)	Los Angeles Dodgers	11
Ron Santo	.297 (.29683)	Chicago Cubs	12
Joe Torre	.293 (.29341)	Milwaukee Braves	13
Billy Williams	.286 (.28595)	Chicago Cubs	14
Ken Boyer	.285 (.28525)	St. Louis Cardinals	15
Johnny Callison	.284 (.28435)	Philadelphia Phillies	16
Jim Gilliam	.282 (.28190)	Los Angeles Dodgers	17
Felipe Alou	.281 (.28142)	San Francisco Giants	18
Tony Taylor	.281 (.28125)	Philadelphia Phillies	19
Willie McCovey	.280 (.28014)	San Francisco Giants	20
Donn Clendenon	.275 (.27531)	Pittsburgh Pirates	21
George Altman	.274 (.27371)	St. Louis Cardinals	22
Pete Rose	.273 (.27287)	Cincinnati Reds	23
Ron Hunt	.272 (.27205)	New York Mets	24
Ron Fairly	.271 (.27143)	Los Angeles Dodgers	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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).