Batting Average : 1967 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1967 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Roberto Clemente .357 (.35726) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Tony Gonzalez .339 (.33858) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Matty Alou .338 (.33818) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Curt Flood .335 (.33463) St. Louis Cardinals 4
Rusty Staub .333 (.33333) Houston Astros 5
Orlando Cepeda .325 (.32504) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Dick Allen .307 (.30670) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Hank Aaron .307 (.30667) Atlanta Braves 8
Maury Wills .302 (.30195) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Tommy Davis .302 (.30156) New York Mets 10
Pete Rose .301 (.30085) Cincinnati Reds 11
Ron Santo .300 (.30034) Chicago Cubs 12
Lou Brock .299 (.29898) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Tim McCarver .295 (.29512) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Bob Aspromonte .294 (.29424) Houston Astros 15
Jesus Alou .292 (.29216) San Francisco Giants 16
Tony Perez .290 (.29000) Cincinnati Reds 17
Jim Ray Hart .289 (.28893) San Francisco Giants 18
Vada Pinson .288 (.28769) Cincinnati Reds 19
Gene Alley .287 (.28727) Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Julian Javier .281 (.28077) St. Louis Cardinals 21
Glenn Beckert .280 (.27973) Chicago Cubs 22
Billy Williams .278 (.27760) Chicago Cubs 23
Joe Torre .277 (.27673) Atlanta Braves 24
Willie McCovey .276 (.27632) San Francisco Giants 25



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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.