Batting Average : 1970 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1970 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rico Carty .366 (.36611) Atlanta Braves 1
Joe Torre .325 (.32532) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Manny Sanguillen .325 (.32510) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Billy Williams .322 (.32233) Chicago Cubs 4
Wes Parker .319 (.31922) Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Cito Gaston .318 (.31849) San Diego Padres 6
Tony Perez .317 (.31687) Cincinnati Reds 7
Pete Rose .316 (.31587) Cincinnati Reds 8
Bobby Tolan .316 (.31579) Cincinnati Reds 9
Jim Hickman .315 (.31518) Chicago Cubs 10
Felix Millan .310 (.31017) Atlanta Braves 11
Willie Davis .305 (.30523) Los Angeles Dodgers 12
Orlando Cepeda .305 (.30511) Atlanta Braves 13
Denis Menke .304 (.30427) Houston Astros 14
Lou Brock .304 (.30422) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Bobby Bonds .302 (.30166) San Francisco Giants 16
Dick Dietz .300 (.30020) San Francisco Giants 17
Hank Aaron .298 (.29845) Atlanta Braves 18
Matty Alou .297 (.29690) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Don Money .295 (.29530) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Ken Henderson .294 (.29422) San Francisco Giants 21
Jose Cardenal .293 (.29348) St. Louis Cardinals 22
Johnny Bench .293 (.29256) Cincinnati Reds 23
Ollie Brown .292 (.29213) San Diego Padres 24
Willie Mays .291 (.29079) 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.

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.

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?