Top 25 Batting Average in 1976 in the National League

Batting Average : 1976 National League Top 25

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"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)

1976 Batting Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Batting Average Team Rank

Bill Madlock .339 (.33852) Chicago Cubs 1

Ken Griffey .336 (.33630) Cincinnati Reds 2

Garry Maddox .330 (.32957) Philadelphia Phillies 3

Pete Rose .323 (.32331) Cincinnati Reds 4

Joe Morgan .320 (.31992) Cincinnati Reds 5

Steve Garvey .317 (.31696) Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Willie Montanez .317 (.31692) San Francisco Giants 7

Atlanta Braves

Dave Parker .313 (.31285) Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Bob Watson .313 (.31282) Houston Astros 9

Cesar Geronimo .307 (.30658) Cincinnati Reds 10

George Foster .306 (.30605) Cincinnati Reds 11

Greg Luzinski .304 (.30394) Philadelphia Phillies 12

Jose Cruz .303 (.30296) Houston Astros 13

Lou Brock .301 (.30120) St. Louis Cardinals 14

Bill Buckner .301 (.30062) Los Angeles Dodgers 15

Jose Cardenal .299 (.29942) Chicago Cubs 16

Cesar Cedeno .297 (.29739) Houston Astros 17

Ted Simmons .291 (.29121) St. Louis Cardinals 18

Richie Zisk .289 (.28916) Pittsburgh Pirates 19

Greg Gross .286 (.28638) Houston Astros 20

Dave Cash .284 (.28378) Philadelphia Phillies 21

Dave Winfield .283 (.28252) San Diego Padres 22

Felix Millan .282 (.28249) New York Mets 23

Dave Concepcion .281 (.28125) Cincinnati Reds 24

Gary Matthews .279 (.27939) San Francisco Giants 25

Name Batting Average Team Rank

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.

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.

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