Top 25 Batting Average in 1982 in the National League

Batting Average : 1982 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)

1982 Batting Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Batting Average Team Rank

Al Oliver .331 (.33063) Montreal Expos 1

Bill Madlock .319 (.31866) Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Leon Durham .312 (.31169) Chicago Cubs 3

Lonnie Smith .307 (.30743) St. Louis Cardinals 4

Bill Buckner .306 (.30594) Chicago Cubs 5

Pedro Guerrero .304 (.30435) Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Andre Dawson .301 (.30099) Montreal Expos 7

Dusty Baker .300 (.30000) Los Angeles Dodgers 8

Keith Hernandez .299 (.29879) St. Louis Cardinals 9

Tony Pena .296 (.29577) Pittsburgh Pirates 10

Terry Kennedy .295 (.29537) San Diego Padres 11

Ray Knight .294 (.29392) Houston Astros 12

Gary Carter .293 (.29264) Montreal Expos 13

Joe Morgan .289 (.28942) San Francisco Giants 14

Sixto Lezcano .289 (.28936) San Diego Padres 15

Ken Oberkfell .289 (.28936) St. Louis Cardinals

Cesar Cedeno .289 (.28862) Cincinnati Reds 17

Bo Diaz .288 (.28762) Philadelphia Phillies 18

Dave Concepcion .287 (.28671) Cincinnati Reds 19

Gene Richards .286 (.28599) San Diego Padres 20

Ken Landreaux .284 (.28416) Los Angeles Dodgers 21

Jason Thompson .284 (.28364) Pittsburgh Pirates 22

Steve Sax .282 (.28213) Los Angeles Dodgers 23

Steve Garvey .282 (.28160) Los Angeles Dodgers 24

George Hendrick .282 (.28155) St. Louis Cardinals 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.

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

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.

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