Batting Average : 1986 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1986 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tim Raines .334 (.33448) Montreal Expos 1
Steve Sax .332 (.33175) Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Tony Gwynn .329 (.32866) San Diego Padres 3
Kevin Bass .311 (.31134) Houston Astros 4
Keith Hernandez .310 (.31034) New York Mets 5
Von Hayes .305 (.30492) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Johnny Ray .301 (.30052) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Ray Knight .298 (.29835) New York Mets 8
Lenny Dykstra .295 (.29466) New York Mets 9
Mitch Webster .290 (.28993) Montreal Expos 10
Mike Schmidt .290 (.28986) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Tony Pena .288 (.28824) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Kevin McReynolds .288 (.28750) San Diego Padres 13
Andre Dawson .284 (.28427) Montreal Expos 14
Ryne Sandberg .284 (.28389) Chicago Cubs 15
Ozzie Smith .280 (.28016) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Buddy Bell .278 (.27817) Cincinnati Reds 17
Jose Cruz .278 (.27766) Houston Astros 18
Chili Davis .278 (.27757) San Francisco Giants 19
Bill Doran .276 (.27636) Houston Astros 20
Jim Morrison .274 (.27374) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Dave Parker .273 (.27316) Cincinnati Reds 22
Bob Horner .273 (.27273) Atlanta Braves 23
Bo Diaz .272 (.27215) Cincinnati Reds 24
Robby Thompson .271 (.27140) San Francisco Giants 25



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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.