Top 25 Batting Average in 1988 in the National League

Batting Average : 1988 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)

1988 Batting Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Batting Average Team Rank

Tony Gwynn .313 (.31286) San Diego Padres 1

Rafael Palmeiro .307 (.30690) Chicago Cubs 2

Andre Dawson .303 (.30288) Chicago Cubs 3

Andres Galarraga .302 (.30213) Montreal Expos 4

Gerald Perry .300 (.29982) Atlanta Braves 5

Mark Grace .296 (.29630) Chicago Cubs 6

Barry Larkin .296 (.29592) Cincinnati Reds 7

Vance Law .293 (.29317) Chicago Cubs 8

Willie McGee .292 (.29181) St. Louis Cardinals 9

Kal Daniels .291 (.29091) Cincinnati Reds 10

Kirk Gibson .290 (.28967) Los Angeles Dodgers 11

Kevin McReynolds .288 (.28804) New York Mets 12

Andy Van Slyke .288 (.28790) Pittsburgh Pirates 13

Brett Butler .287 (.28697) San Francisco Giants 14

Barry Bonds .283 (.28253) Pittsburgh Pirates 15

Will Clark .282 (.28174) San Francisco Giants 16

Hubie Brooks .279 (.27891) Montreal Expos 17

Jose Oquendo .277 (.27716) St. Louis Cardinals 18

Steve Sax .277 (.27690) Los Angeles Dodgers 19

Mike Marshall .277 (.27675) Los Angeles Dodgers 20

Rafael Ramirez .276 (.27562) Houston Astros 21

Bobby Bonilla .274 (.27397) Pittsburgh Pirates 22

Eric Davis .273 (.27331) Cincinnati Reds 23

Chris Sabo .271 (.27138) Cincinnati Reds 24

Ken Oberkfell .271 (.27101) Atlanta Braves 25

Pittsburgh Pirates

Name Batting Average Team Rank

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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?

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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