Top 25 Batting Average in 1997 in the National League

Batting Average : 1997 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)

1997 Batting Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Batting Average Team Rank

Tony Gwynn .372 (.37162) San Diego Padres 1

Larry Walker .366 (.36620) Colorado Rockies 2

Mike Piazza .362 (.36151) Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Kenny Lofton .333 (.33266) Atlanta Braves 4

Wally Joyner .327 (.32747) San Diego Padres 5

Mark Grace .319 (.31892) Chicago Cubs 6

Andres Galarraga .318 (.31833) Colorado Rockies 7

Edgardo Alfonzo .315 (.31467) New York Mets 8

Raul Mondesi .310 (.31006) Los Angeles Dodgers 9

Craig Biggio .309 (.30856) Houston Astros 10

Dante Bichette .308 (.30838) Colorado Rockies 11

Jeff Blauser .308 (.30829) Atlanta Braves 12

David Segui .307 (.30719) Montreal Expos 13

Vinny Castilla .304 (.30392) Colorado Rockies 14

Joe Randa .302 (.30248) Pittsburgh Pirates 15

Shawon Dunston .300 (.30000) Chicago Cubs 16

Pittsburgh Pirates

Doug Glanville .300 (.29958) Chicago Cubs 17

Bobby Bonilla .297 (.29715) Florida Marlins 18

Delino DeShields .295 (.29545) St. Louis Cardinals 19

Chipper Jones .295 (.29481) Atlanta Braves 20

Mickey Morandini .295 (.29476) Philadelphia Phillies 21

Ray Lankford .295 (.29462) St. Louis Cardinals 22

Jason Kendall .294 (.29424) Pittsburgh Pirates 23

John Olerud .294 (.29389) New York Mets 24

Moises Alou .292 (.29182) Florida Marlins 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.

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.

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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