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Top 25 Batting Average in 2000 in the National League

Batting Average : 2000 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

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2000 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Todd Helton .372 (.37241) Colorado Rockies 1
Moises Alou .355 (.35463) Houston Astros 2
Vladimir Guerrero .345 (.34501) Montreal Expos 3
Jeffrey Hammonds .335 (.33480) Colorado Rockies 4
Luis Castillo .334 (.33395) Florida Marlins 5
Jeff Kent .334 (.33390) San Francisco Giants 6
Jose Vidro .330 (.33003) Montreal Expos 7
Jeff Cirillo .326 (.32609) Colorado Rockies 8
Gary Sheffield .325 (.32535) Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Mike Piazza .324 (.32365) New York Mets 10
Edgardo Alfonzo .324 (.32353) New York Mets 11
Sammy Sosa .320 (.31954) Chicago Cubs 12
Jason Kendall .320 (.31952) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Bobby Abreu .316 (.31597) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Brian Giles .315 (.31485) Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Sean Casey .315 (.31458) Cincinnati Reds 16
Richard Hidalgo .314 (.31362) Houston Astros 17
Chipper Jones .311 (.31088) Atlanta Braves 18
Luis Gonzalez .311 (.31068) Arizona Diamondbacks 19
Jeff Bagwell .310 (.31017) Houston Astros 20
Barry Bonds .306 (.30625) San Francisco Giants 21
Andruw Jones .303 (.30335) Atlanta Braves 22
Phil Nevin .303 (.30297) San Diego Padres 23
Dmitri Young .303 (.30292) Cincinnati Reds 24
Geoff Jenkins .303 (.30273) Milwaukee Brewers 25



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?

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).

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.