2002 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Barry Bonds	.370 (.36973)	San Francisco Giants	1
Larry Walker	.338 (.33753)	Colorado Rockies	2
Vladimir Guerrero	.336 (.33550)	Montreal Expos	3
Todd Helton	.329 (.32911)	Colorado Rockies	4
Chipper Jones	.327 (.32664)	Atlanta Braves	5
Jose Vidro	.315 (.31457)	Montreal Expos	6
Albert Pujols	.314 (.31356)	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Jeff Kent	.313 (.31300)	San Francisco Giants	8
Jim Edmonds	.311 (.31092)	St. Louis Cardinals	9
Edgardo Alfonzo	.308 (.30816)	New York Mets	10
Bobby Abreu	.308 (.30769)	Philadelphia Phillies	11
Gary Sheffield	.307 (.30691)	Atlanta Braves	12
Luis Castillo	.305 (.30528)	Florida Marlins	13
Edgar Renteria	.305 (.30515)	St. Louis Cardinals	14
Junior Spivey	.301 (.30112)	Arizona Diamondbacks	15
Ryan Klesko	.300 (.30000)	San Diego Padres	16
Todd Walker	.299 (.29902)	Cincinnati Reds	17
Brian Giles	.298 (.29779)	Pittsburgh Pirates	18
Lance Berkman	.292 (.29239)	Houston Astros	19
Mark Kotsay	.292 (.29239)	San Diego Padres
Jeff Bagwell	.291 (.29072)	Houston Astros	21
Placido Polanco	.288 (.28832)	St. Louis Cardinals	22
		Philadelphia Phillies
Luis Gonzalez	.288 (.28817)	Arizona Diamondbacks	23
Sammy Sosa	.288 (.28777)	Chicago Cubs	24
Jose Hernandez	.288 (.28762)	Milwaukee Brewers	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. 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). 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.