2005 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Derrek Lee	.335 (.33502)	Chicago Cubs	1
Albert Pujols	.330 (.32995)	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Miguel Cabrera	.323 (.32300)	Florida Marlins	3
Todd Helton	.320 (.32024)	Colorado Rockies	4
Sean Casey	.312 (.31191)	Cincinnati Reds	5
Chad Tracy	.308 (.30815)	Arizona Diamondbacks	6
Matt Holliday	.307 (.30689)	Colorado Rockies	7
David Wright	.306 (.30609)	New York Mets	8
Jason Bay	.306 (.30551)	Pittsburgh Pirates	9
Brady Clark	.306 (.30551)	Milwaukee Brewers
Aramis Ramirez	.302 (.30238)	Chicago Cubs	11
Ken Griffey, Jr.	.301 (.30143)	Cincinnati Reds	12
Carlos Delgado	.301 (.30134)	Florida Marlins	13
Brian Giles	.301 (.30092)	San Diego Padres	14
Luis Castillo	.301 (.30068)	Florida Marlins	15
David Eckstein	.294 (.29365)	St. Louis Cardinals	16
Mark Grudzielanek	.294 (.29356)	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Lance Berkman	.293 (.29274)	Houston Astros	18
Geoff Jenkins	.292 (.29182)	Milwaukee Brewers	19
Bill Hall	.291 (.29142)	Milwaukee Brewers	20
Felipe Lopez	.291 (.29138)	Cincinnati Reds	21
Marcus Giles	.291 (.29116)	Atlanta Braves	22
Chase Utley	.291 (.29098)	Philadelphia Phillies	23
Willy Taveras	.291 (.29054)	Houston Astros	24
Ray Durham	.290 (.28974)	San Francisco Giants	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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).