Batting Average : 2007 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:

"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)
 

2007 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Matt Holliday .340 (.33962) Colorado Rockies 1
Chipper Jones .337 (.33723) Atlanta Braves 2
Chase Utley .332 (.33208) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Edgar Renteria .332 (.33198) Atlanta Braves 4
Hanley Ramirez .332 (.33177) Florida Marlins 5
Albert Pujols .327 (.32743) St. Louis Cardinals 6
David Wright .325 (.32450) New York Mets 7
Miguel Cabrera .320 (.31973) Florida Marlins 8
Todd Helton .320 (.31957) Colorado Rockies 9
Dmitri Young .320 (.31957) Washington Nationals  
Derrek Lee .317 (.31746) Chicago Cubs 11
Aramis Ramirez .310 (.31028) Chicago Cubs 12
Aaron Rowand .309 (.30882) Philadelphia Phillies 13
Freddy Sanchez .304 (.30399) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Carlos Lee .303 (.30303) Houston Astros 15
Jeff Kent .302 (.30162) Los Angeles Dodgers 16
Garrett Atkins .301 (.30083) Colorado Rockies 17
Randy Winn .300 (.30017) San Francisco Giants 18
Alfonso Soriano .299 (.29879) Chicago Cubs 19
Jimmy Rollins .296 (.29609) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Jack Wilson .296 (.29560) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Corey Hart .295 (.29505) Milwaukee Brewers 22
Orlando Hudson .294 (.29400) Arizona Diamondbacks 23
Juan Pierre .293 (.29341) Los Angeles Dodgers 24
Mark DeRosa .293 (.29283) Chicago Cubs 25



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?

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.