2008 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Chipper Jones	.364 (.36446)	Atlanta Braves	1
Albert Pujols	.357 (.35687)	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Matt Holliday	.321 (.32096)	Colorado Rockies	3
Cristian Guzman	.316 (.31606)	Washington Nationals	4
Lance Berkman	.312 (.31227)	Houston Astros	5
Ryan Theriot	.307 (.30690)	Chicago Cubs	6
Randy Winn	.306 (.30602)	San Francisco Giants	7
Brian Giles	.306 (.30590)	San Diego Padres	8
Andre Ethier	.305 (.30476)	Los Angeles Dodgers	9
David Wright	.302 (.30192)	New York Mets	10
Skip Schumaker	.302 (.30185)	St. Louis Cardinals	11
Brian McCann	.301 (.30059)	Atlanta Braves	12
Hanley Ramirez	.301 (.30051)	Florida Marlins	13
Conor Jackson	.300 (.30000)	Arizona Diamondbacks	14
Ryan Ludwick	.299 (.29926)	St. Louis Cardinals	15
Joey Votto	.297 (.29658)	Cincinnati Reds	16
Jose Reyes	.297 (.29651)	New York Mets	17
Shane Victorino	.293 (.29298)	Philadelphia Phillies	18
Bengie Molina	.292 (.29245)	San Francisco Giants	19
Chase Utley	.292 (.29160)	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Stephen Drew	.291 (.29133)	Arizona Diamondbacks	21
Derrek Lee	.291 (.29053)	Chicago Cubs	22
Matt Kemp	.290 (.29043)	Los Angeles Dodgers	23
James Loney	.289 (.28908)	Los Angeles Dodgers	24
Aramis Ramirez	.289 (.28881)	Chicago Cubs	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. 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?