1890 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the Players League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Pete Browning	.373 (.37323)	Cleveland Infants	1
Dave Orr	.371 (.37069)	Brooklyn Wonders	2
Jim O'Rourke	.360 (.35983)	New York Giants	3
Roger Connor	.349 (.34917)	New York Giants	4
Jimmy Ryan	.340 (.33951)	Chicago Pirates	5
Buck Ewing	.338 (.33807)	New York Giants	6
John Ward	.335 (.33512)	Brooklyn Wonders	7
George Van Haltren	.335 (.33511)	Brooklyn Wonders	8
Dan Brouthers	.330 (.33043)	Boston Red Stockings	9
Henry Larkin	.330 (.33004)	Cleveland Infants	10
Sy Sutcliffe	.329 (.32902)	Cleveland Infants	11
King Kelly	.326 (.32647)	Boston Red Stockings	12
Hardy Richardson	.326 (.32613)	Boston Red Stockings	13
Jake Beckley	.324 (.32364)	Pittsburgh Burghers	14
Billy Shindle	.324 (.32363)	Philadelphia Quakers	15
Hugh Duffy	.320 (.32047)	Chicago Pirates	16
George Gore	.318 (.31830)	New York Giants	17
Mike Slattery	.307 (.30657)	New York Giants	18
Lou Bierbauer	.306 (.30560)	Brooklyn Wonders	19
Tip O'Neill	.302 (.30156)	Chicago Pirates	20
Joe Quinn	.301 (.30059)	Boston Red Stockings	21
Harry Stovey	.299 (.29938)	Boston Red Stockings	22
Dummy Hoy	.298 (.29817)	Buffalo Bisons	23
Fred Carroll	.298 (.29808)	Pittsburgh Burghers	24
Patsy Tebeau	.298 (.29778)	Cleveland Infants	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.