Batting Average : 1882 American Association 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1882 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Pete Browning .378 (.37847) Louisville Eclipse 1
Hick Carpenter .342 (.34188) Cincinnati Red Stockings 2
Ed Swartwood .329 (.32923) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 3
Tom Brown .304 (.30387) Baltimore Orioles 4
Jack O'Brien .303 (.30290) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Jimmy Wolf .299 (.29874) Louisville Eclipse 6
Pop Snyder .291 (.29126) Cincinnati Red Stockings 7
John Peters .288 (.28829) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 8
Bill Gleason .288 (.28818) St. Louis Brown Stockings 9
Joe Sommer .288 (.28814) Cincinnati Red Stockings 10
Jack Leary .287 (.28727) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 11
Baltimore Orioles  
Juice Latham .285 (.28483) Philadelphia Athletics 12
Billy Taylor .281 (.28094) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 13
Chick Fulmer .281 (.28086) Cincinnati Red Stockings 14
Mike Mansell .277 (.27666) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 15
Guy Hecker .276 (.27647) Louisville Eclipse 16
Dan Sullivan .273 (.27273) Louisville Eclipse 17
Will White .266 (.26570) Cincinnati Red Stockings 18
Jud Birchall .263 (.26331) Philadelphia Athletics 19
Bill Schenck .260 (.25974) Louisville Eclipse 20
Ed Whiting .260 (.25974) Baltimore Orioles  
Tony Mullane .257 (.25743) Louisville Eclipse 22
Ecky Stearns .257 (.25701) Cincinnati Red Stockings 23
Charlie Householder .254 (.25407) Baltimore Orioles 24
Jack Gleason .254 (.25378) St. Louis Brown Stockings 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.

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.

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?