Batting Average : 1883 American Association Top 25

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1883 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association
Ed Swartwood .357 (.35680) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 1
Pete Browning .338 (.33799) Louisville Eclipse 2
Jim Clinton .313 (.31328) Baltimore Orioles 3
Dave Rowe .313 (.31250) Baltimore Orioles 4
John Reilly .311 (.31121) Cincinnati Red Stockings 5
Mike Moynahan .310 (.31000) Philadelphia Athletics 6
Candy Nelson .305 (.30456) New York Metropolitans 7
Harry Stovey .304 (.30404) Philadelphia Athletics 8
Fred Lewis .301 (.30144) St. Louis Browns 9
Hick Carpenter .299 (.29885) Cincinnati Red Stockings 10
Charlie Comiskey .294 (.29426) St. Louis Browns 11
Charley Jones .294 (.29412) Cincinnati Red Stockings 12
Jack Gleason .293 (.29306) St. Louis Browns 13
Louisville Eclipse  
Ed Whiting .292 (.29167) Louisville Eclipse 14
Jack O'Brien .290 (.28974) Philadelphia Athletics 15
Bill Gleason .287 (.28706) St. Louis Browns 16
Hugh Nicol .285 (.28533) St. Louis Browns 17
John Richmond .283 (.28312) Columbus Colts 18
Joe Sommer .278 (.27845) Cincinnati Red Stockings 19
Tom Brown .274 (.27381) Columbus Colts 20
Cub Stricker .273 (.27273) Philadelphia Athletics 21
Guy Hecker .271 (.27108) Louisville Eclipse 22
Steve Brady .271 (.27083) New York Metropolitans 23
John O'Rourke .270 (.26984) New York Metropolitans 24
Joe Gerhardt .263 (.26332) Louisville Eclipse 25



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

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).

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