1891 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American Association
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Dan Brouthers	.350 (.34979)	Boston Red Stockings	1
Hugh Duffy	.336 (.33582)	Boston Red Stockings	2
Tom Brown	.321 (.32088)	Boston Red Stockings	3
Tip O'Neill	.321 (.32054)	St. Louis Browns	4
George Van Haltren	.318 (.31802)	Baltimore Orioles	5
Denny Lyons	.315 (.31486)	St. Louis Browns	6
Tommy McCarthy	.310 (.30969)	St. Louis Browns	7
George Wood	.309 (.30871)	Philadelphia Athletics	8
Patsy Donovan	.305 (.30452)	Louisville Colonels	9
		Washington Senators
Jocko Milligan	.303 (.30330)	Philadelphia Athletics	10
Deacon McGuire	.303 (.30266)	Washington Senators	11
Duke Farrell	.302 (.30233)	Boston Red Stockings	12
Lave Cross	.301 (.30100)	Philadelphia Athletics	13
Charlie Duffee	.301 (.30072)	Columbus Colts	14
Harry Taylor	.295 (.29494)	Louisville Colonels	15
Dummy Hoy	.292 (.29159)	St. Louis Browns	16
Perry Werden	.290 (.28986)	Baltimore Orioles	17
Emmett Seery	.285 (.28495)	Cincinnati Porkers	18
Farmer Weaver	.283 (.28319)	Louisville Colonels	19
John Carney	.283 (.28302)	Cincinnati Porkers	20
		Milwaukee Brewers
Bill Hallman	.283 (.28279)	Philadelphia Athletics	21
Jack Boyle	.280 (.28018)	St. Louis Browns	22
Henry Larkin	.279 (.27947)	Philadelphia Athletics	23
Irv Ray	.278 (.27751)	Baltimore Orioles	24
Bill Johnson	.271 (.27083)	Baltimore Orioles	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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. 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).