1878 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Paul Hines	.358 (.35798)	Providence Grays	1
Abner Dalrymple	.354 (.35424)	Milwaukee Cream Citys	2
Bob Ferguson	.351 (.35135)	Chicago White Stockings	3
Joe Start	.351 (.35088)	Chicago White Stockings	4
Cap Anson	.341 (.34100)	Chicago White Stockings	5
Orator Shafer	.338 (.33835)	Indianapolis Browns	6
Dick Higham	.320 (.32028)	Providence Grays	7
Deacon White	.314 (.31395)	Cincinnati Reds	8
Charley Jones	.310 (.31034)	Cincinnati Reds	9
John Peters	.309 (.30894)	Milwaukee Cream Citys	10
Tom York	.309 (.30855)	Providence Grays	11
Cal McVey	.306 (.30627)	Cincinnati Reds	12
Lew Brown	.305 (.30453)	Providence Grays	13
John Clapp	.304 (.30418)	Indianapolis Browns	14
Joe Gerhardt	.297 (.29730)	Cincinnati Reds	15
Bill Harbridge	.296 (.29583)	Chicago White Stockings	16
Terry Larkin	.288 (.28761)	Chicago White Stockings	17
King Kelly	.283 (.28270)	Cincinnati Reds	18
Jim O'Rourke	.278 (.27843)	Boston Red Caps	19
Will Foley	.271 (.27074)	Milwaukee Cream Citys	20
Frank Hankinson	.267 (.26667)	Chicago White Stockings	21
John Cassidy	.266 (.26563)	Chicago White Stockings	22
Jack Burdock	.260 (.26016)	Boston Red Caps	23
Andy Leonard	.260 (.25954)	Boston Red Caps	24
Chub Sullivan	.258 (.25820)	Cincinnati Reds	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. 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? The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.