1881 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Cap Anson	.399 (.39942)	Chicago White Stockings	1
Martin Powell	.338 (.33790)	Detroit Wolverines	2
Jack Rowe	.333 (.33333)	Buffalo Bisons	3
Joe Start	.328 (.32759)	Providence Grays	4
Fred Dunlap	.325 (.32479)	Cleveland Blues	5
Abner Dalrymple	.323 (.32320)	Chicago White Stockings	6
King Kelly	.323 (.32295)	Chicago White Stockings	7
Dan Brouthers	.319 (.31852)	Buffalo Bisons	8
Buttercup Dickerson	.316 (.31608)	Worcester Ruby Legs	9
Silver Flint	.310 (.31046)	Chicago White Stockings	10
Deacon White	.310 (.31034)	Buffalo Bisons	11
Pete Hotaling	.309 (.30915)	Worcester Ruby Legs	12
Tom York	.304 (.30380)	Providence Grays	13
Jim O'Rourke	.302 (.30172)	Buffalo Bisons	14
Charlie Bennett	.301 (.30100)	Detroit Wolverines	15
George Gore	.298 (.29773)	Chicago White Stockings	16
George Wood	.297 (.29674)	Detroit Wolverines	17
Roger Connor	.292 (.29155)	Troy Trojans	18
Ezra Sutton	.291 (.29129)	Boston Red Caps	19
Hardy Richardson	.291 (.29070)	Buffalo Bisons	20
John Morrill	.289 (.28939)	Boston Red Caps	21
Paul Hines	.285 (.28532)	Providence Grays	22
Bob Ferguson	.283 (.28319)	Troy Trojans	23
Sadie Houck	.279 (.27922)	Detroit Wolverines	24
Ned Hanlon	.279 (.27869)	Detroit Wolverines	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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.