Top 25 Batting Average in 1888 in the National League

Batting Average : 1888 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1888 Batting Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Batting Average Team Rank

Cap Anson .344 (.34369) Chicago White Stockings 1

Jimmy Ryan .332 (.33151) Chicago White Stockings 2

King Kelly .318 (.31818) Boston Beaneaters 3

Dan Brouthers .307 (.30651) Detroit Wolverines 4

Buck Ewing .306 (.30602) New York Giants 5

Deacon White .298 (.29791) Detroit Wolverines 6

Dick Johnston .296 (.29573) Boston Beaneaters 7

Mike Tiernan .293 (.29345) New York Giants 8

Roger Connor .291 (.29106) New York Giants 9

Billy Nash .283 (.28327) Boston Beaneaters 10

Paul Hines .281 (.28070) Indianapolis Hoosiers 11

Doggie Miller .277 (.27723) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 12

Jack Rowe .277 (.27716) Detroit Wolverines 13

Dummy Hoy .274 (.27435) Washington Senators 14

Jim O'Rourke .274 (.27384) New York Giants 15

Jack Glasscock .269 (.26923) Indianapolis Hoosiers 16

Ned Hanlon .266 (.26580) Detroit Wolverines 17

Jerry Denny .261 (.26145) Indianapolis Hoosiers 18

John Ward .251 (.25098) New York Giants 19

Ned Williamson .250 (.25000) Chicago White Stockings 20

Fred Pfeffer .250 (.24952) Chicago White Stockings 21

Charlie Ganzel .249 (.24870) Detroit Wolverines 22

Fred Carroll .249 (.24863) Pittsburgh Alleghenys 23

Tom Brown .248 (.24762) Boston Beaneaters 24

Mike Slattery .246 (.24552) New York Giants 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.

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).

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.

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