1890 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Jack Glasscock	.336 (.33594)	New York Giants	1
Billy Hamilton	.325 (.32460)	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Jack Clements	.315 (.31496)	Philadelphia Phillies	3
Sam Thompson	.313 (.31330)	Philadelphia Phillies	4
Joe Knight	.312 (.31185)	Cincinnati Reds	5
Cap Anson	.312 (.31151)	Chicago Colts	6
George Pinkney	.309 (.30928)	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	7
Jesse Burkett	.309 (.30923)	New York Giants	8
Mike Tiernan	.304 (.30380)	New York Giants	9
Dave Foutz	.303 (.30255)	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	10
John Reilly	.300 (.30018)	Cincinnati Reds	11
Lefty Marr	.298 (.29791)	Cincinnati Reds	12
Ed McKean	.296 (.29623)	Cleveland Spiders	13
Steve Brodie	.296 (.29572)	Boston Beaneaters	14
Tommy Tucker	.295 (.29499)	Boston Beaneaters	15
Cliff Carroll	.285 (.28522)	Chicago Colts	16
Marty Sullivan	.285 (.28515)	Boston Beaneaters	17
Oyster Burns	.284 (.28390)	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	18
Harry Decker	.279 (.27882)	Philadelphia Phillies	19
		Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Walt Wilmot	.278 (.27846)	Chicago Colts	20
Hub Collins	.278 (.27843)	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	21
Adonis Terry	.278 (.27824)	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	22
Al Myers	.277 (.27721)	Philadelphia Phillies	23
Tom Burns	.277 (.27695)	Chicago Colts	24
Doggie Miller	.273 (.27322)	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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). 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.