1891 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Billy Hamilton	.340 (.33966)	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Bug Holliday	.319 (.31900)	Cincinnati Reds	2
Pete Browning	.317 (.31742)	Pittsburgh Pirates	3
		Cincinnati Reds
Jack Clements	.310 (.30969)	Philadelphia Phillies	4
Mike Tiernan	.306 (.30627)	New York Giants	5
Jim O'Rourke	.296 (.29550)	New York Giants	6
Sam Thompson	.294 (.29422)	Philadelphia Phillies	7
Jake Beckley	.292 (.29242)	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Cap Anson	.291 (.29074)	Chicago Colts	9
Roger Connor	.290 (.29019)	New York Giants	10
George Davis	.289 (.28947)	Cleveland Spiders	11
Oyster Burns	.285 (.28511)	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	12
Doggie Miller	.285 (.28467)	Pittsburgh Pirates	13
George Gore	.284 (.28409)	New York Giants	14
Herman Long	.283 (.28250)	Boston Beaneaters	15
Ed McKean	.282 (.28192)	Cleveland Spiders	16
Cupid Childs	.281 (.28131)	Cleveland Spiders	17
Harry Stovey	.279 (.27941)	Boston Beaneaters	18
Jimmy Ryan	.277 (.27723)	Chicago Colts	19
John Ward	.277 (.27664)	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	20
Hub Collins	.276 (.27586)	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	21
Billy Nash	.276 (.27561)	Boston Beaneaters	22
Walt Wilmot	.275 (.27510)	Chicago Colts	23
George Pinkney	.273 (.27345)	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	24
Arlie Latham	.272 (.27205)	Cincinnati Reds	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.