1898 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Willie Keeler	.385 (.38503)	Baltimore Orioles	1
Billy Hamilton	.369 (.36930)	Boston Beaneaters	2
John McGraw	.342 (.34175)	Baltimore Orioles	3
Elmer Smith	.342 (.34156)	Cincinnati Reds	4
Jesse Burkett	.341 (.34135)	Cleveland Spiders	5
Ed Delahanty	.334 (.33394)	Philadelphia Phillies	6
Jimmy Collins	.328 (.32831)	Boston Beaneaters	7
Gene DeMontreville	.328 (.32804)	Baltimore Orioles	8
Fred Tenney	.328 (.32787)	Boston Beaneaters	9
Hughie Jennings	.328 (.32772)	Baltimore Orioles	10
Nap Lajoie	.324 (.32401)	Philadelphia Phillies	11
Jimmy Ryan	.323 (.32343)	Chicago Orphans	12
Joe Kelley	.321 (.32112)	Baltimore Orioles	13
Bill Lange	.319 (.31900)	Chicago Orphans	14
Bill Everitt	.319 (.31879)	Chicago Orphans	15
Lave Cross	.317 (.31728)	St. Louis Browns	16
Charlie Dexter	.314 (.31354)	Louisville Colonels	17
George Van Haltren	.312 (.31193)	New York Giants	18
Duff Cooley	.312 (.31161)	Philadelphia Phillies	19
Chick Stahl	.308 (.30835)	Boston Beaneaters	20
Fred Clarke	.307 (.30718)	Louisville Colonels	21
George Davis	.307 (.30658)	New York Giants	22
Dummy Hoy	.304 (.30412)	Louisville Colonels	23
Fielder Jones	.304 (.30369)	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	24
Kip Selbach	.303 (.30291)	Washington Senators	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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).