1899 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Ed Delahanty	.410 (.40964)	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Jesse Burkett	.396 (.39606)	St. Louis Perfectos	2
John McGraw	.391 (.39098)	Baltimore Orioles	3
Willie Keeler	.379 (.37895)	Brooklyn Superbas	4
Jimmy Williams	.355 (.35494)	Pittsburgh Pirates	5
Ginger Beaumont	.352 (.35240)	Pittsburgh Pirates	6
Chick Stahl	.351 (.35069)	Boston Beaneaters	7
Fred Tenney	.347 (.34660)	Boston Beaneaters	8
Elmer Flick	.342 (.34227)	Philadelphia Phillies	9
Fred Clarke	.342 (.34219)	Louisville Colonels	10
George Davis	.337 (.33654)	New York Giants	11
Honus Wagner	.336 (.33625)	Louisville Colonels	12
Jake Beckley	.333 (.33333)	Cincinnati Reds	13
Bill Keister	.329 (.32887)	Baltimore Orioles	14
Emmet Heidrick	.328 (.32826)	St. Louis Perfectos	15
Roy Thomas	.325 (.32541)	Philadelphia Phillies	16
Joe Kelley	.325 (.32528)	Brooklyn Superbas	17
Bill Lange	.325 (.32452)	Chicago Orphans	18
Tom McCreery	.323 (.32308)	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Ducky Holmes	.320 (.32007)	Baltimore Orioles	20
Buck Freeman	.318 (.31803)	Washington Senators	21
Tom Daly	.313 (.31325)	Brooklyn Superbas	22
Bill Everitt	.310 (.30970)	Chicago Orphans	23
Steve Brodie	.309 (.30885)	Baltimore Orioles	24
Candy LaChance	.307 (.30720)	Baltimore Orioles	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.