Batting Average : 1900 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1900 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner .381 (.38140) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Elmer Flick .367 (.36697) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Jesse Burkett .363 (.36315) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Willie Keeler .362 (.36234) Brooklyn Superbas 4
John McGraw .344 (.34431) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Jake Beckley .341 (.34050) Cincinnati Reds 6
Nap Lajoie .337 (.33703) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Kip Selbach .337 (.33652) New York Giants 8
Billy Hamilton .333 (.33269) Boston Beaneaters 9
Ed Delahanty .323 (.32282) Philadelphia Phillies 10
Joe Kelley .319 (.31938) Brooklyn Superbas 11
George Davis .319 (.31925) New York Giants 12
Roy Thomas .316 (.31638) Philadelphia Phillies 13
Patsy Donovan .316 (.31610) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Jimmy Barrett .316 (.31560) Cincinnati Reds 15
George Van Haltren .315 (.31524) New York Giants 16
Charlie Hickman .313 (.31290) New York Giants 17
Tom Daly .312 (.31195) Brooklyn Superbas 18
Fielder Jones .310 (.30978) Brooklyn Superbas 19
Ed McFarland .305 (.30523) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Jimmy Collins .304 (.30375) Boston Beaneaters 21
Buck Freeman .301 (.30144) Boston Beaneaters 22
Bill Keister .300 (.29980) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Danny Green .298 (.29820) Chicago Orphans 24
Dan McGann .297 (.29730) St. Louis Cardinals 25



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.

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

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.