Batting Average : 1906 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:

"The key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1906 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner .339 (.33915) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Harry Steinfeldt .327 (.32653) Chicago Cubs 2
Harry Lumley .324 (.32438) Brooklyn Superbas 3
Frank Chance .319 (.31857) Chicago Cubs 4
Fred Clarke .309 (.30935) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Art Devlin .299 (.29920) New York Giants 6
Miller Huggins .292 (.29174) Cincinnati Reds 7
Cy Seymour .286 (.28646) Cincinnati Reds 8
New York Giants  
Tommy Leach .286 (.28571) Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Fred Tenney .283 (.28309) Boston Beaneaters 10
Sherry Magee .282 (.28242) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Roger Bresnahan .281 (.28148) New York Giants 12
Wildfire Schulte .281 (.28064) Chicago Cubs 13
Kitty Bransfield .275 (.27481) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Shad Barry .269 (.26938) Cincinnati Reds 15
St. Louis Cardinals  
Claude Ritchey .269 (.26860) Pittsburgh Pirates 16
John Titus .267 (.26653) Philadelphia Phillies 17
George Browne .264 (.26415) New York Giants 18
Jimmy Sheckard .262 (.26230) Chicago Cubs 19
Tim Jordan .262 (.26222) Brooklyn Superbas 20
Pug Bennett .262 (.26218) St. Louis Cardinals 21
Del Howard .261 (.26055) Boston Beaneaters 22
Bob Ganley .258 (.25832) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Spike Shannon .256 (.25637) St. Louis Cardinals 24
New York Giants  
Jim Nealon .255 (.25540) Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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.

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

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).