1909 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Honus Wagner	.339 (.33939)	Pittsburgh Pirates	1
Mike Mitchell	.310 (.30975)	Cincinnati Reds	2
Dick Hoblitzel	.308 (.30754)	Cincinnati Reds	3
Larry Doyle	.302 (.30175)	New York Giants	4
Al Bridwell	.294 (.29412)	New York Giants	5
Kitty Bransfield	.292 (.29222)	Philadelphia Phillies	6
Johnny Bates	.291 (.29084)	Boston Doves	7
		Philadelphia Phillies
Moose McCormick	.291 (.29056)	New York Giants	8
Fred Clarke	.287 (.28727)	Pittsburgh Pirates	9
Ed Konetchy	.286 (.28646)	St. Louis Cardinals	10
Solly Hofman	.285 (.28463)	Chicago Cubs	11
John Hummel	.280 (.28044)	Brooklyn Superbas	12
Dots Miller	.279 (.27857)	Pittsburgh Pirates	13
Dick Egan	.275 (.27500)	Cincinnati Reds	14
Chief Wilson	.272 (.27241)	Pittsburgh Pirates	15
Al Burch	.271 (.27121)	Brooklyn Superbas	16
John Titus	.270 (.27037)	Philadelphia Phillies	17
Sherry Magee	.270 (.27011)	Philadelphia Phillies	18
Rebel Oakes	.270 (.26988)	Cincinnati Reds	19
Eddie Grant	.269 (.26941)	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Rube Ellis	.268 (.26783)	St. Louis Cardinals	21
Art Devlin	.265 (.26477)	New York Giants	22
George Gibson	.265 (.26471)	Pittsburgh Pirates	23
Wildfire Schulte	.264 (.26394)	Chicago Cubs	24
Johnny Evers	.264 (.26350)	Chicago Cubs	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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). 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.