Batting Average : 1914 National League Top 25

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1914 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jake Daubert .329 (.32911) Brooklyn Robins 1
Beals Becker .325 (.32490) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Jack Dalton .319 (.31900) Brooklyn Robins 3
Zack Wheat .319 (.31895) Brooklyn Robins 4
Casey Stengel .316 (.31553) Brooklyn Robins 5
Sherry Magee .314 (.31434) Philadelphia Phillies 6
George Burns .303 (.30303) New York Giants 7
Gavvy Cravath .299 (.29860) Philadelphia Phillies 8
Heinie Zimmerman .296 (.29610) Chicago Cubs 9
Dots Miller .290 (.28970) St. Louis Cardinals 10
Heinie Groh .288 (.28791) Cincinnati Reds 11
Art Fletcher .286 (.28599) New York Giants 12
Butch Schmidt .285 (.28492) Boston Braves 13
Lee Magee .284 (.28355) St. Louis Cardinals 14
Buck Herzog .281 (.28112) Cincinnati Reds 15
Johnny Evers .279 (.27902) Boston Braves 16
Hans Lobert .275 (.27525) Philadelphia Phillies 17
Wilbur Good .272 (.27241) Chicago Cubs 18
Bobby Byrne .272 (.27195) Philadelphia Phillies 19
Red Smith .272 (.27188) Brooklyn Robins 20
Boston Braves  
Bob Bescher .270 (.26953) New York Giants 21
Jim Viox .265 (.26482) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Dode Paskert .264 (.26386) Philadelphia Phillies 23
Tommy Leach .263 (.26343) Chicago Cubs 24
Miller Huggins .263 (.26326) St. Louis Cardinals 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 most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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).