1917 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Edd Roush	.341 (.34100)	Cincinnati Reds	1
Rogers Hornsby	.327 (.32696)	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Benny Kauff	.308 (.30769)	New York Giants	3
Heinie Groh	.304 (.30384)	Cincinnati Reds	4
George Burns	.302 (.30151)	New York Giants	5
Heinie Zimmerman	.297 (.29744)	New York Giants	6
Jack Smith	.297 (.29654)	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Max Carey	.296 (.29592)	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Red Smith	.295 (.29505)	Boston Braves	9
Walton Cruise	.295 (.29490)	St. Louis Cardinals	10
Gavvy Cravath	.280 (.28032)	Philadelphia Phillies	11
Possum Whitted	.280 (.28029)	Philadelphia Phillies	12
Hal Chase	.277 (.27741)	Cincinnati Reds	13
Walter Holke	.277 (.27704)	New York Giants	14
Les Mann	.273 (.27252)	Chicago Cubs	15
Ed Konetchy	.272 (.27215)	Boston Braves	16
Ivy Olson	.269 (.26897)	Brooklyn Robins	17
Hy Myers	.268 (.26752)	Brooklyn Robins	18
Milt Stock	.264 (.26418)	Philadelphia Phillies	19
Fred Merkle	.264 (.26391)	Brooklyn Robins	20
		Chicago Cubs
Jake Daubert	.261 (.26068)	Brooklyn Robins	21
Fred Luderus	.261 (.26054)	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Art Fletcher	.260 (.26032)	New York Giants	23
Rabbit Maranville	.260 (.26025)	Boston Braves	24
Dave Robertson	.259 (.25940)	New York Giants	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. 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. 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.