Batting Average : 1920 National League Top 25

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1920 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .370 (.37012) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Ross Youngs .351 (.35112) New York Giants 2
Edd Roush .339 (.33851) Cincinnati Reds 3
Zack Wheat .328 (.32762) Brooklyn Robins 4
Cy Williams .325 (.32542) Philadelphia Phillies 5
Milt Stock .319 (.31925) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Irish Meusel .309 (.30888) Philadelphia Phillies 7
Ed Konetchy .308 (.30785) Brooklyn Robins 8
Jack Fournier .306 (.30566) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Hy Myers .304 (.30412) Brooklyn Robins 10
Jake Daubert .304 (.30380) Cincinnati Reds 11
Max Flack .302 (.30192) Chicago Cubs 12
Dave Robertson .300 (.30000) Chicago Cubs 13
Dave Bancroft .299 (.29853) Philadelphia Phillies 14
New York Giants  
Heinie Groh .298 (.29818) Cincinnati Reds 15
Pat Duncan .295 (.29514) Cincinnati Reds 16
Walter Holke .294 (.29401) Boston Braves 17
Casey Stengel .292 (.29213) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Jimmy Johnston .291 (.29134) Brooklyn Robins 19
Doc Lavan .289 (.28876) St. Louis Cardinals 20
Max Carey .289 (.28866) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Gene Paulette .288 (.28826) Philadelphia Phillies 22
George Burns .287 (.28685) New York Giants 23
Larry Doyle .285 (.28450) New York Giants 24
Cliff Heathcote .284 (.28425) 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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.