1926 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Paul Waner	.336 (.33582)	Pittsburgh Pirates	1
Freddy Leach	.329 (.32927)	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Eddie Brown	.328 (.32843)	Boston Braves	3
Les Bell	.325 (.32530)	St. Louis Cardinals	4
Edd Roush	.323 (.32327)	Cincinnati Reds	5
Hack Wilson	.321 (.32136)	Chicago Cubs	6
Kiki Cuyler	.321 (.32085)	Pittsburgh Pirates	7
Billy Southworth	.320 (.31953)	New York Giants	8
		St. Louis Cardinals
Babe Herman	.319 (.31855)	Brooklyn Robins	9
George Grantham	.318 (.31849)	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Pie Traynor	.317 (.31707)	Pittsburgh Pirates	11
Rogers Hornsby	.317 (.31689)	St. Louis Cardinals	12
Frankie Frisch	.314 (.31376)	New York Giants	13
Dave Bancroft	.311 (.31126)	Boston Braves	14
Sparky Adams	.309 (.30929)	Chicago Cubs	15
Glenn Wright	.308 (.30786)	Pittsburgh Pirates	16
Taylor Douthit	.308 (.30755)	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Curt Walker	.306 (.30648)	Cincinnati Reds	18
Ray Blades	.305 (.30529)	St. Louis Cardinals	19
Johnny Mokan	.303 (.30263)	Philadelphia Phillies	20
George Kelly	.303 (.30261)	New York Giants	21
Freddie Lindstrom	.302 (.30203)	New York Giants	22
Jim Bottomley	.299 (.29851)	St. Louis Cardinals	23
Andy High	.296 (.29622)	Boston Braves	24
Bob O'Farrell	.293 (.29268)	St. Louis Cardinals	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. 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).