Top 25 Batting Average in 1930 in the National League

Batting Average : 1930 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1930 Batting Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Batting Average Team Rank

Bill Terry .401 (.40126) New York Giants 1

Babe Herman .393 (.39251) Brooklyn Robins 2

Chuck Klein .386 (.38580) Philadelphia Phillies 3

Lefty O'Doul .383 (.38258) Philadelphia Phillies 4

Freddie Lindstrom .379 (.37931) New York Giants 5

Paul Waner .368 (.36842) Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Pie Traynor .366 (.36620) Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Hack Wilson .356 (.35556) Chicago Cubs 8

Kiki Cuyler .355 (.35514) Chicago Cubs 9

Mel Ott .349 (.34933) New York Giants 10

Frankie Frisch .346 (.34630) St. Louis Cardinals 11

Pinky Whitney .342 (.34158) Philadelphia Phillies 12

Travis Jackson .339 (.33875) New York Giants 13

Gabby Hartnett .339 (.33858) Chicago Cubs 14

Chick Hafey .336 (.33632) St. Louis Cardinals 15

Del Bissonette .336 (.33566) Brooklyn Robins 16

Woody English .335 (.33542) Chicago Cubs 17

Johnny Frederick .334 (.33442) Brooklyn Robins 18

Harry Heilmann .333 (.33333) Cincinnati Reds 19

Freddy Leach .327 (.32721) New York Giants 20

George Grantham .324 (.32428) Pittsburgh Pirates 21

Glenn Wright .321 (.32143) Brooklyn Robins 22

Dick Bartell .320 (.32000) Pittsburgh Pirates 23

Sparky Adams .314 (.31404) St. Louis Cardinals 24

Adam Comorosky .313 (.31323) Pittsburgh Pirates 25

Name Batting Average Team Rank

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).

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.

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