Batting Average : 1933 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1933 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Chuck Klein .368 (.36799) Philadelphia Phillies 1
Spud Davis .349 (.34949) Philadelphia Phillies 2
Bill Terry .322 (.32211) New York Giants 3
Wes Schulmerich .318 (.31778) Boston Braves 4
Philadelphia Phillies  
Pepper Martin .316 (.31553) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Arky Vaughan .314 (.31414) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Wally Berger .313 (.31250) Boston Braves 7
Freddie Lindstrom .310 (.31041) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Ripper Collins .310 (.31034) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Chick Fullis .309 (.30912) Philadelphia Phillies 10
Paul Waner .309 (.30906) Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Johnny Frederick .308 (.30755) Brooklyn Dodgers 12
Joe Medwick .306 (.30588) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Pie Traynor .304 (.30449) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Chick Hafey .303 (.30282) Cincinnati Reds 15
Frankie Frisch .303 (.30256) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Randy Moore .302 (.30181) Boston Braves 17
Ernie Orsatti .298 (.29817) St. Louis Cardinals 18
Sam Leslie .295 (.29541) New York Giants 19
Brooklyn Dodgers  
Jo-Jo Moore .292 (.29198) New York Giants 20
Babe Herman .289 (.28937) Chicago Cubs 21
Buck Jordan .286 (.28571) Boston Braves 22
Mel Ott .283 (.28276) New York Giants 23
Billy Herman .279 (.27948) Chicago Cubs 24
George Watkins .278 (.27810) St. Louis Cardinals 25



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).

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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?