Batting Average : 1936 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1936 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Paul Waner .373 (.37265) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Joe Medwick .351 (.35063) St. Louis Cardinals 2
Frank Demaree .350 (.35041) Chicago Cubs 3
Arky Vaughan .335 (.33451) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Billy Herman .334 (.33386) Chicago Cubs 5
Johnny Moore .328 (.32839) Philadelphia Phillies 6
Mel Ott .328 (.32772) New York Giants 7
Kiki Cuyler .326 (.32628) Cincinnati Reds 8
Buck Jordan .323 (.32252) Boston Bees 9
Joe Stripp .317 (.31663) Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Jo-Jo Moore .316 (.31587) New York Giants 11
Dolph Camilli .315 (.31509) Philadelphia Phillies 12
Les Scarsella .313 (.31340) Cincinnati Reds 13
Gus Suhr .312 (.31218) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Buddy Hassett .310 (.31024) Brooklyn Dodgers 15
Pepper Martin .309 (.30944) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Tony Cuccinello .308 (.30796) Boston Bees 17
Chuck Klein .306 (.30616) Chicago Cubs 18
Philadelphia Phillies  
Gus Mancuso .301 (.30058) New York Giants 19
Dick Bartell .298 (.29804) New York Giants 20
Stan Hack .298 (.29768) Chicago Cubs 21
Lou Chiozza .297 (.29720) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Ethan Allen .295 (.29518) Philadelphia Phillies 23
Chicago Cubs  
Gene Moore .290 (.29042) Boston Bees 24
Bill Brubaker .289 (.28881) Pittsburgh Pirates 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).

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.