1940 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Stan Hack	.317 (.31675)	Chicago Cubs	1
Johnny Mize	.314 (.31434)	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Jim Gleeson	.313 (.31340)	Chicago Cubs	3
Frank McCormick	.309 (.30906)	Cincinnati Reds	4
Dixie Walker	.308 (.30755)	Brooklyn Dodgers	5
Enos Slaughter	.306 (.30620)	St. Louis Cardinals	6
Bama Rowell	.305 (.30453)	Boston Bees	7
Terry Moore	.304 (.30354)	St. Louis Cardinals	8
Hank Leiber	.302 (.30227)	Chicago Cubs	9
Frank Demaree	.302 (.30217)	New York Giants	10
Joe Medwick	.301 (.30120)	St. Louis Cardinals	11
		Brooklyn Dodgers
Arky Vaughan	.300 (.29966)	Pittsburgh Pirates	12
Harry Danning	.300 (.29962)	New York Giants	13
Bill Nicholson	.297 (.29735)	Chicago Cubs	14
Pinky May	.293 (.29341)	Philadelphia Phillies	15
Bob Elliott	.292 (.29220)	Pittsburgh Pirates	16
Billy Herman	.292 (.29211)	Chicago Cubs	17
Mel Ott	.289 (.28918)	New York Giants	18
Dolph Camilli	.287 (.28711)	Brooklyn Dodgers	19
Joe Orengo	.287 (.28675)	St. Louis Cardinals	20
Babe Young	.286 (.28597)	New York Giants	21
Johnny Rizzo	.283 (.28317)	Pittsburgh Pirates	22
		Cincinnati Reds
		Philadelphia Phillies
Burgess Whitehead	.282 (.28169)	New York Giants	23
Chet Ross	.281 (.28120)	Boston Bees	24
Frankie Gustine	.281 (.28053)	Pittsburgh Pirates	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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? 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).