1946 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Stan Musial	.365 (.36538)	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Johnny Hopp	.333 (.33258)	Boston Braves	2
Dixie Walker	.319 (.31944)	Brooklyn Dodgers	3
Del Ennis	.313 (.31296)	Philadelphia Phillies	4
Tommy Holmes	.310 (.30986)	Boston Braves	5
Eddie Waitkus	.304 (.30385)	Chicago Cubs	6
Whitey Kurowski	.301 (.30058)	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Enos Slaughter	.300 (.30049)	St. Louis Cardinals	8
Billy Herman	.298 (.29817)	Brooklyn Dodgers	9
		Boston Braves
Phil Cavarretta	.294 (.29412)	Chicago Cubs	10
Sid Gordon	.293 (.29333)	New York Giants	11
Pee Wee Reese	.284 (.28413)	Brooklyn Dodgers	12
Frank McCormick	.284 (.28373)	Philadelphia Phillies	13
Willard Marshall	.282 (.28235)	New York Giants	14
Johnny Wyrostek	.281 (.28073)	Philadelphia Phillies	15
Red Schoendienst	.281 (.28053)	St. Louis Cardinals	16
Jim Russell	.277 (.27713)	Pittsburgh Pirates	17
Pete Reiser	.277 (.27660)	Brooklyn Dodgers	18
Emil Verban	.274 (.27426)	St. Louis Cardinals	19
		Philadelphia Phillies
Eddie Stanky	.273 (.27329)	Brooklyn Dodgers	20
Grady Hatton	.271 (.27064)	Cincinnati Reds	21
Jim Tabor	.268 (.26782)	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Bert Haas	.264 (.26355)	Cincinnati Reds	23
Bob Elliott	.263 (.26337)	Pittsburgh Pirates	24
Frankie Gustine	.259 (.25859)	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. 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.