1947 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Harry Walker	.363 (.36257)	St. Louis Cardinals	1
		Philadelphia Phillies
Bob Elliott	.317 (.31712)	Boston Braves	2
Augie Galan	.314 (.31378)	Cincinnati Reds	3
Phil Cavarretta	.314 (.31373)	Chicago Cubs	4
Ralph Kiner	.313 (.31327)	Pittsburgh Pirates	5
Stan Musial	.312 (.31175)	St. Louis Cardinals	6
Whitey Kurowski	.310 (.30994)	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Tommy Holmes	.309 (.30906)	Boston Braves	8
Dixie Walker	.306 (.30624)	Brooklyn Dodgers	9
Walker Cooper	.305 (.30485)	New York Giants	10
Andy Pafko	.302 (.30214)	Chicago Cubs	11
Johnny Mize	.302 (.30205)	New York Giants	12
Frankie Gustine	.297 (.29708)	Pittsburgh Pirates	13
Jackie Robinson	.297 (.29661)	Brooklyn Dodgers	14
Carl Furillo	.295 (.29519)	Brooklyn Dodgers	15
Bruce Edwards	.295 (.29512)	Brooklyn Dodgers	16
Enos Slaughter	.294 (.29401)	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Eddie Waitkus	.292 (.29183)	Chicago Cubs	18
Willard Marshall	.291 (.29131)	New York Giants	19
Johnny Hopp	.288 (.28837)	Boston Braves	20
Buddy Kerr	.287 (.28702)	New York Giants	21
Bert Haas	.286 (.28631)	Cincinnati Reds	22
Emil Verban	.285 (.28519)	Philadelphia Phillies	23
Pee Wee Reese	.284 (.28361)	Brooklyn Dodgers	24
Frank Baumholtz	.283 (.28305)	Cincinnati Reds	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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.