1949 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Jackie Robinson	.342 (.34233)	Brooklyn Dodgers	1
Stan Musial	.338 (.33824)	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Enos Slaughter	.336 (.33627)	St. Louis Cardinals	3
Carl Furillo	.322 (.32240)	Brooklyn Dodgers	4
Ralph Kiner	.310 (.30965)	Pittsburgh Pirates	5
Bobby Thomson	.309 (.30889)	New York Giants	6
Ted Kluszewski	.309 (.30885)	Cincinnati Reds	7
Willard Marshall	.307 (.30661)	New York Giants	8
Del Ennis	.302 (.30164)	Philadelphia Phillies	9
Whitey Lockman	.301 (.30146)	New York Giants	10
Harry Walker	.300 (.30021)	Chicago Cubs	11
		Cincinnati Reds
Red Schoendienst	.297 (.29688)	St. Louis Cardinals	12
Duke Snider	.292 (.29167)	Brooklyn Dodgers	13
Roy Campanella	.287 (.28670)	Brooklyn Dodgers	14
Gil Hodges	.285 (.28523)	Brooklyn Dodgers	15
Eddie Stanky	.285 (.28458)	Boston Braves	16
Sid Gordon	.284 (.28425)	New York Giants	17
Richie Ashburn	.284 (.28399)	Philadelphia Phillies	18
Wally Westlake	.282 (.28190)	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Andy Pafko	.281 (.28131)	Chicago Cubs	20
Bob Elliott	.280 (.28008)	Boston Braves	21
Pee Wee Reese	.279 (.27877)	Brooklyn Dodgers	22
Al Dark	.276 (.27599)	Boston Braves	23
Hank Sauer	.275 (.27505)	Cincinnati Reds	24
		Chicago Cubs
Peanuts Lowrey	.274 (.27381)	Chicago Cubs	25
		Cincinnati Reds
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. 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? The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.