Batting Average : 1952 National League Top 25

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1952 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Stan Musial .336 (.33564) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Ted Kluszewski .320 (.31992) Cincinnati Reds 2
Jackie Robinson .308 (.30784) Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Duke Snider .303 (.30337) Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Red Schoendienst .303 (.30323) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Al Dark .301 (.30051) New York Giants 6
Enos Slaughter .300 (.30000) St. Louis Cardinals 7
Dee Fondy .300 (.29964) Chicago Cubs 8
Whitey Lockman .290 (.29043) New York Giants 9
Sid Gordon .289 (.28927) Boston Braves 10
Del Ennis .289 (.28885) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Eddie Waitkus .289 (.28858) Philadelphia Phillies 12
Andy Pafko .287 (.28675) Brooklyn Dodgers 13
Johnny Logan .283 (.28289) Boston Braves 14
Bobby Adams .283 (.28257) Cincinnati Reds 15
Richie Ashburn .282 (.28222) Philadelphia Phillies 16
Don Mueller .281 (.28070) New York Giants 17
Granny Hamner .275 (.27517) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Pee Wee Reese .272 (.27191) Brooklyn Dodgers 19
Hank Sauer .270 (.26984) Chicago Cubs 20
Bobby Thomson .270 (.26974) New York Giants 21
Roy Campanella .269 (.26923) Brooklyn Dodgers 22
Solly Hemus .268 (.26842) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Johnny Wyrostek .265 (.26464) Cincinnati Reds 24
Philadelphia Phillies  
Willard Marshall .261 (.26134) Boston Braves 25
Cincinnati Reds  



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.

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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.