Top 25 Batting Average in 1953 in the National League

Batting Average : 1953 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1953 Batting Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Batting Average Team Rank

Carl Furillo .344 (.34447) Brooklyn Dodgers 1

Red Schoendienst .342 (.34220) St. Louis Cardinals 2

Stan Musial .337 (.33727) St. Louis Cardinals 3

Duke Snider .336 (.33559) Brooklyn Dodgers 4

Don Mueller .333 (.33333) New York Giants 5

Richie Ashburn .330 (.32958) Philadelphia Phillies 6

Monte Irvin .329 (.32883) New York Giants 7

Jackie Robinson .329 (.32851) Brooklyn Dodgers 8

Ted Kluszewski .316 (.31579) Cincinnati Redlegs 9

Roy Campanella .312 (.31214) Brooklyn Dodgers 10

Dee Fondy .309 (.30924) Chicago Cubs 11

Frank Baumholtz .306 (.30577) Chicago Cubs 12

Eddie Mathews .302 (.30225) Milwaukee Braves 13

Gil Hodges .302 (.30192) Brooklyn Dodgers 14

Gus Bell .300 (.30000) Cincinnati Redlegs 15

Al Dark .300 (.29985) New York Giants 16

Andy Pafko .297 (.29651) Milwaukee Braves 17

Whitey Lockman .295 (.29489) New York Giants 18

Danny O'Connell .294 (.29422) Pittsburgh Pirates 19

Enos Slaughter .291 (.29065) St. Louis Cardinals 20

Bobby Thomson .288 (.28783) New York Giants 21

Cal Abrams .286 (.28571) Pittsburgh Pirates 22

Jim Greengrass .285 (.28548) Cincinnati Redlegs 23

Del Ennis .285 (.28547) Philadelphia Phillies 24

Randy Jackson .285 (.28514) Chicago Cubs 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?

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

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).

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