1956 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Hank Aaron	.328 (.32841)	Milwaukee Braves	1
Bill Virdon	.319 (.31897)	St. Louis Cardinals	2
		Pittsburgh Pirates
Roberto Clemente	.311 (.31123)	Pittsburgh Pirates	3
Stan Musial	.310 (.30976)	St. Louis Cardinals	4
Ken Boyer	.306 (.30588)	St. Louis Cardinals	5
Richie Ashburn	.303 (.30255)	Philadelphia Phillies	6
Red Schoendienst	.302 (.30185)	St. Louis Cardinals	7
		New York Giants
Ted Kluszewski	.302 (.30174)	Cincinnati Redlegs	8
Jim Gilliam	.300 (.29966)	Brooklyn Dodgers	9
Wally Moon	.298 (.29815)	St. Louis Cardinals	10
Ernie Banks	.297 (.29740)	Chicago Cubs	11
Willie Mays	.296 (.29585)	New York Giants	12
Gus Bell	.292 (.29187)	Cincinnati Redlegs	13
Duke Snider	.292 (.29151)	Brooklyn Dodgers	14
Joe Adcock	.291 (.29075)	Milwaukee Braves	15
Frank Robinson	.290 (.29021)	Cincinnati Redlegs	16
Carl Furillo	.289 (.28872)	Brooklyn Dodgers	17
Walt Moryn	.285 (.28544)	Chicago Cubs	18
Johnny Temple	.285 (.28481)	Cincinnati Redlegs	19
Frank Thomas	.282 (.28231)	Pittsburgh Pirates	20
Johnny Logan	.281 (.28073)	Milwaukee Braves	21
Willie Jones	.277 (.27692)	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Al Dark	.275 (.27464)	New York Giants	23
		St. Louis Cardinals
Lee Walls	.274 (.27426)	Pittsburgh Pirates	24
Dick Groat	.273 (.27308)	Pittsburgh Pirates	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

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