Batting Average : 1958 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"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)
 

1958 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Richie Ashburn .350 (.34959) Philadelphia Phillies 1
Willie Mays .347 (.34667) San Francisco Giants 2
Stan Musial .337 (.33686) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Hank Aaron .326 (.32612) Milwaukee Braves 4
Bob Skinner .321 (.32136) Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Ernie Banks .313 (.31280) Chicago Cubs 6
Orlando Cepeda .312 (.31177) San Francisco Giants 7
Ken Boyer .307 (.30702) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Johnny Temple .306 (.30627) Cincinnati Redlegs 9
Lee Walls .304 (.30409) Chicago Cubs 10
Harry Anderson .301 (.30097) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Dick Groat .300 (.29966) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Al Dark .295 (.29545) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Chicago Cubs  
Roberto Clemente .289 (.28902) Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Bobby Thomson .283 (.28336) Chicago Cubs 15
Frank Thomas .281 (.28114) Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Gene Green .281 (.28054) St. Louis Cardinals 17
Bill Mazeroski .275 (.27513) Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Don Blasingame .274 (.27422) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Del Crandall .272 (.27166) Milwaukee Braves 20
Dale Long .271 (.27083) Chicago Cubs 21
Frank Robinson .269 (.26895) Cincinnati Redlegs 22
Bill Virdon .267 (.26656) Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Walt Moryn .264 (.26367) Chicago Cubs 24
Don Zimmer .262 (.26154) Los Angeles Dodgers 25



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.

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.