1959 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Hank Aaron	.355 (.35453)	Milwaukee Braves	1
Joe Cunningham	.345 (.34498)	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Orlando Cepeda	.317 (.31736)	San Francisco Giants	3
Vada Pinson	.316 (.31636)	Cincinnati Reds	4
Willie Mays	.313 (.31304)	San Francisco Giants	5
Frank Robinson	.311 (.31111)	Cincinnati Reds	6
Johnny Temple	.311 (.31104)	Cincinnati Reds	7
Ken Boyer	.309 (.30906)	St. Louis Cardinals	8
Eddie Mathews	.306 (.30640)	Milwaukee Braves	9
Ernie Banks	.304 (.30390)	Chicago Cubs	10
Wally Moon	.302 (.30203)	Los Angeles Dodgers	11
Bill White	.302 (.30174)	St. Louis Cardinals	12
Don Hoak	.294 (.29433)	Pittsburgh Pirates	13
Gus Bell	.293 (.29310)	Cincinnati Reds	14
Johnny Logan	.291 (.29149)	Milwaukee Braves	15
Don Blasingame	.289 (.28943)	St. Louis Cardinals	16
Bill Bruton	.289 (.28870)	Milwaukee Braves	17
Charlie Neal	.287 (.28734)	Los Angeles Dodgers	18
Ed Bouchee	.285 (.28457)	Philadelphia Phillies	19
Jim Gilliam	.282 (.28210)	Los Angeles Dodgers	20
Tony Taylor	.280 (.28045)	Chicago Cubs	21
Bob Skinner	.280 (.27971)	Pittsburgh Pirates	22
Gino Cimoli	.279 (.27938)	St. Louis Cardinals	23
Gil Hodges	.276 (.27603)	Los Angeles Dodgers	24
Dick Groat	.275 (.27487)	Pittsburgh Pirates	25
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. 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). 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.