1961 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Roberto Clemente	.351 (.35140)	Pittsburgh Pirates	1
Vada Pinson	.343 (.34267)	Cincinnati Reds	2
Ken Boyer	.329 (.32937)	St. Louis Cardinals	3
Wally Moon	.328 (.32829)	Los Angeles Dodgers	4
Hank Aaron	.327 (.32670)	Milwaukee Braves	5
Frank Robinson	.323 (.32294)	Cincinnati Reds	6
Orlando Cepeda	.311 (.31111)	San Francisco Giants	7
Willie Mays	.308 (.30769)	San Francisco Giants	8
Eddie Mathews	.306 (.30594)	Milwaukee Braves	9
George Altman	.303 (.30309)	Chicago Cubs	10
Dick Stuart	.301 (.30075)	Pittsburgh Pirates	11
Don Hoak	.298 (.29821)	Pittsburgh Pirates	12
Gordy Coleman	.287 (.28654)	Cincinnati Reds	13
Bill White	.286 (.28596)	St. Louis Cardinals	14
Joe Adcock	.285 (.28470)	Milwaukee Braves	15
Ron Santo	.284 (.28374)	Chicago Cubs	16
Maury Wills	.282 (.28222)	Los Angeles Dodgers	17
Frank Thomas	.281 (.28118)	Chicago Cubs	18
		Milwaukee Braves
Tommy Davis	.278 (.27826)	Los Angeles Dodgers	19
Ernie Banks	.278 (.27789)	Chicago Cubs	20
Billy Williams	.278 (.27788)	Chicago Cubs	21
Jim Davenport	.278 (.27752)	San Francisco Giants	22
Gene Freese	.277 (.27652)	Cincinnati Reds	23
Dick Groat	.275 (.27517)	Pittsburgh Pirates	24
Eddie Kasko	.271 (.27079)	Cincinnati Reds	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

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