Batting Average : 1962 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1962 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tommy Davis .346 (.34586) Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Frank Robinson .342 (.34154) Cincinnati Reds 2
Stan Musial .330 (.33025) St. Louis Cardinals 3
Bill White .324 (.32410) St. Louis Cardinals 4
Hank Aaron .323 (.32264) Milwaukee Braves 5
George Altman .318 (.31835) Chicago Cubs 6
Felipe Alou .316 (.31551) San Francisco Giants 7
Roberto Clemente .312 (.31227) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Don Demeter .307 (.30727) Philadelphia Phillies 9
Orlando Cepeda .306 (.30560) San Francisco Giants 10
Willie Mays .304 (.30435) San Francisco Giants 11
Harvey Kuenn .304 (.30390) San Francisco Giants 12
Bob Skinner .302 (.30196) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Johnny Callison .300 (.30017) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Maury Wills .299 (.29928) Los Angeles Dodgers 15
Billy Williams .298 (.29773) Chicago Cubs 16
Jim Davenport .297 (.29691) San Francisco Giants 17
Frank Howard .296 (.29615) Los Angeles Dodgers 18
Curt Flood .296 (.29606) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Leo Cardenas .294 (.29372) Cincinnati Reds 20
Dick Groat .294 (.29351) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Vada Pinson .292 (.29241) Cincinnati Reds 22
Ken Boyer .291 (.29133) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Roman Mejias .286 (.28622) Houston Colt .45s 24
Willie Davis .285 (.28500) Los Angeles Dodgers 25



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.

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 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?