Batting Average : 1965 National League Top 25

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1965 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Roberto Clemente .329 (.32937) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Hank Aaron .318 (.31754) Milwaukee Braves 2
Willie Mays .317 (.31720) San Francisco Giants 3
Billy Williams .315 (.31473) Chicago Cubs 4
Pete Rose .312 (.31194) Cincinnati Reds 5
Curt Flood .310 (.30956) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Vada Pinson .305 (.30493) Cincinnati Reds 7
Cookie Rojas .303 (.30326) Philadelphia Phillies 8
Dick Allen .302 (.30210) Philadelphia Phillies 9
Donn Clendenon .301 (.30065) Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Jim Ray Hart .299 (.29949) San Francisco Giants 11
Jesus Alou .298 (.29834) San Francisco Giants 12
Felipe Alou .297 (.29730) Milwaukee Braves 13
Frank Robinson .296 (.29553) Cincinnati Reds 14
Joe Torre .291 (.29063) Milwaukee Braves 15
Bill White .289 (.28913) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Lou Brock .288 (.28843) St. Louis Cardinals 17
Deron Johnson .287 (.28734) Cincinnati Reds 18
Leo Cardenas .287 (.28725) Cincinnati Reds 19
Maury Wills .286 (.28615) Los Angeles Dodgers 20
Ron Santo .285 (.28454) Chicago Cubs 21
Bill Virdon .279 (.27859) Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Willie McCovey .276 (.27593) San Francisco Giants 23
Jimmy Wynn .275 (.27482) Houston Astros 24
Ron Fairly .274 (.27387) Los Angeles Dodgers 25



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.

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.
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