1968 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Pete Rose	.335 (.33546)	Cincinnati Reds	1
Matty Alou	.332 (.33154)	Pittsburgh Pirates	2
Felipe Alou	.317 (.31722)	Atlanta Braves	3
Alex Johnson	.312 (.31177)	Cincinnati Reds	4
Curt Flood	.301 (.30097)	St. Louis Cardinals	5
Cleon Jones	.297 (.29666)	New York Mets	6
Glenn Beckert	.294 (.29393)	Chicago Cubs	7
Willie McCovey	.293 (.29254)	San Francisco Giants	8
Rusty Staub	.291 (.29103)	Houston Astros	9
Roberto Clemente	.291 (.29084)	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Lee May	.290 (.28980)	Cincinnati Reds	11
Felix Millan	.289 (.28947)	Atlanta Braves	12
Willie Mays	.289 (.28916)	San Francisco Giants	13
Billy Williams	.288 (.28816)	Chicago Cubs	14
Tommy Helms	.288 (.28797)	Cincinnati Reds	15
Hank Aaron	.287 (.28713)	Atlanta Braves	16
Tom Haller	.285 (.28481)	Los Angeles Dodgers	17
Tony Perez	.282 (.28160)	Cincinnati Reds	18
Lou Brock	.279 (.27879)	St. Louis Cardinals	19
Maury Wills	.278 (.27751)	Pittsburgh Pirates	20
Johnny Bench	.275 (.27482)	Cincinnati Reds	21
Vada Pinson	.271 (.27054)	Cincinnati Reds	22
Jimmy Wynn	.269 (.26937)	Houston Astros	23
Mike Shannon	.266 (.26563)	St. Louis Cardinals	24
Dick Allen	.263 (.26296)	Philadelphia Phillies	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

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