1970 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Rico Carty	.366 (.36611)	Atlanta Braves	1
Joe Torre	.325 (.32532)	St. Louis Cardinals	2
Manny Sanguillen	.325 (.32510)	Pittsburgh Pirates	3
Billy Williams	.322 (.32233)	Chicago Cubs	4
Wes Parker	.319 (.31922)	Los Angeles Dodgers	5
Cito Gaston	.318 (.31849)	San Diego Padres	6
Tony Perez	.317 (.31687)	Cincinnati Reds	7
Pete Rose	.316 (.31587)	Cincinnati Reds	8
Bobby Tolan	.316 (.31579)	Cincinnati Reds	9
Jim Hickman	.315 (.31518)	Chicago Cubs	10
Felix Millan	.310 (.31017)	Atlanta Braves	11
Willie Davis	.305 (.30523)	Los Angeles Dodgers	12
Orlando Cepeda	.305 (.30511)	Atlanta Braves	13
Denis Menke	.304 (.30427)	Houston Astros	14
Lou Brock	.304 (.30422)	St. Louis Cardinals	15
Bobby Bonds	.302 (.30166)	San Francisco Giants	16
Dick Dietz	.300 (.30020)	San Francisco Giants	17
Hank Aaron	.298 (.29845)	Atlanta Braves	18
Matty Alou	.297 (.29690)	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Don Money	.295 (.29530)	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Ken Henderson	.294 (.29422)	San Francisco Giants	21
Jose Cardenal	.293 (.29348)	St. Louis Cardinals	22
Johnny Bench	.293 (.29256)	Cincinnati Reds	23
Ollie Brown	.292 (.29213)	San Diego Padres	24
Willie Mays	.291 (.29079)	San Francisco Giants	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). 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.