Batting Average : 1989 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1989 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tony Gwynn .336 (.33609) San Diego Padres 1
Will Clark .333 (.33333) San Francisco Giants 2
Lonnie Smith .315 (.31535) Atlanta Braves 3
Mark Grace .314 (.31373) Chicago Cubs 4
Pedro Guerrero .311 (.31053) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Roberto Alomar .295 (.29535) San Diego Padres 6
Jerome Walton .293 (.29263) Chicago Cubs 7
Jose Oquendo .291 (.29137) St. Louis Cardinals 8
Kevin Mitchell .291 (.29098) San Francisco Giants 9
Ryne Sandberg .290 (.29043) Chicago Cubs 10
Milt Thompson .290 (.28991) St. Louis Cardinals 11
Howard Johnson .287 (.28722) New York Mets 12
Tom Herr .287 (.28699) Philadelphia Phillies 13
Tim Raines .286 (.28627) Montreal Expos 14
Ricky Jordan .285 (.28489) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Brett Butler .283 (.28283) San Francisco Giants 16
Willie Randolph .282 (.28233) Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Eric Davis .281 (.28139) Cincinnati Reds 18
Bobby Bonilla .281 (.28084) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Shawon Dunston .278 (.27813) Chicago Cubs 20
Tim Wallach .277 (.27749) Montreal Expos 21
Jeff Treadway .277 (.27696) Atlanta Braves 22
Ozzie Smith .273 (.27319) St. Louis Cardinals 23
Kevin McReynolds .272 (.27156) New York Mets 24
Jeff Blauser .270 (.26974) Atlanta Braves 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.

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).