Batting Average : 1992 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1992 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Gary Sheffield .330 (.33034) San Diego Padres 1
Andy Van Slyke .324 (.32410) Pittsburgh Pirates 2
John Kruk .323 (.32347) Philadelphia Phillies 3
Bip Roberts .323 (.32331) Cincinnati Reds 4
Tony Gwynn .317 (.31731) San Diego Padres 5
Terry Pendleton .311 (.31094) Atlanta Braves 6
Barry Bonds .311 (.31078) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Brett Butler .309 (.30922) Los Angeles Dodgers 8
Mark Grace .307 (.30680) Chicago Cubs 9
Barry Larkin .304 (.30394) Cincinnati Reds 10
Ryne Sandberg .304 (.30392) Chicago Cubs 11
Larry Walker .301 (.30114) Montreal Expos 12
Will Clark .300 (.30019) San Francisco Giants 13
Willie McGee .297 (.29747) San Francisco Giants 14
Ozzie Smith .295 (.29537) St. Louis Cardinals 15
Felix Jose .295 (.29470) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Ken Caminiti .294 (.29447) Houston Astros 17
Otis Nixon .294 (.29386) Atlanta Braves 18
Ray Lankford .293 (.29264) St. Louis Cardinals 19
Delino DeShields .292 (.29245) Montreal Expos 20
Steve Finley .292 (.29160) Houston Astros 21
Fred McGriff .286 (.28625) San Diego Padres 22
Craig Biggio .277 (.27732) Houston Astros 23
Andre Dawson .277 (.27675) Chicago Cubs 24
Marquis Grissom .276 (.27565) Montreal Expos 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.

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).

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.