Batting Average : 1994 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1994 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tony Gwynn .394 (.39379) San Diego Padres 1
Jeff Bagwell .368 (.36750) Houston Astros 2
Moises Alou .339 (.33886) Montreal Expos 3
Hal Morris .335 (.33486) Cincinnati Reds 4
Kevin Mitchell .326 (.32581) Cincinnati Reds 5
Gregg Jefferies .325 (.32494) St. Louis Cardinals 6
Larry Walker .322 (.32152) Montreal Expos 7
Bret Boone .320 (.32021) Cincinnati Reds 8
Bip Roberts .320 (.32010) San Diego Padres 9
Jeff Conine .319 (.31929) Florida Marlins 10
Andres Galarraga .319 (.31894) Colorado Rockies 11
Mike Piazza .319 (.31852) Los Angeles Dodgers 12
Fred McGriff .318 (.31840) Atlanta Braves 13
Craig Biggio .318 (.31808) Houston Astros 14
Brett Butler .314 (.31415) Los Angeles Dodgers 15
David Justice .313 (.31250) Atlanta Braves 16
Barry Bonds .312 (.31202) San Francisco Giants 17
Derek Bell .311 (.31106) San Diego Padres 18
Raul Mondesi .306 (.30645) Los Angeles Dodgers 19
Dante Bichette .304 (.30372) Colorado Rockies 20
Bret Barberie .301 (.30108) Florida Marlins 21
Sammy Sosa .300 (.30047) Chicago Cubs 22
Mark Grace .298 (.29777) Chicago Cubs 23
Jerry Browne .295 (.29483) Florida Marlins 24
Mark Lemke .294 (.29429) Atlanta Braves 25



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.

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.

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.