1997 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Tony Gwynn	.372 (.37162)	San Diego Padres	1
Larry Walker	.366 (.36620)	Colorado Rockies	2
Mike Piazza	.362 (.36151)	Los Angeles Dodgers	3
Kenny Lofton	.333 (.33266)	Atlanta Braves	4
Wally Joyner	.327 (.32747)	San Diego Padres	5
Mark Grace	.319 (.31892)	Chicago Cubs	6
Andres Galarraga	.318 (.31833)	Colorado Rockies	7
Edgardo Alfonzo	.315 (.31467)	New York Mets	8
Raul Mondesi	.310 (.31006)	Los Angeles Dodgers	9
Craig Biggio	.309 (.30856)	Houston Astros	10
Dante Bichette	.308 (.30838)	Colorado Rockies	11
Jeff Blauser	.308 (.30829)	Atlanta Braves	12
David Segui	.307 (.30719)	Montreal Expos	13
Vinny Castilla	.304 (.30392)	Colorado Rockies	14
Joe Randa	.302 (.30248)	Pittsburgh Pirates	15
Shawon Dunston	.300 (.30000)	Chicago Cubs	16
		Pittsburgh Pirates
Doug Glanville	.300 (.29958)	Chicago Cubs	17
Bobby Bonilla	.297 (.29715)	Florida Marlins	18
Delino DeShields	.295 (.29545)	St. Louis Cardinals	19
Chipper Jones	.295 (.29481)	Atlanta Braves	20
Mickey Morandini	.295 (.29476)	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Ray Lankford	.295 (.29462)	St. Louis Cardinals	22
Jason Kendall	.294 (.29424)	Pittsburgh Pirates	23
John Olerud	.294 (.29389)	New York Mets	24
Moises Alou	.292 (.29182)	Florida Marlins	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). 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.