1998 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Larry Walker	.363 (.36344)	Colorado Rockies	1
John Olerud	.354 (.35368)	New York Mets	2
Dante Bichette	.331 (.33082)	Colorado Rockies	3
Mike Piazza	.328 (.32799)	Los Angeles Dodgers	4
		Florida Marlins
		New York Mets
Jason Kendall	.327 (.32710)	Pittsburgh Pirates	5
Craig Biggio	.325 (.32508)	Houston Astros	6
Vladimir Guerrero	.324 (.32424)	Montreal Expos	7
Jeff Cirillo	.321 (.32119)	Milwaukee Brewers	8
Tony Gwynn	.321 (.32104)	San Diego Padres	9
Vinny Castilla	.319 (.31938)	Colorado Rockies	10
Brian Jordan	.316 (.31560)	St. Louis Cardinals	11
Todd Helton	.315 (.31509)	Colorado Rockies	12
Derek Bell	.314 (.31429)	Houston Astros	13
Chipper Jones	.313 (.31281)	Atlanta Braves	14
Bobby Abreu	.312 (.31187)	Philadelphia Phillies	15
Moises Alou	.312 (.31164)	Houston Astros	16
Fernando Vina	.311 (.31083)	Milwaukee Brewers	17
Dmitri Young	.310 (.30970)	Cincinnati Reds	18
Mark Grace	.309 (.30924)	Chicago Cubs	19
Barry Larkin	.309 (.30855)	Cincinnati Reds	20
Darryl Hamilton	.308 (.30838)	San Francisco Giants	21
		Colorado Rockies
Sammy Sosa	.308 (.30793)	Chicago Cubs	22
Andres Galarraga	.305 (.30450)	Atlanta Braves	23
Jeff Bagwell	.304 (.30370)	Houston Astros	24
Barry Bonds	.303 (.30254)	San Francisco Giants	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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. 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.