Top 25 Batting Average in 2000 in the National League

Batting Average : 2000 National League Top 25

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"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

2000 Batting Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Batting Average Team Rank

Todd Helton .372 (.37241) Colorado Rockies 1

Moises Alou .355 (.35463) Houston Astros 2

Vladimir Guerrero .345 (.34501) Montreal Expos 3

Jeffrey Hammonds .335 (.33480) Colorado Rockies 4

Luis Castillo .334 (.33395) Florida Marlins 5

Jeff Kent .334 (.33390) San Francisco Giants 6

Jose Vidro .330 (.33003) Montreal Expos 7

Jeff Cirillo .326 (.32609) Colorado Rockies 8

Gary Sheffield .325 (.32535) Los Angeles Dodgers 9

Mike Piazza .324 (.32365) New York Mets 10

Edgardo Alfonzo .324 (.32353) New York Mets 11

Sammy Sosa .320 (.31954) Chicago Cubs 12

Jason Kendall .320 (.31952) Pittsburgh Pirates 13

Bobby Abreu .316 (.31597) Philadelphia Phillies 14

Brian Giles .315 (.31485) Pittsburgh Pirates 15

Sean Casey .315 (.31458) Cincinnati Reds 16

Richard Hidalgo .314 (.31362) Houston Astros 17

Chipper Jones .311 (.31088) Atlanta Braves 18

Luis Gonzalez .311 (.31068) Arizona Diamondbacks 19

Jeff Bagwell .310 (.31017) Houston Astros 20

Barry Bonds .306 (.30625) San Francisco Giants 21

Andruw Jones .303 (.30335) Atlanta Braves 22

Phil Nevin .303 (.30297) San Diego Padres 23

Dmitri Young .303 (.30292) Cincinnati Reds 24

Geoff Jenkins .303 (.30273) Milwaukee Brewers 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.

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).

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