2001 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Larry Walker	.350 (.35010)	Colorado Rockies	1
Todd Helton	.336 (.33560)	Colorado Rockies	2
Moises Alou	.331 (.33138)	Houston Astros	3
Lance Berkman	.331 (.33102)	Houston Astros	4
Chipper Jones	.330 (.33042)	Atlanta Braves	5
Albert Pujols	.329 (.32881)	St. Louis Cardinals	6
Barry Bonds	.328 (.32773)	San Francisco Giants	7
Sammy Sosa	.328 (.32756)	Chicago Cubs	8
Juan Pierre	.327 (.32739)	Colorado Rockies	9
Luis Gonzalez	.325 (.32512)	Arizona Diamondbacks	10
Rich Aurilia	.324 (.32390)	San Francisco Giants	11
Paul Lo Duca	.320 (.31957)	Los Angeles Dodgers	12
Jose Vidro	.319 (.31893)	Montreal Expos	13
Cliff Floyd	.317 (.31712)	Florida Marlins	14
Jeff Cirillo	.313 (.31250)	Colorado Rockies	15
Gary Sheffield	.311 (.31068)	Los Angeles Dodgers	16
Sean Casey	.310 (.30957)	Cincinnati Reds	17
Brian Giles	.309 (.30903)	Pittsburgh Pirates	18
Vladimir Guerrero	.307 (.30718)	Montreal Expos	19
Placido Polanco	.307 (.30674)	St. Louis Cardinals	20
Phil Nevin	.306 (.30586)	San Diego Padres	21
Jim Edmonds	.304 (.30400)	St. Louis Cardinals	22
Fernando Vina	.303 (.30269)	St. Louis Cardinals	23
Dmitri Young	.302 (.30185)	Cincinnati Reds	24
Mike Piazza	.300 (.30020)	New York Mets	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.