2002 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Barry Bonds	.370 (.36973)	San Francisco Giants	1
Larry Walker	.338 (.33753)	Colorado Rockies	2
Vladimir Guerrero	.336 (.33550)	Montreal Expos	3
Todd Helton	.329 (.32911)	Colorado Rockies	4
Chipper Jones	.327 (.32664)	Atlanta Braves	5
Jose Vidro	.315 (.31457)	Montreal Expos	6
Albert Pujols	.314 (.31356)	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Jeff Kent	.313 (.31300)	San Francisco Giants	8
Jim Edmonds	.311 (.31092)	St. Louis Cardinals	9
Edgardo Alfonzo	.308 (.30816)	New York Mets	10
Bobby Abreu	.308 (.30769)	Philadelphia Phillies	11
Gary Sheffield	.307 (.30691)	Atlanta Braves	12
Luis Castillo	.305 (.30528)	Florida Marlins	13
Edgar Renteria	.305 (.30515)	St. Louis Cardinals	14
Junior Spivey	.301 (.30112)	Arizona Diamondbacks	15
Ryan Klesko	.300 (.30000)	San Diego Padres	16
Todd Walker	.299 (.29902)	Cincinnati Reds	17
Brian Giles	.298 (.29779)	Pittsburgh Pirates	18
Lance Berkman	.292 (.29239)	Houston Astros	19
Mark Kotsay	.292 (.29239)	San Diego Padres
Jeff Bagwell	.291 (.29072)	Houston Astros	21
Placido Polanco	.288 (.28832)	St. Louis Cardinals	22
		Philadelphia Phillies
Luis Gonzalez	.288 (.28817)	Arizona Diamondbacks	23
Sammy Sosa	.288 (.28777)	Chicago Cubs	24
Jose Hernandez	.288 (.28762)	Milwaukee Brewers	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit? 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.