2004 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Barry Bonds	.362 (.36193)	San Francisco Giants	1
Todd Helton	.347 (.34735)	Colorado Rockies	2
Mark Loretta	.335 (.33548)	San Diego Padres	3
Adrian Beltre	.334 (.33445)	Los Angeles Dodgers	4
Albert Pujols	.331 (.33108)	St. Louis Cardinals	5
Juan Pierre	.326 (.32596)	Florida Marlins	6
Sean Casey	.324 (.32399)	Cincinnati Reds	7
Jason Kendall	.319 (.31882)	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Aramis Ramirez	.318 (.31810)	Chicago Cubs	9
Lance Berkman	.316 (.31618)	Houston Astros	10
Scott Rolen	.314 (.31400)	St. Louis Cardinals	11
Johnny Estrada	.314 (.31385)	Atlanta Braves	12
Shea Hillenbrand	.310 (.30961)	Arizona Diamondbacks	13
Jack Wilson	.308 (.30828)	Pittsburgh Pirates	14
Tony Womack	.307 (.30741)	St. Louis Cardinals	15
J.D. Drew	.305 (.30502)	Atlanta Braves	16
Bobby Abreu	.301 (.30139)	Philadelphia Phillies	17
Jim Edmonds	.301 (.30120)	St. Louis Cardinals	18
Lyle Overbay	.301 (.30052)	Milwaukee Brewers	19
Sean Burroughs	.298 (.29828)	San Diego Padres	20
Placido Polanco	.298 (.29821)	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Miguel Cabrera	.294 (.29353)	Florida Marlins	22
Aaron Miles	.293 (.29310)	Colorado Rockies	23
Moises Alou	.293 (.29285)	Chicago Cubs	24
Mike Lowell	.293 (.29264)	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. 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. 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.