Batting Average : 1894 National League Top 25

Top 25 Batting Average in the National League in 1894

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"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)

1894 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

1 Hugh Duffy .440 (.43970) Boston Beaneaters
2 Sam Thompson .407 (.40732) Philadelphia Phillies
3 Ed Delahanty .407 (.40695) Philadelphia Phillies
4 Billy Hamilton .404 (.40441) Philadelphia Phillies
5 Joe Kelley .393 (.39250) Baltimore Orioles
6 Cap Anson .388 (.38824) Chicago Colts
7 Lave Cross .386 (.38563) Philadelphia Phillies
8 Bug Holliday .372 (.37182) Cincinnati Reds
9 Willie Keeler .371 (.37119) Baltimore Orioles
10 Jack Doyle .367 (.36730) New York Giants
11 Steve Brodie .366 (.36649) Baltimore Orioles
12 Jimmy Ryan .361 (.36076) Chicago Colts
13 Mike Griffin .358 (.35821) Brooklyn Bridegrooms
14 Jesse Burkett .358 (.35755) Cleveland Spiders
15 Ed McKean .357 (.35740) Cleveland Spiders
16 Bill Dahlen .357 (.35657) Chicago Colts
17 Elmer Smith .356 (.35583) Pittsburgh Pirates
18 Bill Joyce .355 (.35493) Washington Senators
19 Oyster Burns .354 (.35446) Brooklyn Bridegrooms
20 Jake Stenzel .354 (.35441) Pittsburgh Pirates
21 Cupid Childs .353 (.35282) Cleveland Spiders
22 Wilbert Robinson .353 (.35266) Baltimore Orioles
23 George Davis .352 (.35220) New York Giants
24 Tommy McCarthy .349 (.34879) Boston Beaneaters
25 Dan Brouthers .347 (.34667) Baltimore Orioles

Top 25 Batting Average in the National League in 1894

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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.

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