1887 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American Association
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Tip O'Neill	.485 (.48501)	St. Louis Browns	1
Pete Browning	.457 (.45681)	Louisville Colonels	2
Bob Caruthers	.456 (.45581)	St. Louis Browns	3
Yank Robinson	.427 (.42720)	St. Louis Browns	4
Denny Lyons	.415 (.41491)	Philadelphia Athletics	5
Reddy Mack	.410 (.40998)	Louisville Colonels	6
Oyster Burns	.409 (.40879)	Baltimore Orioles	7
Dave Orr	.406 (.40599)	New York Metropolitans	8
Paul Radford	.397 (.39696)	New York Metropolitans	9
Dave Foutz	.390 (.39013)	St. Louis Browns	10
Guy Hecker	.372 (.37157)	Louisville Colonels	11
Henry Larkin	.371 (.37064)	Philadelphia Athletics	12
Charlie Comiskey	.366 (.36637)	St. Louis Browns	13
Mike Griffin	.366 (.36627)	Baltimore Orioles	14
Pete Hotaling	.366 (.36559)	Cleveland Blues	15
Frank Fennelly	.365 (.36513)	Cincinnati Red Stockings	16
Harry Stovey	.358 (.35805)	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Ed McKean	.357 (.35726)	Cleveland Blues	18
Bill McClellan	.357 (.35669)	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	19
Bid McPhee	.355 (.35462)	Cincinnati Red Stockings	20
Joe Sommer	.354 (.35361)	Baltimore Orioles	21
Jim McTamany	.352 (.35235)	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	22
Darby O'Brien	.351 (.35053)	New York Metropolitans	23
Jumbo Davis	.347 (.34698)	Baltimore Orioles	24
John Kerins	.346 (.34630)	Louisville Colonels	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.