Batting Average : 1903 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1903 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Nap Lajoie .344 (.34433) Cleveland Blues 1
Sam Crawford .335 (.33455) Detroit Tigers 2
Patsy Dougherty .331 (.33051) Boston Americans 3
Jimmy Barrett .315 (.31528) Detroit Tigers 4
Bill Bradley .313 (.31343) Cleveland Blues 5
Willie Keeler .313 (.31250) New York Highlanders 6
Topsy Hartsel .311 (.31099) Philadelphia Athletics 7
Danny Green .309 (.30862) Chicago White Stockings 8
Freddy Parent .304 (.30357) Boston Americans 9
Kid Elberfeld .301 (.30146) Detroit Tigers 10
New York Highlanders  
Socks Seybold .299 (.29885) Philadelphia Athletics 11
Harry Davis .298 (.29762) Philadelphia Athletics 12
Elmer Flick .296 (.29637) Cleveland Blues 13
Jimmy Collins .296 (.29630) Boston Americans 14
Charlie Hickman .295 (.29502) Cleveland Blues 15
Jesse Burkett .293 (.29320) St. Louis Browns 16
Harry Bay .292 (.29188) Cleveland Blues 17
Lave Cross .292 (.29159) Philadelphia Athletics 18
Nixey Callahan .292 (.29157) Chicago White Stockings 19
Buck Freeman .287 (.28748) Boston Americans 20
Fielder Jones .287 (.28679) Chicago White Stockings 21
John Anderson .284 (.28364) St. Louis Browns 22
Ollie Pickering .281 (.28125) Philadelphia Athletics 23
Charlie Carr .281 (.28102) Detroit Tigers 24
Emmet Heidrick .280 (.27983) St. Louis Browns 25



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.

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).

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.