1904 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Nap Lajoie	.376 (.37613)	Cleveland Blues	1
Willie Keeler	.343 (.34254)	New York Highlanders	2
Elmer Flick	.306 (.30570)	Cleveland Blues	3
Bill Bradley	.300 (.30049)	Cleveland Blues	4
Socks Seybold	.292 (.29216)	Philadelphia Athletics	5
Freddy Parent	.291 (.29103)	Boston Americans	6
Lave Cross	.290 (.28995)	Philadelphia Athletics	7
Chick Stahl	.290 (.28961)	Boston Americans	8
Danny Murphy	.287 (.28725)	Philadelphia Athletics	9
Patsy Dougherty	.280 (.27975)	Boston Americans	10
		New York Highlanders
Buck Freeman	.280 (.27973)	Boston Americans	11
John Anderson	.278 (.27778)	New York Highlanders	12
Bobby Wallace	.275 (.27542)	St. Louis Browns	13
Charlie Hickman	.274 (.27443)	Cleveland Blues	14
		Detroit Tigers
Emmet Heidrick	.273 (.27323)	St. Louis Browns	15
Jesse Burkett	.271 (.27130)	St. Louis Browns	16
Jimmy Collins	.271 (.27100)	Boston Americans	17
Jimmy Barrett	.268 (.26763)	Detroit Tigers	18
Danny Green	.265 (.26493)	Chicago White Sox	19
Kip Selbach	.264 (.26354)	Washington Senators	20
		Boston Americans
Jimmy Williams	.263 (.26297)	New York Highlanders	21
Kid Elberfeld	.263 (.26292)	New York Highlanders	22
Jake Stahl	.262 (.26154)	Washington Senators	23
Nixey Callahan	.261 (.26141)	Chicago White Sox	24
John Ganzel	.260 (.26022)	New York Highlanders	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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). 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? 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.