1908 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Ty Cobb	.324 (.32358)	Detroit Tigers	1
Sam Crawford	.311 (.31134)	Detroit Tigers	2
Doc Gessler	.308 (.30805)	Boston Red Sox	3
Charlie Hemphill	.297 (.29703)	New York Highlanders	4
Matty McIntyre	.295 (.29525)	Detroit Tigers	5
Claude Rossman	.294 (.29389)	Detroit Tigers	6
George Stovall	.292 (.29213)	Cleveland Naps	7
Nap Lajoie	.289 (.28916)	Cleveland Naps	8
Bob Unglaub	.286 (.28598)	Boston Red Sox	9
		Washington Senators
George Stone	.281 (.28061)	St. Louis Browns	10
Amby McConnell	.279 (.27888)	Boston Red Sox	11
Patsy Dougherty	.278 (.27801)	Chicago White Sox	12
Hobe Ferris	.270 (.27027)	St. Louis Browns	13
Danny Murphy	.265 (.26476)	Philadelphia Athletics	14
Harry Lord	.259 (.25893)	Boston Red Sox	15
Germany Schaefer	.259 (.25856)	Detroit Tigers	16
Fielder Jones	.253 (.25331)	Chicago White Sox	17
Bobby Wallace	.253 (.25257)	St. Louis Browns	18
Jerry Freeman	.252 (.25235)	Washington Senators	19
Ed Hahn	.251 (.25056)	Chicago White Sox	20
Jake Stahl	.250 (.25000)	New York Highlanders	21
		Boston Red Sox
Harry Davis	.248 (.24756)	Philadelphia Athletics	22
Heinie Wagner	.247 (.24715)	Boston Red Sox	23
Neal Ball	.247 (.24664)	New York Highlanders	24
Tom Jones	.246 (.24590)	St. Louis Browns	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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.