1909 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Ty Cobb	.377 (.37696)	Detroit Tigers	1
Eddie Collins	.347 (.34676)	Philadelphia Athletics	2
Nap Lajoie	.324 (.32409)	Cleveland Naps	3
Sam Crawford	.314 (.31409)	Detroit Tigers	4
Harry Lord	.311 (.31086)	Boston Red Sox	5
Tris Speaker	.309 (.30882)	Boston Red Sox	6
Frank Baker	.305 (.30499)	Philadelphia Athletics	7
Jake Stahl	.294 (.29425)	Boston Red Sox	8
Patsy Dougherty	.285 (.28513)	Chicago White Sox	9
Doc Gessler	.284 (.28444)	Boston Red Sox	10
		Washington Senators
Hal Chase	.283 (.28270)	New York Highlanders	11
Danny Murphy	.281 (.28096)	Philadelphia Athletics	12
Clyde Engle	.278 (.27846)	New York Highlanders	13
George Moriarty	.273 (.27273)	Detroit Tigers	14
Donie Bush	.273 (.27256)	Detroit Tigers	15
Roy Hartzell	.271 (.27059)	St. Louis Browns	16
Harry Davis	.268 (.26792)	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Bob Unglaub	.265 (.26458)	Washington Senators	18
Freddy Parent	.261 (.26059)	Chicago White Sox	19
Tom Jones	.259 (.25918)	St. Louis Browns	20
		Detroit Tigers
Bill Hinchman	.258 (.25821)	Cleveland Naps	21
Heinie Wagner	.256 (.25581)	Boston Red Sox	22
George Stovall	.246 (.24602)	Cleveland Naps	23
Ray Demmitt	.246 (.24590)	New York Highlanders	24
Harry Niles	.245 (.24542)	Boston Red Sox	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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?