1917 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Ty Cobb	.383 (.38265)	Detroit Tigers	1
George Sisler	.353 (.35250)	St. Louis Browns	2
Tris Speaker	.352 (.35182)	Cleveland Indians	3
Bobby Veach	.319 (.31874)	Detroit Tigers	4
Happy Felsch	.308 (.30783)	Chicago White Sox	5
Stuffy McInnis	.303 (.30335)	Philadelphia Athletics	6
Sam Rice	.302 (.30205)	Washington Senators	7
Duffy Lewis	.302 (.30199)	Boston Red Sox	8
Ray Chapman	.302 (.30195)	Cleveland Indians	9
Joe Jackson	.301 (.30112)	Chicago White Sox	10
Clyde Milan	.294 (.29361)	Washington Senators	11
Ping Bodie	.291 (.29084)	Philadelphia Athletics	12
Eddie Collins	.289 (.28901)	Chicago White Sox	13
Braggo Roth	.285 (.28485)	Cleveland Indians	14
Buck Weaver	.284 (.28412)	Chicago White Sox	15
Frank Baker	.282 (.28210)	New York Yankees	16
Amos Strunk	.281 (.28148)	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Harry Heilmann	.281 (.28058)	Detroit Tigers	18
Donie Bush	.281 (.28055)	Detroit Tigers	19
Chick Gandil	.273 (.27306)	Chicago White Sox	20
Larry Gardner	.265 (.26547)	Boston Red Sox	21
Hank Severeid	.265 (.26547)	St. Louis Browns
Roger Peckinpaugh	.260 (.25967)	New York Yankees	23
Dick Hoblitzel	.257 (.25714)	Boston Red Sox	24
Harry Hooper	.256 (.25581)	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. 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? 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.