Batting Average : 1918 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:

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1918 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb .382 (.38242) Detroit Tigers 1
George Burns .352 (.35248) Philadelphia Athletics 2
George Sisler .341 (.34071) St. Louis Browns 3
Tris Speaker .318 (.31847) Cleveland Indians 4
Frank Baker .306 (.30556) New York Yankees 5
Wally Pipp .304 (.30372) New York Yankees 6
Buck Weaver .300 (.30000) Chicago White Sox 7
Joe Wood .296 (.29621) Cleveland Indians 8
Tilly Walker .295 (.29469) Philadelphia Athletics 9
Clyde Milan .290 (.29026) Washington Senators 10
Harry Hooper .289 (.28903) Boston Red Sox 11
Larry Gardner .285 (.28510) Philadelphia Athletics 12
Eddie Foster .283 (.28324) Washington Senators 13
Braggo Roth .283 (.28267) Cleveland Indians 14
Ray Demmitt .281 (.28148) St. Louis Browns 15
Bobby Veach .279 (.27856) Detroit Tigers 16
Doc Lavan .278 (.27802) Washington Senators 17
Jack Tobin .277 (.27708) St. Louis Browns 18
Frank Gilhooley .276 (.27635) New York Yankees 19
Eddie Collins .276 (.27576) Chicago White Sox 20
Del Pratt .275 (.27463) New York Yankees 21
Shano Collins .274 (.27397) Chicago White Sox 22
Stuffy McInnis .272 (.27187) Boston Red Sox 23
Chick Gandil .271 (.27107) Chicago White Sox 24
Ray Chapman .267 (.26682) Cleveland Indians 25



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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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?