Batting Average : 1926 American League Top 25

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1926 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Heinie Manush .378 (.37751) Detroit Tigers 1
Babe Ruth .372 (.37172) New York Yankees 2
Harry Heilmann .367 (.36653) Detroit Tigers 3
George Burns .358 (.35821) Cleveland Indians 4
Goose Goslin .354 (.35387) Washington Senators 5
Bibb Falk .345 (.34452) Chicago White Sox 6
Al Simmons .341 (.34134) Philadelphia Athletics 7
Sam Rice .337 (.33697) Washington Senators 8
Johnny Mostil .328 (.32833) Chicago White Sox 9
Joe Sewell .324 (.32353) Cleveland Indians 10
Bing Miller .322 (.32181) Philadelphia Athletics 11
St. Louis Browns  
Bob Meusel .315 (.31477) New York Yankees 12
Harry Rice .313 (.31315) St. Louis Browns 13
Lou Gehrig .313 (.31294) New York Yankees 14
Homer Summa .308 (.30809) Cleveland Indians 15
Tris Speaker .304 (.30427) Cleveland Indians 16
Buddy Myer .304 (.30415) Washington Senators 17
Earl McNeely .303 (.30317) Washington Senators 18
Charlie Jamieson .299 (.29910) Cleveland Indians 19
Earl Sheely .299 (.29905) Chicago White Sox 20
Earle Combs .299 (.29868) New York Yankees 21
Baby Doll Jacobson .299 (.29861) St. Louis Browns 22
Boston Red Sox  
Freddy Spurgeon .295 (.29479) Cleveland Indians 23
Willie Kamm .294 (.29375) Chicago White Sox 24
Joe Judge .291 (.29139) Washington Senators 25



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).

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.

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.
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