1931 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Al Simmons	.390 (.38986)	Philadelphia Athletics	1
Babe Ruth	.373 (.37266)	New York Yankees	2
Ed Morgan	.351 (.35065)	Cleveland Indians	3
Mickey Cochrane	.349 (.34858)	Philadelphia Athletics	4
Lou Gehrig	.341 (.34087)	New York Yankees	5
Earl Averill	.333 (.33333)	Cleveland Indians	6
Earl Webb	.333 (.33277)	Boston Red Sox	7
Sam West	.333 (.33270)	Washington Senators	8
Goose Goslin	.328 (.32826)	St. Louis Browns	9
John Stone	.327 (.32705)	Detroit Tigers	10
Bill Dickey	.327 (.32704)	New York Yankees	11
Dale Alexander	.325 (.32495)	Detroit Tigers	12
Mule Haas	.323 (.32273)	Philadelphia Athletics	13
Joe Vosmik	.320 (.31980)	Cleveland Indians	14
Earle Combs	.318 (.31794)	New York Yankees	15
Ben Chapman	.315 (.31500)	New York Yankees	16
Lew Fonseca	.312 (.31239)	Cleveland Indians	17
		Chicago White Sox
Dick Porter	.312 (.31159)	Cleveland Indians	18
Red Kress	.311 (.31074)	St. Louis Browns	19
Heinie Manush	.307 (.30682)	Washington Senators	20
Ski Melillo	.306 (.30632)	St. Louis Browns	21
Joe Cronin	.306 (.30606)	Washington Senators	22
Lu Blue	.304 (.30390)	Chicago White Sox	23
Fred Schulte	.304 (.30380)	St. Louis Browns	24
Joe Sewell	.302 (.30165)	New York Yankees	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. 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). 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?