1938 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Jimmie Foxx	.349 (.34867)	Boston Red Sox	1
Jeff Heath	.343 (.34263)	Cleveland Indians	2
Ben Chapman	.340 (.33958)	Boston Red Sox	3
Buddy Myer	.336 (.33638)	Washington Senators	4
Cecil Travis	.335 (.33510)	Washington Senators	5
Hal Trosky	.334 (.33394)	Cleveland Indians	6
Rip Radcliff	.330 (.33002)	Chicago White Sox	7
Earl Averill	.330 (.32988)	Cleveland Indians	8
Joe Cronin	.325 (.32453)	Boston Red Sox	9
George McQuinn	.324 (.32392)	St. Louis Browns	10
Joe DiMaggio	.324 (.32387)	New York Yankees	11
Joe Vosmik	.324 (.32367)	Boston Red Sox	12
Hank Greenberg	.315 (.31475)	Detroit Tigers	13
Bill Dickey	.313 (.31278)	New York Yankees	14
Bob Johnson	.313 (.31261)	Philadelphia Athletics	15
Mel Almada	.311 (.31122)	Washington Senators	16
		St. Louis Browns
Red Rolfe	.311 (.31062)	New York Yankees	17
Dixie Walker	.308 (.30837)	Detroit Tigers	18
Wally Moses	.307 (.30730)	Philadelphia Athletics	19
Charlie Gehringer	.306 (.30634)	Detroit Tigers	20
Gee Walker	.305 (.30543)	Chicago White Sox	21
George Case	.305 (.30485)	Washington Senators	22
Sam West	.305 (.30452)	St. Louis Browns	23
		Washington Senators
Pinky Higgins	.303 (.30344)	Boston Red Sox	24
Al Simmons	.302 (.30213)	Washington Senators	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

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