1939 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Joe DiMaggio	.381 (.38095)	New York Yankees	1
Jimmie Foxx	.360 (.35974)	Boston Red Sox	2
Bob Johnson	.338 (.33824)	Philadelphia Athletics	3
Hal Trosky	.335 (.33482)	Cleveland Indians	4
Charlie Keller	.334 (.33417)	New York Yankees	5
Red Rolfe	.329 (.32870)	New York Yankees	6
Ted Williams	.327 (.32743)	Boston Red Sox	7
Ken Keltner	.325 (.32538)	Cleveland Indians	8
Charlie Gehringer	.325 (.32512)	Detroit Tigers	9
Eric McNair	.324 (.32359)	Chicago White Sox	10
Mike Kreevich	.323 (.32348)	Chicago White Sox	11
Buddy Lewis	.319 (.31903)	Washington Senators	12
Bobby Doerr	.318 (.31810)	Boston Red Sox	13
George McQuinn	.316 (.31605)	St. Louis Browns	14
Luke Appling	.314 (.31395)	Chicago White Sox	15
Hank Greenberg	.312 (.31200)	Detroit Tigers	16
Barney McCosky	.311 (.31097)	Detroit Tigers	17
Doc Cramer	.311 (.31070)	Boston Red Sox	18
Taffy Wright	.309 (.30862)	Washington Senators	19
Joe Cronin	.308 (.30769)	Boston Red Sox	20
Wally Moses	.307 (.30664)	Philadelphia Athletics	21
George Selkirk	.306 (.30622)	New York Yankees	22
Bill Dickey	.302 (.30208)	New York Yankees	23
George Case	.302 (.30189)	Washington Senators	24
Joe Kuhel	.300 (.30037)	Chicago White Sox	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? The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.