Batting Average : 1941 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1941 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Ted Williams .406 (.40570) Boston Red Sox 1
Cecil Travis .359 (.35855) Washington Senators 2
Joe DiMaggio .357 (.35675) New York Yankees 3
Jeff Heath .340 (.34017) Cleveland Indians 4
Dick Siebert .334 (.33405) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Barney McCosky .324 (.32389) Detroit Tigers 6
Sam Chapman .322 (.32246) Philadelphia Athletics 7
Taffy Wright .322 (.32164) Chicago White Sox 8
Roy Cullenbine .317 (.31737) St. Louis Browns 9
Luke Appling .314 (.31419) Chicago White Sox 10
Rip Radcliff .311 (.31111) St. Louis Browns 11
Detroit Tigers  
Joe Cronin .311 (.31081) Boston Red Sox 12
Phil Rizzuto .307 (.30680) New York Yankees 13
Wally Moses .301 (.30137) Philadelphia Athletics 14
Jimmie Foxx .300 (.29979) Boston Red Sox 15
Mickey Vernon .299 (.29944) Washington Senators 16
Pinky Higgins .298 (.29815) Detroit Tigers 17
Charlie Keller .298 (.29783) New York Yankees 18
Buddy Lewis .297 (.29701) Washington Senators 19
George McQuinn .297 (.29697) St. Louis Browns 20
Lou Finney .288 (.28773) Boston Red Sox 21
Wally Judnich .284 (.28388) St. Louis Browns 22
Gee Walker .283 (.28315) Cleveland Indians 23
Dom DiMaggio .283 (.28253) Boston Red Sox 24
Bobby Doerr .282 (.28200) Boston Red Sox 25



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.

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.

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).
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