1942 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Ted Williams	.356 (.35632)	Boston Red Sox	1
Johnny Pesky	.331 (.33065)	Boston Red Sox	2
Stan Spence	.323 (.32273)	Washington Senators	3
Joe Gordon	.322 (.32156)	New York Yankees	4
George Case	.320 (.31969)	Washington Senators	5
Wally Judnich	.313 (.31291)	St. Louis Browns	6
Joe DiMaggio	.305 (.30492)	New York Yankees	7
Vern Stephens	.294 (.29391)	St. Louis Browns	8
Barney McCosky	.293 (.29333)	Detroit Tigers	9
Charlie Keller	.292 (.29228)	New York Yankees	10
Les Fleming	.292 (.29197)	Cleveland Indians	11
Bob Johnson	.291 (.29091)	Philadelphia Athletics	12
Bobby Doerr	.290 (.28991)	Boston Red Sox	13
Ken Keltner	.287 (.28686)	Cleveland Indians	14
Dom DiMaggio	.286 (.28617)	Boston Red Sox	15
Buddy Hassett	.284 (.28439)	New York Yankees	16
Phil Rizzuto	.284 (.28391)	New York Yankees	17
Lou Boudreau	.283 (.28261)	Cleveland Indians	18
Tony Lupien	.281 (.28078)	Boston Red Sox	19
Buddy Blair	.279 (.27893)	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Jeff Heath	.278 (.27817)	Cleveland Indians	21
Bobby Estalella	.277 (.27739)	Washington Senators	22
Roy Cullenbine	.276 (.27635)	St. Louis Browns	23
		Washington Senators
		New York Yankees
Chet Laabs	.275 (.27500)	St. Louis Browns	24
Harlond Clift	.274 (.27357)	St. Louis Browns	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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? Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.