1944 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Lou Boudreau	.327 (.32705)	Cleveland Indians	1
Bobby Doerr	.325 (.32479)	Boston Red Sox	2
Bob Johnson	.324 (.32381)	Boston Red Sox	3
Snuffy Stirnweiss	.319 (.31882)	New York Yankees	4
Stan Spence	.316 (.31588)	Washington Senators	5
Pete Fox	.315 (.31452)	Boston Red Sox	6
Dick Siebert	.306 (.30556)	Philadelphia Athletics	7
Johnny Lindell	.300 (.29966)	New York Yankees	8
Bobby Estalella	.298 (.29842)	Philadelphia Athletics	9
Pinky Higgins	.297 (.29650)	Detroit Tigers	10
Ken Keltner	.295 (.29494)	Cleveland Indians	11
Milt Byrnes	.295 (.29484)	St. Louis Browns	12
Ralph Hodgin	.295 (.29462)	Chicago White Sox	13
Vern Stephens	.293 (.29338)	St. Louis Browns	14
Nick Etten	.293 (.29319)	New York Yankees	15
Doc Cramer	.292 (.29239)	Detroit Tigers	16
Oris Hockett	.289 (.28884)	Cleveland Indians	17
Thurman Tucker	.287 (.28700)	Chicago White Sox	18
Jim Tabor	.285 (.28539)	Boston Red Sox	19
George Myatt	.284 (.28439)	Washington Senators	20
Roy Cullenbine	.284 (.28371)	Cleveland Indians	21
Wally Moses	.280 (.28037)	Chicago White Sox	22
Joe Kuhel	.278 (.27799)	Washington Senators	23
Catfish Metkovich	.277 (.27687)	Boston Red Sox	24
Rudy York	.276 (.27616)	Detroit Tigers	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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?