1945 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Snuffy Stirnweiss	.309 (.30854)	New York Yankees	1
Johnny Dickshot	.302 (.30247)	Chicago White Sox	2
Bobby Estalella	.299 (.29933)	Philadelphia Athletics	3
George Myatt	.296 (.29592)	Washington Senators	4
Wally Moses	.295 (.29525)	Chicago White Sox	5
George Case	.294 (.29365)	Washington Senators	6
Dutch Meyer	.292 (.29198)	Cleveland Indians	7
Skeeter Newsome	.290 (.28995)	Boston Red Sox	8
Vern Stephens	.289 (.28897)	St. Louis Browns	9
Eddie Mayo	.285 (.28543)	Detroit Tigers	10
Joe Kuhel	.285 (.28518)	Washington Senators	11
Nick Etten	.285 (.28496)	New York Yankees	12
Bob Johnson	.280 (.27977)	Boston Red Sox	13
Eddie Lake	.279 (.27907)	Boston Red Sox	14
George Binks	.278 (.27818)	Washington Senators	15
George McQuinn	.277 (.27743)	St. Louis Browns	16
Hal Peck	.276 (.27617)	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Doc Cramer	.275 (.27542)	Detroit Tigers	18
Roy Cullenbine	.272 (.27239)	Cleveland Indians	19
		Detroit Tigers
George Kell	.272 (.27160)	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Jimmy Outlaw	.271 (.27130)	Detroit Tigers	21
Hersh Martin	.267 (.26716)	New York Yankees	22
Dick Siebert	.267 (.26702)	Philadelphia Athletics	23
Oscar Grimes	.265 (.26458)	New York Yankees	24
Rudy York	.264 (.26387)	Detroit Tigers	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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).