1947 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Ted Williams	.343 (.34280)	Boston Red Sox	1
Barney McCosky	.328 (.32784)	Philadelphia Athletics	2
Johnny Pesky	.324 (.32445)	Boston Red Sox	3
George Kell	.320 (.31973)	Detroit Tigers	4
Dale Mitchell	.316 (.31643)	Cleveland Indians	5
Joe DiMaggio	.315 (.31461)	New York Yankees	6
Lou Boudreau	.307 (.30669)	Cleveland Indians	7
Luke Appling	.306 (.30616)	Chicago White Sox	8
George McQuinn	.304 (.30368)	New York Yankees	9
Sam Mele	.302 (.30243)	Boston Red Sox	10
Hoot Evers	.296 (.29565)	Detroit Tigers	11
Bob Dillinger	.294 (.29422)	St. Louis Browns	12
Ferris Fain	.291 (.29067)	Philadelphia Athletics	13
Tommy Henrich	.287 (.28727)	New York Yankees	14
Billy Johnson	.285 (.28543)	New York Yankees	15
Dom DiMaggio	.283 (.28265)	Boston Red Sox	16
Hank Majeski	.280 (.27975)	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Vern Stephens	.279 (.27936)	St. Louis Browns	18
Stan Spence	.279 (.27866)	Washington Senators	19
Eddie Mayo	.279 (.27850)	Detroit Tigers	20
Don Kolloway	.278 (.27835)	Chicago White Sox	21
Johnny Lindell	.275 (.27521)	New York Yankees	22
Phil Rizzuto	.273 (.27322)	New York Yankees	23
Joe Gordon	.272 (.27224)	Cleveland Indians	24
Mickey Vernon	.265 (.26500)	Washington Senators	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). 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. 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.