1948 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Ted Williams	.369 (.36935)	Boston Red Sox	1
Lou Boudreau	.355 (.35536)	Cleveland Indians	2
Dale Mitchell	.336 (.33553)	Cleveland Indians	3
Al Zarilla	.329 (.32892)	St. Louis Browns	4
Barney McCosky	.326 (.32621)	Philadelphia Athletics	5
Bob Dillinger	.321 (.32143)	St. Louis Browns	6
Joe DiMaggio	.320 (.31987)	New York Yankees	7
Hoot Evers	.314 (.31413)	Detroit Tigers	8
Luke Appling	.314 (.31388)	Chicago White Sox	9
Hank Majeski	.310 (.31017)	Philadelphia Athletics	10
Billy Goodman	.310 (.31011)	Boston Red Sox	11
Tommy Henrich	.308 (.30782)	New York Yankees	12
Elmer Valo	.305 (.30548)	Philadelphia Athletics	13
Yogi Berra	.305 (.30490)	New York Yankees	14
Larry Doby	.301 (.30068)	Cleveland Indians	15
Ken Keltner	.297 (.29749)	Cleveland Indians	16
Jerry Priddy	.296 (.29643)	St. Louis Browns	17
Billy Johnson	.294 (.29372)	New York Yankees	18
Johnny Lipon	.290 (.29039)	Detroit Tigers	19
Pat Mullin	.288 (.28831)	Detroit Tigers	20
Dave Philley	.287 (.28689)	Chicago White Sox	21
Dom DiMaggio	.285 (.28549)	Boston Red Sox	22
Bobby Doerr	.285 (.28463)	Boston Red Sox	23
Johnny Pesky	.281 (.28142)	Boston Red Sox	24
Ferris Fain	.281 (.28077)	Philadelphia Athletics	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.