1952 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Ferris Fain	.327 (.32714)	Philadelphia Athletics	1
Dale Mitchell	.323 (.32290)	Cleveland Indians	2
Mickey Mantle	.311 (.31148)	New York Yankees	3
George Kell	.311 (.31075)	Detroit Tigers	4
		Boston Red Sox
Gene Woodling	.309 (.30882)	New York Yankees	5
Billy Goodman	.306 (.30604)	Boston Red Sox	6
Al Rosen	.302 (.30159)	Cleveland Indians	7
Bobby Avila	.300 (.29983)	Cleveland Indians	8
Nellie Fox	.296 (.29630)	Chicago White Sox	9
Eddie Robinson	.296 (.29630)	Chicago White Sox
Dom DiMaggio	.294 (.29424)	Boston Red Sox	11
Hank Bauer	.293 (.29295)	New York Yankees	12
Bob Nieman	.289 (.28870)	St. Louis Browns	13
Pete Runnels	.285 (.28468)	Washington Senators	14
Johnny Groth	.284 (.28435)	Detroit Tigers	15
Minnie Minoso	.281 (.28120)	Chicago White Sox	16
Elmer Valo	.281 (.28093)	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Joe Collins	.280 (.28037)	New York Yankees	18
Jackie Jensen	.280 (.28014)	New York Yankees	19
		Washington Senators
Vic Wertz	.277 (.27711)	Detroit Tigers	20
		St. Louis Browns
Walt Dropo	.276 (.27580)	Boston Red Sox	21
		Detroit Tigers
Larry Doby	.276 (.27553)	Cleveland Indians	22
Yogi Berra	.273 (.27341)	New York Yankees	23
Harry Simpson	.266 (.26606)	Cleveland Indians	24
Luke Easter	.263 (.26316)	Cleveland Indians	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). 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?