Top 25 Batting Average in 1953 in the American League

Batting Average : 1953 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1953 Batting Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Batting Average Team Rank

Mickey Vernon .337 (.33717) Washington Senators 1

Al Rosen .336 (.33556) Cleveland Indians 2

Billy Goodman .313 (.31323) Boston Red Sox 3

Minnie Minoso .313 (.31295) Chicago White Sox 4

Jim Busby .312 (.31229) Washington Senators 5

Harvey Kuenn .308 (.30781) Detroit Tigers 6

George Kell .307 (.30652) Boston Red Sox 7

Gene Woodling .306 (.30633) New York Yankees 8

Hank Bauer .304 (.30435) New York Yankees 9

Dave Philley .303 (.30323) Philadelphia Athletics 10

Dale Mitchell .300 (.30000) Cleveland Indians 11

Yogi Berra .296 (.29622) New York Yankees 12

Ray Boone .296 (.29577) Cleveland Indians 13

Detroit Tigers

Mickey Mantle .295 (.29501) New York Yankees 14

Jim Delsing .288 (.28810) Detroit Tigers 15

Pete Suder .286 (.28634) Philadelphia Athletics 16

Bobby Avila .286 (.28623) Cleveland Indians 17

Nellie Fox .285 (.28526) Chicago White Sox 18

Gil McDougald .285 (.28466) New York Yankees 19

Gus Zernial .284 (.28417) Philadelphia Athletics 20

George Strickland .284 (.28401) Cleveland Indians 21

Tom Umphlett .283 (.28283) Boston Red Sox 22

Bob Nieman .282 (.28150) Detroit Tigers 23

Chico Carrasquel .279 (.27899) Chicago White Sox 24

Sam Mele .274 (.27443) Chicago White Sox 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.

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.

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).

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