1955 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Al Kaline	.340 (.34014)	Detroit Tigers	1
Vic Power	.319 (.31879)	Kansas City Athletics	2
George Kell	.312 (.31235)	Chicago White Sox	3
Nellie Fox	.311 (.31132)	Chicago White Sox	4
Harvey Kuenn	.306 (.30645)	Detroit Tigers	5
Al Smith	.306 (.30643)	Cleveland Indians	6
Mickey Mantle	.306 (.30561)	New York Yankees	7
Mickey Vernon	.301 (.30112)	Washington Senators	8
Billy Goodman	.294 (.29382)	Boston Red Sox	9
Larry Doby	.291 (.29124)	Cleveland Indians	10
Hector Lopez	.290 (.28986)	Kansas City Athletics	11
Minnie Minoso	.288 (.28820)	Chicago White Sox	12
Gil McDougald	.285 (.28518)	New York Yankees	13
Pete Runnels	.284 (.28429)	Washington Senators	14
Ray Boone	.284 (.28400)	Detroit Tigers	15
Jimmy Piersall	.284 (.28350)	Boston Red Sox	16
Billy Klaus	.283 (.28281)	Boston Red Sox	17
Walt Dropo	.280 (.28035)	Chicago White Sox	18
Bill Tuttle	.279 (.27861)	Detroit Tigers	19
Hank Bauer	.278 (.27846)	New York Yankees	20
Gus Triandos	.277 (.27651)	Baltimore Orioles	21
Jackie Jensen	.275 (.27526)	Boston Red Sox	22
Bobby Avila	.272 (.27188)	Cleveland Indians	23
Yogi Berra	.272 (.27172)	New York Yankees	24
Roy Sievers	.271 (.27112)	Washington Senators	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. Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number. 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?