Batting Average : 1956 American League Top 25

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1956 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Mickey Mantle .353 (.35272) New York Yankees 1
Ted Williams .345 (.34500) Boston Red Sox 2
Harvey Kuenn .332 (.33164) Detroit Tigers 3
Charlie Maxwell .326 (.32600) Detroit Tigers 4
Bob Nieman .320 (.32009) Chicago White Sox 5
Baltimore Orioles  
Minnie Minoso .316 (.31560) Chicago White Sox 6
Jackie Jensen .315 (.31488) Boston Red Sox 7
Al Kaline .314 (.31442) Detroit Tigers 8
Gil McDougald .311 (.31050) New York Yankees 9
Mickey Vernon .310 (.31017) Boston Red Sox 10
Pete Runnels .310 (.30969) Washington Senators 11
Vic Power .309 (.30943) Kansas City Athletics 12
Bill Skowron .308 (.30819) New York Yankees 13
Ray Boone .308 (.30769) Detroit Tigers 14
Yogi Berra .298 (.29750) New York Yankees 15
Nellie Fox .296 (.29584) Chicago White Sox 16
Sherm Lollar .293 (.29333) Chicago White Sox 17
Jimmy Piersall .293 (.29285) Boston Red Sox 18
Harry Simpson .293 (.29282) Kansas City Athletics 19
Gus Triandos .279 (.27876) Baltimore Orioles 20
Al Smith .274 (.27376) Cleveland Indians 21
Hector Lopez .273 (.27273) Kansas City Athletics 22
Jim Lemon .271 (.27138) Washington Senators 23
Billy Klaus .271 (.27115) Boston Red Sox 24
George Kell .271 (.27059) Chicago White Sox 25
Baltimore Orioles  



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).

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.
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