Batting Average : 1957 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1957 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ted Williams .388 (.38810) Boston Red Sox 1
Mickey Mantle .365 (.36498) New York Yankees 2
Gene Woodling .321 (.32093) Cleveland Indians 3
Bob Boyd .318 (.31753) Baltimore Orioles 4
Nellie Fox .317 (.31664) Chicago White Sox 5
Minnie Minoso .310 (.30986) Chicago White Sox 6
Bill Skowron .304 (.30416) New York Yankees 7
Roy Sievers .301 (.30070) Washington Senators 8
Tony Kubek .297 (.29698) New York Yankees 9
Al Kaline .295 (.29463) Detroit Tigers 10
Frank Malzone .292 (.29180) Boston Red Sox 11
Gil McDougald .289 (.28942) New York Yankees 12
Larry Doby .288 (.28846) Chicago White Sox 13
Jim Lemon .284 (.28378) Washington Senators 14
Vic Wertz .282 (.28155) Cleveland Indians 15
Jackie Jensen .281 (.28125) Boston Red Sox 16
Al Pilarcik .278 (.27764) Baltimore Orioles 17
Harvey Kuenn .277 (.27724) Detroit Tigers 18
Charlie Maxwell .276 (.27642) Detroit Tigers 19
Bob Nieman .276 (.27640) Baltimore Orioles 20
Ray Boone .273 (.27273) Detroit Tigers 21
Bobby Avila .268 (.26782) Cleveland Indians 22
Billy Gardner .262 (.26242) Baltimore Orioles 23
Jimmy Piersall .261 (.26108) Boston Red Sox 24
Vic Power .259 (.25910) Kansas City Athletics 25



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.

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.