1959 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Harvey Kuenn	.353 (.35294)	Detroit Tigers	1
Al Kaline	.327 (.32681)	Detroit Tigers	2
Pete Runnels	.314 (.31429)	Boston Red Sox	3
Nellie Fox	.306 (.30609)	Chicago White Sox	4
Minnie Minoso	.302 (.30175)	Cleveland Indians	5
Bobby Richardson	.301 (.30064)	New York Yankees	6
Bill Tuttle	.300 (.30022)	Kansas City Athletics	7
Gene Woodling	.300 (.30000)	Baltimore Orioles	8
Vic Power	.289 (.28908)	Cleveland Indians	9
Bob Cerv	.285 (.28510)	Kansas City Athletics	10
Mickey Mantle	.285 (.28466)	New York Yankees	11
Yogi Berra	.284 (.28390)	New York Yankees	12
Hector Lopez	.283 (.28281)	Kansas City Athletics	13
		New York Yankees
Frank Malzone	.280 (.27980)	Boston Red Sox	14
Tony Kubek	.279 (.27930)	New York Yankees	15
Jim Lemon	.279 (.27872)	Washington Senators	16
Eddie Yost	.278 (.27831)	Detroit Tigers	17
Jackie Jensen	.277 (.27664)	Boston Red Sox	18
Elston Howard	.273 (.27314)	New York Yankees	19
Roger Maris	.273 (.27252)	Kansas City Athletics	20
Jim Landis	.272 (.27184)	Chicago White Sox	21
Dick Williams	.266 (.26639)	Kansas City Athletics	22
Frank Bolling	.266 (.26580)	Detroit Tigers	23
Sherm Lollar	.265 (.26535)	Chicago White Sox	24
Bob Allison	.261 (.26140)	Washington Senators	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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. 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.