1890 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American Association
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Jimmy Wolf	.363 (.36280)	Louisville Colonels	1
Denny Lyons	.354 (.35398)	Philadelphia Athletics	2
Tommy McCarthy	.350 (.35036)	St. Louis Browns	3
Spud Johnson	.346 (.34572)	Columbus Colts	4
Cupid Childs	.345 (.34483)	Syracuse Stars	5
Ed Swartwood	.327 (.32684)	Toledo Maumees	6
Jack O'Connor	.324 (.32385)	Columbus Colts	7
Mox McQuery	.308 (.30803)	Syracuse Stars	8
Sandy Griffin	.307 (.30713)	Rochester Rochesters	9
Harry Taylor	.306 (.30561)	Louisville Colonels	10
Rasty Wright	.305 (.30460)	Syracuse Stars	11
Perry Werden	.295 (.29518)	Toledo Maumees	12
Farmer Weaver	.289 (.28905)	Louisville Colonels	13
John Sneed	.286 (.28599)	Toledo Maumees	14
		Columbus Colts
Orator Shafer	.282 (.28205)	Philadelphia Athletics	15
Jimmy Knowles	.281 (.28106)	Rochester Rochesters	16
Billy O'Brien	.278 (.27835)	Brooklyn Gladiators	17
Shorty Fuller	.278 (.27757)	St. Louis Browns	18
Phil Tomney	.277 (.27720)	Louisville Colonels	19
Blondie Purcell	.276 (.27646)	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Charlie Duffee	.275 (.27513)	St. Louis Browns	21
Billy Alvord	.273 (.27273)	Toledo Maumees	22
Charlie Hamburg	.272 (.27216)	Louisville Colonels	23
Hank Simon	.270 (.27032)	Brooklyn Gladiators	24
		Syracuse Stars
George Tebeau	.268 (.26772)	Toledo Maumees	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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 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?