1905 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Elmer Flick	.308 (.30800)	Cleveland Naps	1
Willie Keeler	.302 (.30179)	New York Highlanders	2
Harry Bay	.301 (.30072)	Cleveland Naps	3
Sam Crawford	.297 (.29739)	Detroit Tigers	4
George Stone	.296 (.29589)	St. Louis Browns	5
Jiggs Donahue	.287 (.28705)	Chicago White Sox	6
Harry Davis	.285 (.28501)	Philadelphia Athletics	7
John Anderson	.279 (.27856)	New York Highlanders	8
		Washington Senators
George Davis	.278 (.27818)	Chicago White Sox	9
Charlie Hickman	.277 (.27749)	Detroit Tigers	10
		Washington Senators
Danny Murphy	.277 (.27747)	Philadelphia Athletics	11
Jimmy Collins	.276 (.27559)	Boston Americans	12
Topsy Hartsel	.275 (.27509)	Philadelphia Athletics	13
Socks Seybold	.274 (.27439)	Philadelphia Athletics	14
Bobby Wallace	.271 (.27087)	St. Louis Browns	15
Bill Bradley	.268 (.26802)	Cleveland Naps	16
Lave Cross	.266 (.26576)	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Terry Turner	.265 (.26451)	Cleveland Naps	18
Matty McIntyre	.263 (.26263)	Detroit Tigers	19
Danny Hoffman	.261 (.26144)	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Emil Frisk	.261 (.26107)	St. Louis Browns	21
Chick Stahl	.258 (.25800)	Boston Americans	22
Jesse Burkett	.257 (.25654)	Boston Americans	23
Bill Coughlin	.252 (.25153)	Detroit Tigers	24
Jake Stahl	.250 (.24950)	Washington Senators	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. 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? 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.