Batting Average : 1906 American League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1906 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

George Stone .358 (.35800) St. Louis Browns 1
Nap Lajoie .355 (.35548) Cleveland Naps 2
Hal Chase .323 (.32328) New York Highlanders 3
Elmer Flick .311 (.31090) Cleveland Naps 4
Willie Keeler .304 (.30405) New York Highlanders 5
Danny Murphy .301 (.30134) Philadelphia Athletics 6
Sam Crawford .295 (.29485) Detroit Tigers 7
Harry Davis .292 (.29220) Philadelphia Athletics 8
Terry Turner .291 (.29110) Cleveland Naps 9
Charlie Hemphill .289 (.28889) St. Louis Browns 10
Chick Stahl .286 (.28571) Boston Americans 11
Charlie Hickman .284 (.28381) Washington Senators 12
Frank Isbell .279 (.27869) Chicago White Sox 13
Jimmy Williams .277 (.27745) New York Highlanders 14
George Davis .277 (.27686) Chicago White Sox 15
John Anderson .271 (.27101) Washington Senators 16
Frank LaPorte .264 (.26432) New York Highlanders 17
Lave Cross .263 (.26316) Washington Senators 18
Matty McIntyre .260 (.25963) Detroit Tigers 19
Bobby Wallace .258 (.25840) St. Louis Browns 20
Jiggs Donahue .257 (.25719) Chicago White Sox 21
Dave Altizer .256 (.25635) Washington Senators 22
Topsy Hartsel .255 (.25516) Philadelphia Athletics 23
Tom Jones .252 (.25232) St. Louis Browns 24
Larry Schlafly .246 (.24648) Washington Senators 25



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).

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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.