Batting Average : 1910 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1910 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Nap Lajoie .384 (.38409) Cleveland Naps 1
Ty Cobb .383 (.38340) Detroit Tigers 2
Tris Speaker .340 (.34015) Boston Red Sox 3
Eddie Collins .324 (.32358) Philadelphia Athletics 4
John Knight .312 (.31159) New York Highlanders 5
Rube Oldring .308 (.30769) Philadelphia Athletics 6
Danny Murphy .300 (.30000) Philadelphia Athletics 7
Hal Chase .290 (.29008) New York Highlanders 8
Sam Crawford .289 (.28912) Detroit Tigers 9
Birdie Cree .287 (.28694) New York Highlanders 10
Frank Baker .283 (.28342) Philadelphia Athletics 11
Larry Gardner .283 (.28329) Boston Red Sox 12
Duffy Lewis .283 (.28281) Boston Red Sox 13
Clyde Milan .279 (.27872) Washington Senators 14
Heinie Wagner .273 (.27291) Boston Red Sox 15
Jake Stahl .271 (.27119) Boston Red Sox 16
Harry Wolter .267 (.26722) New York Highlanders 17
Harry Hooper .267 (.26712) Boston Red Sox 18
Harry Lord .267 (.26711) Boston Red Sox 19
Chicago White Sox  
Frank LaPorte .264 (.26389) New York Highlanders 20
Donie Bush .262 (.26210) Detroit Tigers 21
George Stovall .261 (.26104) Cleveland Naps 22
Jack Barry .259 (.25873) Philadelphia Athletics 23
Doc Gessler .259 (.25873) Washington Senators  
Bobby Wallace .258 (.25787) St. Louis Browns 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.

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.

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.