Batting Average : 1915 American League Top 25

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1915 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb .369 (.36945) Detroit Tigers 1
Eddie Collins .332 (.33205) Chicago White Sox 2
Jack Fournier .322 (.32227) Chicago White Sox 3
Tris Speaker .322 (.32176) Boston Red Sox 4
Stuffy McInnis .314 (.31360) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Bobby Veach .313 (.31283) Detroit Tigers 6
Joe Jackson .308 (.30803) Cleveland Indians 7
Chicago White Sox  
Sam Crawford .299 (.29902) Detroit Tigers 8
Amos Strunk .297 (.29691) Philadelphia Athletics 9
Duffy Lewis .291 (.29084) Boston Red Sox 10
Chick Gandil .291 (.29072) Washington Senators 11
Del Pratt .291 (.29070) St. Louis Browns 12
Clyde Milan .288 (.28796) Washington Senators 13
Burt Shotton .283 (.28265) St. Louis Browns 14
Fritz Maisel .281 (.28113) New York Yankees 15
Nap Lajoie .280 (.27959) Philadelphia Athletics 16
Eddie Foster .275 (.27508) Washington Senators 17
Eddie Murphy .274 (.27392) Philadelphia Athletics 18
Chicago White Sox  
Doc Cook .271 (.27101) New York Yankees 19
Ray Chapman .270 (.27018) Cleveland Indians 20
Tilly Walker .269 (.26863) St. Louis Browns 21
Buck Weaver .268 (.26821) Chicago White Sox 22
Ray Schalk .266 (.26634) Chicago White Sox 23
Jimmy Austin .266 (.26625) St. Louis Browns 24
Jack Graney .260 (.25990) Cleveland Indians 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.

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