Batting Average : 1920 American League Top 25

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"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1920 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

George Sisler .407 (.40729) St. Louis Browns 1
Tris Speaker .388 (.38768) Cleveland Indians 2
Joe Jackson .382 (.38246) Chicago White Sox 3
Babe Ruth .376 (.37555) New York Yankees 4
Eddie Collins .372 (.37209) Chicago White Sox 5
Baby Doll Jacobson .355 (.35468) St. Louis Browns 6
Jack Tobin .341 (.34064) St. Louis Browns 7
Sam Rice .338 (.33814) Washington Senators 8
Happy Felsch .338 (.33813) Chicago White Sox 9
Ty Cobb .334 (.33411) Detroit Tigers 10
Joe Judge .333 (.33266) Washington Senators 11
Buck Weaver .331 (.33068) Chicago White Sox 12
Bob Meusel .328 (.32826) New York Yankees 13
Clyde Milan .322 (.32213) Washington Senators 14
Joe Dugan .322 (.32179) Philadelphia Athletics 15
Steve O'Neill .321 (.32106) Cleveland Indians 16
Elmer Smith .316 (.31579) Cleveland Indians 17
Del Pratt .314 (.31359) New York Yankees 18
Harry Hooper .312 (.31157) Boston Red Sox 19
Larry Gardner .310 (.30988) Cleveland Indians 20
Harry Heilmann .309 (.30939) Detroit Tigers 21
Bobby Veach .307 (.30719) Detroit Tigers 22
Ken Williams .307 (.30710) St. Louis Browns 23
Ray Chapman .303 (.30345) Cleveland Indians 24
Shano Collins .303 (.30303) Chicago White Sox 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).

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.

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