1923 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Harry Heilmann	.403 (.40267)	Detroit Tigers	1
Babe Ruth	.393 (.39272)	New York Yankees	2
Tris Speaker	.380 (.37979)	Cleveland Indians	3
Eddie Collins	.360 (.36040)	Chicago White Sox	4
Ken Williams	.357 (.35676)	St. Louis Browns	5
Joe Sewell	.353 (.35262)	Cleveland Indians	6
Charlie Jamieson	.345 (.34472)	Cleveland Indians	7
Ty Cobb	.340 (.33993)	Detroit Tigers	8
Joe Harris	.335 (.33540)	Boston Red Sox	9
George Burns	.328 (.32849)	Boston Red Sox	10
Homer Summa	.328 (.32762)	Cleveland Indians	11
Jack Tobin	.317 (.31711)	St. Louis Browns	12
Muddy Ruel	.316 (.31626)	Washington Senators	13
Sam Rice	.316 (.31597)	Washington Senators	14
Topper Rigney	.315 (.31489)	Detroit Tigers	15
Whitey Witt	.314 (.31376)	New York Yankees	16
Joe Judge	.314 (.31358)	Washington Senators	17
Bob Meusel	.313 (.31304)	New York Yankees	18
Marty McManus	.309 (.30928)	St. Louis Browns	19
Baby Doll Jacobson	.309 (.30912)	St. Louis Browns	20
Hank Severeid	.308 (.30787)	St. Louis Browns	21
Joe Hauser	.307 (.30726)	Philadelphia Athletics	22
Wally Pipp	.304 (.30404)	New York Yankees	23
Goose Goslin	.300 (.30000)	Washington Senators	24
Bing Miller	.299 (.29913)	Philadelphia Athletics	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? 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).