1926 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Heinie Manush	.378 (.37751)	Detroit Tigers	1
Babe Ruth	.372 (.37172)	New York Yankees	2
Harry Heilmann	.367 (.36653)	Detroit Tigers	3
George Burns	.358 (.35821)	Cleveland Indians	4
Goose Goslin	.354 (.35387)	Washington Senators	5
Bibb Falk	.345 (.34452)	Chicago White Sox	6
Al Simmons	.341 (.34134)	Philadelphia Athletics	7
Sam Rice	.337 (.33697)	Washington Senators	8
Johnny Mostil	.328 (.32833)	Chicago White Sox	9
Joe Sewell	.324 (.32353)	Cleveland Indians	10
Bing Miller	.322 (.32181)	Philadelphia Athletics	11
		St. Louis Browns
Bob Meusel	.315 (.31477)	New York Yankees	12
Harry Rice	.313 (.31315)	St. Louis Browns	13
Lou Gehrig	.313 (.31294)	New York Yankees	14
Homer Summa	.308 (.30809)	Cleveland Indians	15
Tris Speaker	.304 (.30427)	Cleveland Indians	16
Buddy Myer	.304 (.30415)	Washington Senators	17
Earl McNeely	.303 (.30317)	Washington Senators	18
Charlie Jamieson	.299 (.29910)	Cleveland Indians	19
Earl Sheely	.299 (.29905)	Chicago White Sox	20
Earle Combs	.299 (.29868)	New York Yankees	21
Baby Doll Jacobson	.299 (.29861)	St. Louis Browns	22
		Boston Red Sox
Freddy Spurgeon	.295 (.29479)	Cleveland Indians	23
Willie Kamm	.294 (.29375)	Chicago White Sox	24
Joe Judge	.291 (.29139)	Washington Senators	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

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