1927 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Harry Heilmann	.398 (.39802)	Detroit Tigers	1
Lou Gehrig	.373 (.37329)	New York Yankees	2
Bob Fothergill	.359 (.35863)	Detroit Tigers	3
Ty Cobb	.357 (.35714)	Philadelphia Athletics	4
Earle Combs	.356 (.35648)	New York Yankees	5
Babe Ruth	.356 (.35556)	New York Yankees	6
Mickey Cochrane	.338 (.33796)	Philadelphia Athletics	7
Bob Meusel	.337 (.33721)	New York Yankees	8
Goose Goslin	.334 (.33391)	Washington Senators	9
George Sisler	.327 (.32736)	St. Louis Browns	10
Bibb Falk	.327 (.32710)	Chicago White Sox	11
Tris Speaker	.327 (.32696)	Washington Senators	12
Bing Miller	.325 (.32520)	St. Louis Browns	13
Jimmy Dykes	.324 (.32374)	Philadelphia Athletics	14
Ken Williams	.322 (.32151)	St. Louis Browns	15
George Burns	.319 (.31876)	Cleveland Indians	16
Alex Metzler	.319 (.31860)	Chicago White Sox	17
Charlie Gehringer	.317 (.31693)	Detroit Tigers	18
Joe Sewell	.316 (.31634)	Cleveland Indians	19
Sammy Hale	.313 (.31337)	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Charlie Jamieson	.309 (.30879)	Cleveland Indians	21
Tony Lazzeri	.309 (.30877)	New York Yankees	22
Joe Judge	.308 (.30843)	Washington Senators	23
Muddy Ruel	.308 (.30841)	Washington Senators	24
Bud Clancy	.300 (.29957)	Chicago White Sox	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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. 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.