1928 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Goose Goslin	.379 (.37939)	Washington Senators	1
Heinie Manush	.378 (.37774)	St. Louis Browns	2
Lou Gehrig	.374 (.37367)	New York Yankees	3
Al Simmons	.351 (.35129)	Philadelphia Athletics	4
Bing Miller	.329 (.32941)	Philadelphia Athletics	5
Harry Heilmann	.328 (.32796)	Detroit Tigers	6
Sam Rice	.328 (.32792)	Washington Senators	7
Jimmie Foxx	.328 (.32750)	Philadelphia Athletics	8
Joe Sewell	.323 (.32313)	Cleveland Indians	9
Johnny Hodapp	.323 (.32294)	Cleveland Indians	10
Babe Ruth	.323 (.32276)	New York Yankees	11
Charlie Gehringer	.320 (.32007)	Detroit Tigers	12
Mark Koenig	.319 (.31895)	New York Yankees	13
Max Bishop	.316 (.31568)	Philadelphia Athletics	14
Buddy Myer	.313 (.31343)	Boston Red Sox	15
Earle Combs	.310 (.30990)	New York Yankees	16
Willie Kamm	.308 (.30797)	Chicago White Sox	17
Charlie Jamieson	.307 (.30716)	Cleveland Indians	18
Joe Judge	.306 (.30627)	Washington Senators	19
Red Barnes	.305 (.30456)	Washington Senators	20
Alex Metzler	.304 (.30388)	Chicago White Sox	21
Ken Williams	.303 (.30303)	Boston Red Sox	22
Harry Rice	.302 (.30196)	Detroit Tigers	23
Doug Taitt	.299 (.29876)	Boston Red Sox	24
Ossie Bluege	.297 (.29730)	Washington Senators	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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). 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. 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.