1929 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Lew Fonseca	.369 (.36926)	Cleveland Indians	1
Al Simmons	.365 (.36489)	Philadelphia Athletics	2
Heinie Manush	.355 (.35540)	St. Louis Browns	3
Tony Lazzeri	.354 (.35413)	New York Yankees	4
Jimmie Foxx	.354 (.35397)	Philadelphia Athletics	5
Earle Combs	.345 (.34471)	New York Yankees	6
Babe Ruth	.345 (.34469)	New York Yankees	7
Harry Heilmann	.344 (.34437)	Detroit Tigers	8
Dale Alexander	.343 (.34345)	Detroit Tigers	9
Charlie Gehringer	.339 (.33912)	Detroit Tigers	10
Earl Averill	.332 (.33166)	Cleveland Indians	11
Bing Miller	.331 (.33094)	Philadelphia Athletics	12
Mickey Cochrane	.331 (.33074)	Philadelphia Athletics	13
Jimmy Dykes	.327 (.32668)	Philadelphia Athletics	14
Bill Dickey	.324 (.32438)	New York Yankees	15
Sam Rice	.323 (.32305)	Washington Senators	16
Carl Reynolds	.317 (.31721)	Chicago White Sox	17
Joe Judge	.315 (.31492)	Washington Senators	18
Joe Sewell	.315 (.31488)	Cleveland Indians	19
Roy Johnson	.314 (.31406)	Detroit Tigers	20
Mule Haas	.313 (.31315)	Philadelphia Athletics	21
Bibb Falk	.312 (.31221)	Cleveland Indians	22
Fred Schulte	.307 (.30717)	St. Louis Browns	23
Red Kress	.305 (.30521)	St. Louis Browns	24
Harry Rice	.304 (.30410)	Detroit Tigers	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. 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). 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?