1930 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Al Simmons	.381 (.38087)	Philadelphia Athletics	1
Lou Gehrig	.379 (.37866)	New York Yankees	2
Babe Ruth	.359 (.35907)	New York Yankees	3
Carl Reynolds	.359 (.35879)	Chicago White Sox	4
Mickey Cochrane	.357 (.35729)	Philadelphia Athletics	5
Johnny Hodapp	.354 (.35433)	Cleveland Indians	6
Heinie Manush	.350 (.35018)	St. Louis Browns	7
		Washington Senators
Dick Porter	.350 (.35000)	Cleveland Indians	8
Ed Morgan	.349 (.34932)	Cleveland Indians	9
Sam Rice	.349 (.34907)	Washington Senators	10
Joe Cronin	.346 (.34583)	Washington Senators	11
Earle Combs	.344 (.34398)	New York Yankees	12
Earl Averill	.339 (.33895)	Cleveland Indians	13
Jimmie Foxx	.335 (.33452)	Philadelphia Athletics	14
Charlie Gehringer	.330 (.32951)	Detroit Tigers	15
Joe Judge	.326 (.32579)	Washington Senators	16
Dale Alexander	.326 (.32558)	Detroit Tigers	17
Earl Webb	.323 (.32294)	Boston Red Sox	18
Marty McManus	.320 (.32025)	Detroit Tigers	19
Ben Chapman	.316 (.31579)	New York Yankees	20
Smead Jolley	.313 (.31331)	Chicago White Sox	21
Red Kress	.313 (.31270)	St. Louis Browns	22
Goose Goslin	.308 (.30822)	Washington Senators	23
		St. Louis Browns
Buddy Myer	.303 (.30314)	Washington Senators	24
Tony Lazzeri	.303 (.30298)	New York Yankees	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). 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.