Batting Average : 1933 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1933 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jimmie Foxx .356 (.35602) Philadelphia Athletics 1
Heinie Manush .336 (.33587) Washington Senators 2
Lou Gehrig .334 (.33390) New York Yankees 3
Al Simmons .331 (.33058) Chicago White Sox 4
Charlie Gehringer .325 (.32484) Detroit Tigers 5
Joe Kuhel .322 (.32226) Washington Senators 6
Luke Appling .322 (.32190) Chicago White Sox 7
Mickey Cochrane .322 (.32168) Philadelphia Athletics 8
Bill Dickey .318 (.31799) New York Yankees 9
Pinky Higgins .314 (.31393) Philadelphia Athletics 10
Roy Johnson .313 (.31263) Boston Red Sox 11
Ben Chapman .312 (.31150) New York Yankees 12
Joe Cronin .309 (.30897) Washington Senators 13
Evar Swanson .306 (.30612) Chicago White Sox 14
Buddy Myer .302 (.30189) Washington Senators 15
Hank Greenberg .301 (.30067) Detroit Tigers 16
Babe Ruth .301 (.30065) New York Yankees 17
Earl Averill .301 (.30050) Cleveland Indians 18
Sam West .300 (.29981) St. Louis Browns 19
Goose Goslin .297 (.29690) Washington Senators 20
Doc Cramer .295 (.29501) Philadelphia Athletics 21
Billy Rogell .295 (.29472) Detroit Tigers 22
Fred Schulte .295 (.29455) Washington Senators 23
Tony Lazzeri .294 (.29446) New York Yankees 24
Max Bishop .294 (.29412) Philadelphia Athletics 25



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.

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.