1934 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Lou Gehrig	.363 (.36269)	New York Yankees	1
Charlie Gehringer	.356 (.35607)	Detroit Tigers	2
Heinie Manush	.349 (.34892)	Washington Senators	3
Al Simmons	.344 (.34409)	Chicago White Sox	4
Hank Greenberg	.339 (.33895)	Detroit Tigers	5
Jimmie Foxx	.334 (.33395)	Philadelphia Athletics	6
Pinky Higgins	.330 (.32965)	Philadelphia Athletics	7
Hal Trosky	.330 (.32960)	Cleveland Indians	8
Sam West	.326 (.32573)	St. Louis Browns	9
Bill Werber	.321 (.32103)	Boston Red Sox	10
Mickey Cochrane	.320 (.32037)	Detroit Tigers	11
Roy Johnson	.320 (.31986)	Boston Red Sox	12
Bill Knickerbocker	.317 (.31703)	Cleveland Indians	13
Marv Owen	.317 (.31681)	Detroit Tigers	14
John Stone	.315 (.31504)	Washington Senators	15
Earl Averill	.313 (.31271)	Cleveland Indians	16
Doc Cramer	.311 (.31125)	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Rollie Hemsley	.309 (.30858)	St. Louis Browns	18
Ben Chapman	.308 (.30782)	New York Yankees	19
Bob Johnson	.307 (.30713)	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Buddy Myer	.305 (.30534)	Washington Senators	21
Goose Goslin	.305 (.30456)	Detroit Tigers	22
Luke Appling	.303 (.30310)	Chicago White Sox	23
Zeke Bonura	.302 (.30196)	Chicago White Sox	24
Odell Hale	.302 (.30195)	Cleveland Indians	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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). 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.