Batting Average : 1936 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1936 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Luke Appling .388 (.38783) Chicago White Sox 1
Earl Averill .378 (.37785) Cleveland Indians 2
Bill Dickey .362 (.36170) New York Yankees 3
Charlie Gehringer .354 (.35413) Detroit Tigers 4
Lou Gehrig .354 (.35406) New York Yankees 5
Gee Walker .353 (.35273) Detroit Tigers 6
Wally Moses .345 (.34530) Philadelphia Athletics 7
Beau Bell .344 (.34416) St. Louis Browns 8
Hal Trosky .343 (.34340) Cleveland Indians 9
John Stone .341 (.34096) Washington Senators 10
Jimmie Foxx .338 (.33846) Boston Red Sox 11
Rip Radcliff .335 (.33495) Chicago White Sox 12
Zeke Bonura .330 (.33049) Chicago White Sox 13
Al Simmons .327 (.32746) Detroit Tigers 14
Joe DiMaggio .323 (.32339) New York Yankees 15
Joe Kuhel .321 (.32143) Washington Senators 16
Red Rolfe .319 (.31866) New York Yankees 17
Cecil Travis .317 (.31721) Washington Senators 18
Odell Hale .316 (.31613) Cleveland Indians 19
Ben Chapman .315 (.31481) New York Yankees 20
Washington Senators  
Goose Goslin .315 (.31469) Detroit Tigers 21
Rick Ferrell .312 (.31220) Boston Red Sox 22
George Selkirk .308 (.30832) New York Yankees 23
Mike Kreevich .307 (.30727) Chicago White Sox 24
Harlond Clift .302 (.30208) St. Louis Browns 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.

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.

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?