1939 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Joe DiMaggio	.381 (.38095)	New York Yankees	1
Jimmie Foxx	.360 (.35974)	Boston Red Sox	2
Bob Johnson	.338 (.33824)	Philadelphia Athletics	3
Hal Trosky	.335 (.33482)	Cleveland Indians	4
Charlie Keller	.334 (.33417)	New York Yankees	5
Red Rolfe	.329 (.32870)	New York Yankees	6
Ted Williams	.327 (.32743)	Boston Red Sox	7
Ken Keltner	.325 (.32538)	Cleveland Indians	8
Charlie Gehringer	.325 (.32512)	Detroit Tigers	9
Eric McNair	.324 (.32359)	Chicago White Sox	10
Mike Kreevich	.323 (.32348)	Chicago White Sox	11
Buddy Lewis	.319 (.31903)	Washington Senators	12
Bobby Doerr	.318 (.31810)	Boston Red Sox	13
George McQuinn	.316 (.31605)	St. Louis Browns	14
Luke Appling	.314 (.31395)	Chicago White Sox	15
Hank Greenberg	.312 (.31200)	Detroit Tigers	16
Barney McCosky	.311 (.31097)	Detroit Tigers	17
Doc Cramer	.311 (.31070)	Boston Red Sox	18
Taffy Wright	.309 (.30862)	Washington Senators	19
Joe Cronin	.308 (.30769)	Boston Red Sox	20
Wally Moses	.307 (.30664)	Philadelphia Athletics	21
George Selkirk	.306 (.30622)	New York Yankees	22
Bill Dickey	.302 (.30208)	New York Yankees	23
George Case	.302 (.30189)	Washington Senators	24
Joe Kuhel	.300 (.30037)	Chicago White Sox	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). 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. 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.