1943 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Luke Appling	.328 (.32821)	Chicago White Sox	1
Dick Wakefield	.316 (.31596)	Detroit Tigers	2
Doc Cramer	.300 (.30033)	Detroit Tigers	3
George Case	.294 (.29364)	Washington Senators	4
Guy Curtright	.291 (.29098)	Chicago White Sox	5
Vern Stephens	.289 (.28906)	St. Louis Browns	6
Roy Cullenbine	.289 (.28893)	Cleveland Indians	7
Pete Fox	.288 (.28834)	Boston Red Sox	8
Lou Boudreau	.286 (.28571)	Cleveland Indians	9
Billy Johnson	.280 (.28041)	New York Yankees	10
Milt Byrnes	.280 (.27972)	St. Louis Browns	11
Pinky Higgins	.277 (.27725)	Detroit Tigers	12
Oris Hockett	.276 (.27621)	Cleveland Indians	13
Jeff Heath	.274 (.27358)	Cleveland Indians	14
Don Gutteridge	.273 (.27323)	St. Louis Browns	15
Charlie Keller	.271 (.27148)	New York Yankees	16
Rudy York	.271 (.27145)	Detroit Tigers	17
Jerry Priddy	.271 (.27143)	Washington Senators	18
Nick Etten	.271 (.27101)	New York Yankees	19
Bobby Doerr	.270 (.26987)	Boston Red Sox	20
Mickey Vernon	.268 (.26763)	Washington Senators	21
Stan Spence	.267 (.26667)	Washington Senators	22
Skeeter Newsome	.265 (.26503)	Boston Red Sox	23
Bob Johnson	.265 (.26484)	Washington Senators	24
Jake Early	.258 (.25768)	Washington Senators	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). 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?