Batting Average : 1945 American League Top 25

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1945 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Snuffy Stirnweiss .309 (.30854) New York Yankees 1
Johnny Dickshot .302 (.30247) Chicago White Sox 2
Bobby Estalella .299 (.29933) Philadelphia Athletics 3
George Myatt .296 (.29592) Washington Senators 4
Wally Moses .295 (.29525) Chicago White Sox 5
George Case .294 (.29365) Washington Senators 6
Dutch Meyer .292 (.29198) Cleveland Indians 7
Skeeter Newsome .290 (.28995) Boston Red Sox 8
Vern Stephens .289 (.28897) St. Louis Browns 9
Eddie Mayo .285 (.28543) Detroit Tigers 10
Joe Kuhel .285 (.28518) Washington Senators 11
Nick Etten .285 (.28496) New York Yankees 12
Bob Johnson .280 (.27977) Boston Red Sox 13
Eddie Lake .279 (.27907) Boston Red Sox 14
George Binks .278 (.27818) Washington Senators 15
George McQuinn .277 (.27743) St. Louis Browns 16
Hal Peck .276 (.27617) Philadelphia Athletics 17
Doc Cramer .275 (.27542) Detroit Tigers 18
Roy Cullenbine .272 (.27239) Cleveland Indians 19
Detroit Tigers  
George Kell .272 (.27160) Philadelphia Athletics 20
Jimmy Outlaw .271 (.27130) Detroit Tigers 21
Hersh Martin .267 (.26716) New York Yankees 22
Dick Siebert .267 (.26702) Philadelphia Athletics 23
Oscar Grimes .265 (.26458) New York Yankees 24
Rudy York .264 (.26387) Detroit Tigers 25



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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.
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