Batting Average : 1948 American League Top 25

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"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)
 

1948 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ted Williams .369 (.36935) Boston Red Sox 1
Lou Boudreau .355 (.35536) Cleveland Indians 2
Dale Mitchell .336 (.33553) Cleveland Indians 3
Al Zarilla .329 (.32892) St. Louis Browns 4
Barney McCosky .326 (.32621) Philadelphia Athletics 5
Bob Dillinger .321 (.32143) St. Louis Browns 6
Joe DiMaggio .320 (.31987) New York Yankees 7
Hoot Evers .314 (.31413) Detroit Tigers 8
Luke Appling .314 (.31388) Chicago White Sox 9
Hank Majeski .310 (.31017) Philadelphia Athletics 10
Billy Goodman .310 (.31011) Boston Red Sox 11
Tommy Henrich .308 (.30782) New York Yankees 12
Elmer Valo .305 (.30548) Philadelphia Athletics 13
Yogi Berra .305 (.30490) New York Yankees 14
Larry Doby .301 (.30068) Cleveland Indians 15
Ken Keltner .297 (.29749) Cleveland Indians 16
Jerry Priddy .296 (.29643) St. Louis Browns 17
Billy Johnson .294 (.29372) New York Yankees 18
Johnny Lipon .290 (.29039) Detroit Tigers 19
Pat Mullin .288 (.28831) Detroit Tigers 20
Dave Philley .287 (.28689) Chicago White Sox 21
Dom DiMaggio .285 (.28549) Boston Red Sox 22
Bobby Doerr .285 (.28463) Boston Red Sox 23
Johnny Pesky .281 (.28142) Boston Red Sox 24
Ferris Fain .281 (.28077) Philadelphia Athletics 25



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

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.