1951 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Ferris Fain	.344 (.34353)	Philadelphia Athletics	1
Minnie Minoso	.326 (.32642)	Cleveland Indians	2
		Chicago White Sox
George Kell	.319 (.31940)	Detroit Tigers	3
Ted Williams	.318 (.31827)	Boston Red Sox	4
Nellie Fox	.313 (.31291)	Chicago White Sox	5
Johnny Pesky	.313 (.31250)	Boston Red Sox	6
Gil McDougald	.306 (.30597)	New York Yankees	7
Bobby Avila	.304 (.30443)	Cleveland Indians	8
Gil Coan	.303 (.30297)	Washington Senators	9
Elmer Valo	.302 (.30180)	Philadelphia Athletics	10
Billy Goodman	.297 (.29670)	Boston Red Sox	11
Dom DiMaggio	.296 (.29577)	Boston Red Sox	12
Larry Doby	.295 (.29530)	Cleveland Indians	13
Yogi Berra	.294 (.29433)	New York Yankees	14
Mickey Vernon	.293 (.29304)	Washington Senators	15
Dale Mitchell	.290 (.29020)	Cleveland Indians	16
Eddie Joost	.289 (.28933)	Philadelphia Athletics	17
Vic Wertz	.285 (.28543)	Detroit Tigers	18
Eddie Yost	.283 (.28345)	Washington Senators	19
Jim Busby	.283 (.28302)	Chicago White Sox	20
Eddie Robinson	.282 (.28191)	Chicago White Sox	21
Gene Woodling	.281 (.28095)	New York Yankees	22
Ray Coleman	.280 (.27969)	St. Louis Browns	23
		Chicago White Sox
Irv Noren	.279 (.27898)	Washington Senators	24
Sam Mele	.274 (.27419)	Washington Senators	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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).