1953 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Mickey Vernon	.337 (.33717)	Washington Senators	1
Al Rosen	.336 (.33556)	Cleveland Indians	2
Billy Goodman	.313 (.31323)	Boston Red Sox	3
Minnie Minoso	.313 (.31295)	Chicago White Sox	4
Jim Busby	.312 (.31229)	Washington Senators	5
Harvey Kuenn	.308 (.30781)	Detroit Tigers	6
George Kell	.307 (.30652)	Boston Red Sox	7
Gene Woodling	.306 (.30633)	New York Yankees	8
Hank Bauer	.304 (.30435)	New York Yankees	9
Dave Philley	.303 (.30323)	Philadelphia Athletics	10
Dale Mitchell	.300 (.30000)	Cleveland Indians	11
Yogi Berra	.296 (.29622)	New York Yankees	12
Ray Boone	.296 (.29577)	Cleveland Indians	13
		Detroit Tigers
Mickey Mantle	.295 (.29501)	New York Yankees	14
Jim Delsing	.288 (.28810)	Detroit Tigers	15
Pete Suder	.286 (.28634)	Philadelphia Athletics	16
Bobby Avila	.286 (.28623)	Cleveland Indians	17
Nellie Fox	.285 (.28526)	Chicago White Sox	18
Gil McDougald	.285 (.28466)	New York Yankees	19
Gus Zernial	.284 (.28417)	Philadelphia Athletics	20
George Strickland	.284 (.28401)	Cleveland Indians	21
Tom Umphlett	.283 (.28283)	Boston Red Sox	22
Bob Nieman	.282 (.28150)	Detroit Tigers	23
Chico Carrasquel	.279 (.27899)	Chicago White Sox	24
Sam Mele	.274 (.27443)	Chicago White Sox	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. 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.