1956 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Mickey Mantle	.353 (.35272)	New York Yankees	1
Ted Williams	.345 (.34500)	Boston Red Sox	2
Harvey Kuenn	.332 (.33164)	Detroit Tigers	3
Charlie Maxwell	.326 (.32600)	Detroit Tigers	4
Bob Nieman	.320 (.32009)	Chicago White Sox	5
		Baltimore Orioles
Minnie Minoso	.316 (.31560)	Chicago White Sox	6
Jackie Jensen	.315 (.31488)	Boston Red Sox	7
Al Kaline	.314 (.31442)	Detroit Tigers	8
Gil McDougald	.311 (.31050)	New York Yankees	9
Mickey Vernon	.310 (.31017)	Boston Red Sox	10
Pete Runnels	.310 (.30969)	Washington Senators	11
Vic Power	.309 (.30943)	Kansas City Athletics	12
Bill Skowron	.308 (.30819)	New York Yankees	13
Ray Boone	.308 (.30769)	Detroit Tigers	14
Yogi Berra	.298 (.29750)	New York Yankees	15
Nellie Fox	.296 (.29584)	Chicago White Sox	16
Sherm Lollar	.293 (.29333)	Chicago White Sox	17
Jimmy Piersall	.293 (.29285)	Boston Red Sox	18
Harry Simpson	.293 (.29282)	Kansas City Athletics	19
Gus Triandos	.279 (.27876)	Baltimore Orioles	20
Al Smith	.274 (.27376)	Cleveland Indians	21
Hector Lopez	.273 (.27273)	Kansas City Athletics	22
Jim Lemon	.271 (.27138)	Washington Senators	23
Billy Klaus	.271 (.27115)	Boston Red Sox	24
George Kell	.271 (.27059)	Chicago White Sox	25
		Baltimore Orioles
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

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