1957 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Ted Williams	.388 (.38810)	Boston Red Sox	1
Mickey Mantle	.365 (.36498)	New York Yankees	2
Gene Woodling	.321 (.32093)	Cleveland Indians	3
Bob Boyd	.318 (.31753)	Baltimore Orioles	4
Nellie Fox	.317 (.31664)	Chicago White Sox	5
Minnie Minoso	.310 (.30986)	Chicago White Sox	6
Bill Skowron	.304 (.30416)	New York Yankees	7
Roy Sievers	.301 (.30070)	Washington Senators	8
Tony Kubek	.297 (.29698)	New York Yankees	9
Al Kaline	.295 (.29463)	Detroit Tigers	10
Frank Malzone	.292 (.29180)	Boston Red Sox	11
Gil McDougald	.289 (.28942)	New York Yankees	12
Larry Doby	.288 (.28846)	Chicago White Sox	13
Jim Lemon	.284 (.28378)	Washington Senators	14
Vic Wertz	.282 (.28155)	Cleveland Indians	15
Jackie Jensen	.281 (.28125)	Boston Red Sox	16
Al Pilarcik	.278 (.27764)	Baltimore Orioles	17
Harvey Kuenn	.277 (.27724)	Detroit Tigers	18
Charlie Maxwell	.276 (.27642)	Detroit Tigers	19
Bob Nieman	.276 (.27640)	Baltimore Orioles	20
Ray Boone	.273 (.27273)	Detroit Tigers	21
Bobby Avila	.268 (.26782)	Cleveland Indians	22
Billy Gardner	.262 (.26242)	Baltimore Orioles	23
Jimmy Piersall	.261 (.26108)	Boston Red Sox	24
Vic Power	.259 (.25910)	Kansas City Athletics	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit? 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.