1973 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Rod Carew	.350 (.35000)	Minnesota Twins	1
George Scott	.306 (.30629)	Milwaukee Brewers	2
Tommy Davis	.306 (.30616)	Baltimore Orioles	3
Bobby Murcer	.304 (.30357)	New York Yankees	4
Dave May	.303 (.30288)	Milwaukee Brewers	5
Thurman Munson	.301 (.30058)	New York Yankees	6
Amos Otis	.300 (.30017)	Kansas City Royals	7
Carl Yastrzemski	.296 (.29630)	Boston Red Sox	8
Matty Alou	.296 (.29577)	New York Yankees	9
Reggie Jackson	.293 (.29314)	Oakland Athletics	10
Tony Oliva	.291 (.29072)	Minnesota Twins	11
Orlando Cepeda	.289 (.28909)	Boston Red Sox	12
Sal Bando	.287 (.28716)	Oakland Athletics	13
Alex Johnson	.287 (.28686)	Texas Rangers	14
Dave Nelson	.286 (.28646)	Texas Rangers	15
Billy North	.285 (.28520)	Oakland Athletics	16
Don Money	.284 (.28417)	Milwaukee Brewers	17
Tommy Harper	.281 (.28092)	Boston Red Sox	18
Paul Blair	.280 (.28000)	Baltimore Orioles	19
Pat Kelly	.280 (.28000)	Chicago White Sox
Jeff Burroughs	.279 (.27947)	Texas Rangers	21
John Mayberry	.278 (.27843)	Kansas City Royals	22
Bill Melton	.277 (.27679)	Chicago White Sox	23
Cookie Rojas	.276 (.27586)	Kansas City Royals	24
Chris Chambliss	.273 (.27273)	Cleveland Indians	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 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?