Top 25 Batting Average in 1966 in the American League

Batting Average : 1966 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1966 Batting Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Batting Average Team Rank

Frank Robinson .316 (.31597) Baltimore Orioles 1

Tony Oliva .307 (.30707) Minnesota Twins 2

Al Kaline .288 (.28810) Detroit Tigers 3

Boog Powell .287 (.28717) Baltimore Orioles 4

Harmon Killebrew .281 (.28120) Minnesota Twins 5

Leon Wagner .279 (.27869) Cleveland Indians 6

Norm Cash .279 (.27861) Detroit Tigers 7

Danny Cater .278 (.27835) Chicago White Sox 8

Kansas City Athletics

Frank Howard .278 (.27789) Washington Senators 9

Carl Yastrzemski .278 (.27778) Boston Red Sox 10

Jose Cardenal .276 (.27629) California Angels 11

Luis Aparicio .276 (.27618) Baltimore Orioles 12

Fred Valentine .276 (.27559) Washington Senators 13

Dick McAuliffe .274 (.27442) Detroit Tigers 14

Tommie Agee .273 (.27345) Chicago White Sox 15

Brooks Robinson .269 (.26935) Baltimore Orioles 16

Don Wert .268 (.26834) Detroit Tigers 17

Bert Campaneris .267 (.26702) Kansas City Athletics 18

Tony Conigliaro .265 (.26523) Boston Red Sox 19

Willie Horton .262 (.26236) Detroit Tigers 20

Joe Foy .262 (.26173) Boston Red Sox 21

Cesar Tovar .260 (.26022) Minnesota Twins 22

Davey Johnson .257 (.25749) Baltimore Orioles 23

Curt Blefary .255 (.25537) Baltimore Orioles 24

Joe Pepitone .255 (.25470) New York Yankees 25

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.

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).

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