Batting Average : 1968 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)
 

1968 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Carl Yastrzemski .301 (.30056) Boston Red Sox 1
Danny Cater .290 (.28968) Oakland Athletics 2
Tony Oliva .289 (.28936) Minnesota Twins 3
Willie Horton .285 (.28516) Detroit Tigers 4
Ted Uhlaender .283 (.28279) Minnesota Twins 5
Vic Davalillo .277 (.27746) Cleveland Indians 6
California Angels  
Bert Campaneris .276 (.27570) Oakland Athletics 7
Ken Harrelson .275 (.27477) Boston Red Sox 8
Frank Howard .274 (.27425) Washington Senators 9
Rick Monday .274 (.27386) Oakland Athletics 10
Cesar Tovar .272 (.27243) Minnesota Twins 11
Mike Andrews .271 (.27052) Boston Red Sox 12
Frank Robinson .268 (.26841) Baltimore Orioles 13
Roy White .267 (.26690) New York Yankees 14
Reggie Smith .265 (.26523) Boston Red Sox 15
Jim Northrup .264 (.26379) Detroit Tigers 16
Luis Aparicio .264 (.26367) Chicago White Sox 17
Bill Freehan .263 (.26296) Detroit Tigers 18
Mickey Stanley .259 (.25901) Detroit Tigers 19
Jose Cardenal .257 (.25729) Cleveland Indians 20
Rick Reichardt .255 (.25468) California Angels 21
Brooks Robinson .253 (.25329) Baltimore Orioles 22
Ken Berry .252 (.25198) Chicago White Sox 23
Sal Bando .251 (.25124) Oakland Athletics 24
Reggie Jackson .250 (.24955) Oakland Athletics 25



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?

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).

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.
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