1969 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Rod Carew	.332 (.33188)	Minnesota Twins	1
Reggie Smith	.309 (.30939)	Boston Red Sox	2
Tony Oliva	.309 (.30926)	Minnesota Twins	3
Frank Robinson	.308 (.30798)	Baltimore Orioles	4
Boog Powell	.304 (.30394)	Baltimore Orioles	5
Walt Williams	.304 (.30361)	Chicago White Sox	6
Rico Petrocelli	.297 (.29720)	Boston Red Sox	7
Frank Howard	.296 (.29561)	Washington Senators	8
Jim Northrup	.295 (.29466)	Detroit Tigers	9
Mike Andrews	.293 (.29310)	Boston Red Sox	10
Don Buford	.291 (.29061)	Baltimore Orioles	11
Roy White	.290 (.29018)	New York Yankees	12
Cesar Tovar	.288 (.28785)	Minnesota Twins	13
Mark Belanger	.287 (.28679)	Baltimore Orioles	14
Del Unser	.286 (.28571)	Washington Senators	15
Horace Clarke	.285 (.28549)	New York Yankees	16
Paul Blair	.285 (.28480)	Baltimore Orioles	17
Lou Piniella	.282 (.28195)	Kansas City Royals	18
Sal Bando	.281 (.28079)	Oakland Athletics	19
Luis Aparicio	.280 (.28047)	Chicago White Sox	20
Leo Cardenas	.280 (.28028)	Minnesota Twins	21
Davey Johnson	.280 (.27984)	Baltimore Orioles	22
Norm Cash	.280 (.27950)	Detroit Tigers	23
Tony Horton	.278 (.27840)	Cleveland Indians	24
Mike Epstein	.278 (.27792)	Washington Senators	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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. 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.