Batting Average : 1970 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1970 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Alex Johnson .329 (.32899) California Angels 1
Carl Yastrzemski .329 (.32862) Boston Red Sox 2
Tony Oliva .325 (.32484) Minnesota Twins 3
Luis Aparicio .313 (.31341) Chicago White Sox 4
Ray Fosse .307 (.30667) Cleveland Indians 5
Frank Robinson .306 (.30573) Baltimore Orioles 6
Reggie Smith .303 (.30345) Boston Red Sox 7
Thurman Munson .302 (.30243) New York Yankees 8
Lou Piniella .301 (.30074) Kansas City Royals 9
Danny Cater .301 (.30069) New York Yankees 10
Cesar Tovar .300 (.30000) Minnesota Twins 11
Boog Powell .297 (.29658) Baltimore Orioles 12
Tommy Harper .296 (.29636) Milwaukee Brewers 13
George Scott .296 (.29583) Boston Red Sox 14
Roy White .296 (.29557) New York Yankees 15
Vada Pinson .286 (.28571) Cleveland Indians 16
Carlos May .285 (.28468) Chicago White Sox 17
Amos Otis .284 (.28387) Kansas City Royals 18
Frank Howard .283 (.28269) Washington Senators 19
Davey Johnson .281 (.28113) Baltimore Orioles 20
Bert Campaneris .279 (.27861) Oakland Athletics 21
Al Kaline .278 (.27837) Detroit Tigers 22
Jim Fregosi .278 (.27787) California Angels 23
Ken Berry .276 (.27646) Chicago White Sox 24
Brooks Robinson .276 (.27632) Baltimore Orioles 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?

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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).