1974 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Rod Carew	.364 (.36394)	Minnesota Twins	1
Jorge Orta	.316 (.31619)	Chicago White Sox	2
Hal McRae	.310 (.30983)	Kansas City Royals	3
Lou Piniella	.305 (.30502)	New York Yankees	4
Elliott Maddox	.303 (.30258)	New York Yankees	5
Len Randle	.302 (.30192)	Texas Rangers	6
Jeff Burroughs	.301 (.30144)	Texas Rangers	7
Carl Yastrzemski	.301 (.30097)	Boston Red Sox	8
Dick Allen	.301 (.30087)	Chicago White Sox	9
Bill Freehan	.297 (.29663)	Detroit Tigers	10
Joe Rudi	.293 (.29342)	Oakland Athletics	11
Ken Henderson	.292 (.29236)	Chicago White Sox	12
Cesar Tovar	.292 (.29181)	Texas Rangers	13
Oscar Gamble	.291 (.29075)	Cleveland Indians	14
Bert Campaneris	.290 (.29032)	Oakland Athletics	15
Tommy Davis	.289 (.28914)	Baltimore Orioles	16
Reggie Jackson	.289 (.28854)	Oakland Athletics	17
Brooks Robinson	.288 (.28752)	Baltimore Orioles	18
Alex Johnson	.287 (.28690)	Texas Rangers	19
		New York Yankees
Larry Hisle	.286 (.28627)	Minnesota Twins	20
Mickey Rivers	.285 (.28541)	California Angels	21
John Ellis	.285 (.28512)	Cleveland Indians	22
Amos Otis	.284 (.28442)	Kansas City Royals	23
Don Money	.283 (.28299)	Milwaukee Brewers	24
Steve Brye	.283 (.28279)	Minnesota Twins	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. 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).