1975 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Rod Carew	.359 (.35888)	Minnesota Twins	1
Fred Lynn	.331 (.33144)	Boston Red Sox	2
Thurman Munson	.318 (.31826)	New York Yankees	3
Jim Rice	.309 (.30851)	Boston Red Sox	4
Claudell Washington	.308 (.30847)	Oakland Athletics	5
George Brett	.308 (.30757)	Kansas City Royals	6
Hal McRae	.306 (.30625)	Kansas City Royals	7
Jorge Orta	.304 (.30443)	Chicago White Sox	8
Chris Chambliss	.304 (.30427)	New York Yankees	9
Mike Hargrove	.303 (.30250)	Texas Rangers	10
Steve Braun	.302 (.30243)	Minnesota Twins	11
Ken Singleton	.300 (.30034)	Baltimore Orioles	12
Boog Powell	.297 (.29655)	Cleveland Indians	13
Toby Harrah	.293 (.29310)	Texas Rangers	14
John Mayberry	.291 (.29061)	Kansas City Royals	15
Roy White	.290 (.28957)	New York Yankees	16
Rick Manning	.285 (.28542)	Cleveland Indians	17
George Scott	.285 (.28525)	Milwaukee Brewers	18
Mickey Rivers	.284 (.28409)	California Angels	19
Don Baylor	.282 (.28244)	Baltimore Orioles	20
Joe Rudi	.278 (.27778)	Oakland Athletics	21
Len Randle	.276 (.27621)	Texas Rangers	22
Willie Horton	.275 (.27480)	Detroit Tigers	23
Pat Kelly	.274 (.27389)	Chicago White Sox	24
Dave Chalk	.273 (.27290)	California Angels	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. 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. 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?