1977 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Rod Carew	.388 (.38799)	Minnesota Twins	1
Lyman Bostock	.336 (.33558)	Minnesota Twins	2
Ken Singleton	.328 (.32836)	Baltimore Orioles	3
Mickey Rivers	.326 (.32566)	New York Yankees	4
Ron LeFlore	.325 (.32515)	Detroit Tigers	5
Jim Rice	.320 (.31988)	Boston Red Sox	6
Al Bumbry	.317 (.31660)	Baltimore Orioles	7
Carlton Fisk	.315 (.31530)	Boston Red Sox	8
George Brett	.312 (.31206)	Kansas City Royals	9
Al Cowens	.312 (.31188)	Kansas City Royals	10
Bob Bailor	.310 (.31048)	Toronto Blue Jays	11
Tito Fuentes	.309 (.30894)	Detroit Tigers	12
Thurman Munson	.308 (.30756)	New York Yankees	13
Mitchell Page	.307 (.30739)	Oakland Athletics	14
Mike Hargrove	.305 (.30476)	Texas Rangers	15
Larry Hisle	.302 (.30220)	Minnesota Twins	16
Bruce Bochte	.301 (.30081)	California Angels	17
		Cleveland Indians
Ralph Garr	.300 (.30018)	Chicago White Sox	18
Cecil Cooper	.300 (.30016)	Milwaukee Brewers	19
Hal McRae	.298 (.29797)	Kansas City Royals	20
Carl Yastrzemski	.296 (.29570)	Boston Red Sox	21
Rick Burleson	.293 (.29261)	Boston Red Sox	22
Buddy Bell	.292 (.29228)	Cleveland Indians	23
Jim Sundberg	.291 (.29139)	Texas Rangers	24
Paul Dade	.291 (.29067)	Cleveland Indians	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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.