1978 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Rod Carew	.333 (.33333)	Minnesota Twins	1
Al Oliver	.324 (.32381)	Texas Rangers	2
Jim Rice	.315 (.31462)	Boston Red Sox	3
Lou Piniella	.314 (.31356)	New York Yankees	4
Ben Oglivie	.303 (.30277)	Milwaukee Brewers	5
Leon Roberts	.301 (.30085)	Seattle Mariners	6
Amos Otis	.298 (.29835)	Kansas City Royals	7
Fred Lynn	.298 (.29760)	Boston Red Sox	8
Ron LeFlore	.297 (.29730)	Detroit Tigers	9
Thurman Munson	.297 (.29660)	New York Yankees	10
Lyman Bostock	.296 (.29577)	California Angels	11
George Brett	.294 (.29412)	Kansas City Royals	12
Carney Lansford	.294 (.29360)	California Angels	13
Don Money	.293 (.29344)	Milwaukee Brewers	14
Ken Singleton	.293 (.29283)	Baltimore Orioles	15
Robin Yount	.293 (.29283)	Milwaukee Brewers
Craig Reynolds	.292 (.29197)	Seattle Mariners	17
Sixto Lezcano	.292 (.29186)	Milwaukee Brewers	18
Larry Hisle	.290 (.29038)	Milwaukee Brewers	19
Jason Thompson	.287 (.28693)	Detroit Tigers	20
Doug DeCinces	.286 (.28571)	Baltimore Orioles	21
Eddie Murray	.285 (.28525)	Baltimore Orioles	22
Sal Bando	.285 (.28519)	Milwaukee Brewers	23
Lou Whitaker	.285 (.28512)	Detroit Tigers	24
Mitchell Page	.285 (.28488)	Oakland Athletics	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. 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). 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?