Batting Average : 1980 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1980 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
George Brett .390 (.38976) Kansas City Royals 1
Cecil Cooper .352 (.35209) Milwaukee Brewers 2
Miguel Dilone .341 (.34091) Cleveland Indians 3
Mickey Rivers .333 (.33333) Texas Rangers 4
Rod Carew .331 (.33148) California Angels 5
Buddy Bell .329 (.32857) Texas Rangers 6
Willie Wilson .326 (.32624) Kansas City Royals 7
Al Oliver .319 (.31860) Texas Rangers 8
Al Bumbry .318 (.31783) Baltimore Orioles 9
Bob Watson .307 (.30704) New York Yankees 10
John Wathan .305 (.30464) Kansas City Royals 11
Paul Molitor .304 (.30444) Milwaukee Brewers 12
Ben Oglivie .304 (.30405) Milwaukee Brewers 13
Mike Hargrove .304 (.30390) Cleveland Indians 14
Ken Singleton .304 (.30360) Baltimore Orioles 15
Rickey Henderson .303 (.30288) Oakland Athletics 16
John Castino .302 (.30220) Minnesota Twins 17
Bruce Bochte .300 (.30000) Seattle Mariners 18
Alan Trammell .300 (.30000) Detroit Tigers  
Reggie Jackson .300 (.29961) New York Yankees 20
Eddie Murray .300 (.29952) Baltimore Orioles 21
Hal McRae .297 (.29652) Kansas City Royals 22
Willie Randolph .294 (.29435) New York Yankees 23
Jim Rice .294 (.29365) Boston Red Sox 24
Steve Kemp .293 (.29331) Detroit Tigers 25



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.

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