1982 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Willie Wilson	.332 (.33162)	Kansas City Royals	1
Robin Yount	.331 (.33071)	Milwaukee Brewers	2
Rod Carew	.319 (.31931)	California Angels	3
Eddie Murray	.316 (.31636)	Baltimore Orioles	4
Cecil Cooper	.313 (.31346)	Milwaukee Brewers	5
Damaso Garcia	.310 (.30988)	Toronto Blue Jays	6
Jim Rice	.309 (.30890)	Boston Red Sox	7
Hal McRae	.308 (.30832)	Kansas City Royals	8
Toby Harrah	.304 (.30399)	Cleveland Indians	9
Paul Molitor	.302 (.30180)	Milwaukee Brewers	10
Doug DeCinces	.301 (.30087)	California Angels	11
Carney Lansford	.301 (.30083)	Boston Red Sox	12
Kent Hrbek	.301 (.30075)	Minnesota Twins	13
George Brett	.301 (.30072)	Kansas City Royals	14
Jerry Mumphrey	.300 (.29979)	New York Yankees	15
Fred Lynn	.299 (.29873)	California Angels	16
Frank White	.298 (.29771)	Kansas City Royals	17
Bruce Bochte	.297 (.29666)	Seattle Mariners	18
Buddy Bell	.296 (.29609)	Texas Rangers	19
Dwight Evans	.292 (.29228)	Boston Red Sox	20
Richie Zisk	.292 (.29225)	Seattle Mariners	21
Greg Luzinski	.292 (.29160)	Chicago White Sox	22
Larry Herndon	.292 (.29153)	Detroit Tigers	23
Gary Ward	.289 (.28947)	Minnesota Twins	24
Amos Otis	.286 (.28632)	Kansas City Royals	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). 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.