1983 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Wade Boggs	.361 (.36082)	Boston Red Sox	1
Rod Carew	.339 (.33898)	California Angels	2
Lou Whitaker	.320 (.32037)	Detroit Tigers	3
Alan Trammell	.319 (.31881)	Detroit Tigers	4
Cal Ripken, Jr.	.318 (.31825)	Baltimore Orioles	5
Lloyd Moseby	.315 (.31540)	Toronto Blue Jays	6
Hal McRae	.311 (.31070)	Kansas City Royals	7
George Brett	.310 (.31034)	Kansas City Royals	8
Ted Simmons	.308 (.30833)	Milwaukee Brewers	9
Robin Yount	.308 (.30796)	Milwaukee Brewers	10
Cecil Cooper	.307 (.30711)	Milwaukee Brewers	11
Damaso Garcia	.307 (.30667)	Toronto Blue Jays	12
Eddie Murray	.306 (.30584)	Baltimore Orioles	13
Willie Upshaw	.306 (.30570)	Toronto Blue Jays	14
Ken Griffey	.306 (.30568)	New York Yankees	15
Jim Rice	.305 (.30511)	Boston Red Sox	16
Don Baylor	.303 (.30337)	New York Yankees	17
Larry Herndon	.302 (.30182)	Detroit Tigers	18
Kent Hrbek	.297 (.29709)	Minnesota Twins	19
Rickey Henderson	.292 (.29240)	Oakland Athletics	20
Carlton Fisk	.289 (.28893)	Chicago White Sox	21
Mike Hargrove	.286 (.28571)	Cleveland Indians	22
Charlie Moore	.284 (.28355)	Milwaukee Brewers	23
Rudy Law	.283 (.28343)	Chicago White Sox	24
Dave Winfield	.283 (.28261)	New York Yankees	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). The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.