1985 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Wade Boggs	.368 (.36753)	Boston Red Sox	1
George Brett	.335 (.33455)	Kansas City Royals	2
Don Mattingly	.324 (.32362)	New York Yankees	3
Rickey Henderson	.314 (.31444)	New York Yankees	4
Brett Butler	.311 (.31134)	Cleveland Indians	5
Harold Baines	.309 (.30938)	Chicago White Sox	6
Phil Bradley	.300 (.29953)	Seattle Mariners	7
Bill Buckner	.299 (.29866)	Boston Red Sox	8
Paul Molitor	.297 (.29688)	Milwaukee Brewers	9
Eddie Murray	.297 (.29674)	Baltimore Orioles	10
Rich Gedman	.295 (.29518)	Boston Red Sox	11
Cecil Cooper	.293 (.29319)	Milwaukee Brewers	12
Lee Lacy	.293 (.29268)	Baltimore Orioles	13
Jim Rice	.291 (.29121)	Boston Red Sox	14
Jesse Barfield	.289 (.28942)	Toronto Blue Jays	15
Tony Fernandez	.289 (.28901)	Toronto Blue Jays	16
Kirby Puckett	.288 (.28799)	Minnesota Twins	17
Julio Franco	.288 (.28774)	Cleveland Indians	18
Kirk Gibson	.287 (.28744)	Detroit Tigers	19
Alvin Davis	.287 (.28720)	Seattle Mariners	20
Mike Davis	.287 (.28702)	Oakland Athletics	21
Gary Ward	.287 (.28668)	Texas Rangers	22
Cal Ripken, Jr.	.282 (.28193)	Baltimore Orioles	23
Damaso Garcia	.282 (.28167)	Toronto Blue Jays	24
Rod Carew	.280 (.27991)	California Angels	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. 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? 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.