Top 25 Batting Average in 1988 in the American League

Batting Average : 1988 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1988 Batting Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Batting Average Team Rank

Wade Boggs .366 (.36644) Boston Red Sox 1

Kirby Puckett .356 (.35616) Minnesota Twins 2

Mike Greenwell .325 (.32542) Boston Red Sox 3

Dave Winfield .322 (.32200) New York Yankees 4

Paul Molitor .312 (.31199) Milwaukee Brewers 5

Kent Hrbek .312 (.31176) Minnesota Twins 6

Alan Trammell .311 (.31116) Detroit Tigers 7

Don Mattingly .311 (.31052) New York Yankees 8

Jose Canseco .307 (.30656) Oakland Athletics 9

Robin Yount .306 (.30596) Milwaukee Brewers 10

Johnny Ray .306 (.30565) California Angels 11

George Brett .306 (.30560) Kansas City Royals 12

Rickey Henderson .305 (.30505) New York Yankees 13

Kevin Seitzer .304 (.30411) Kansas City Royals 14

Dave Henderson .304 (.30375) Oakland Athletics 15

Julio Franco .303 (.30343) Cleveland Indians 16

Gary Gaetti .301 (.30128) Minnesota Twins 17

Alvin Davis .295 (.29498) Seattle Mariners 18

Wally Joyner .295 (.29481) California Angels 19

Ellis Burks .294 (.29444) Boston Red Sox 20

Dwight Evans .293 (.29338) Boston Red Sox 21

Tony Fernandez .287 (.28704) Toronto Blue Jays 22

Eddie Murray .284 (.28358) Baltimore Orioles 23

Marty Barrett .283 (.28268) Boston Red Sox 24

Harold Reynolds .283 (.28261) Seattle Mariners 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 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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