1989 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Kirby Puckett	.339 (.33858)	Minnesota Twins	1
Carney Lansford	.336 (.33575)	Oakland Athletics	2
Wade Boggs	.330 (.33011)	Boston Red Sox	3
Robin Yount	.318 (.31759)	Milwaukee Brewers	4
Julio Franco	.316 (.31569)	Texas Rangers	5
Paul Molitor	.315 (.31545)	Milwaukee Brewers	6
Steve Sax	.315 (.31490)	New York Yankees	7
Harold Baines	.309 (.30891)	Chicago White Sox	8
		Texas Rangers
Mike Greenwell	.308 (.30796)	Boston Red Sox	9
Ruben Sierra	.306 (.30599)	Texas Rangers	10
Alvin Davis	.305 (.30522)	Seattle Mariners	11
Don Mattingly	.303 (.30269)	New York Yankees	12
Roberto Kelly	.302 (.30159)	New York Yankees	13
Harold Reynolds	.300 (.30016)	Seattle Mariners	14
Jerry Browne	.299 (.29933)	Cleveland Indians	15
George Bell	.297 (.29690)	Toronto Blue Jays	16
Dan Gladden	.295 (.29501)	Minnesota Twins	17
Jim Eisenreich	.293 (.29263)	Kansas City Royals	18
Kelly Gruber	.290 (.28991)	Toronto Blue Jays	19
Johnny Ray	.289 (.28868)	California Angels	20
Jody Reed	.288 (.28817)	Boston Red Sox	21
Ivan Calderon	.286 (.28617)	Chicago White Sox	22
Dwight Evans	.285 (.28462)	Boston Red Sox	23
Brian Downing	.283 (.28309)	California Angels	24
Alvaro Espinoza	.282 (.28231)	New York Yankees	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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? 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).