Top 25 Batting Average in 1996 in the American League

Batting Average : 1996 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)

1996 Batting Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Batting Average Team Rank

Alex Rodriguez .358 (.35774) Seattle Mariners 1

Frank Thomas .349 (.34915) Chicago White Sox 2

Paul Molitor .341 (.34091) Minnesota Twins 3

Chuck Knoblauch .341 (.34083) Minnesota Twins 4

Rusty Greer .332 (.33210) Texas Rangers 5

Dave Nilsson .331 (.33113) Milwaukee Brewers 6

Roberto Alomar .328 (.32823) Baltimore Orioles 7

Edgar Martinez .327 (.32665) Seattle Mariners 8

Kevin Seitzer .326 (.32635) Milwaukee Brewers 9

Cleveland Indians

Mo Vaughn .326 (.32598) Boston Red Sox 10

Jeff Cirillo .325 (.32509) Milwaukee Brewers 11

Julio Franco .322 (.32176) Cleveland Indians 12

Bobby Higginson .320 (.32045) Detroit Tigers 13

Dave Martinez .318 (.31818) Chicago White Sox 14

Kenny Lofton .317 (.31722) Cleveland Indians 15

Derek Jeter .314 (.31443) New York Yankees 16

Juan Gonzalez .314 (.31423) Texas Rangers 17

Mark McGwire .312 (.31206) Oakland Athletics 18

Wade Boggs .311 (.31138) New York Yankees 19

Harold Baines .311 (.31111) Chicago White Sox 20

Jim Thome .311 (.31089) Cleveland Indians 21

Albert Belle .311 (.31063) Cleveland Indians 22

Marty Cordova .309 (.30931) Minnesota Twins 23

Manny Ramirez .309 (.30909) Cleveland Indians 24

Bernie Williams .305 (.30490) 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).

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.

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?

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