Batting Average : 1997 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)
 

1997 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Frank Thomas .347 (.34717) Chicago White Sox 1
Edgar Martinez .330 (.33026) Seattle Mariners 2
David Justice .329 (.32929) Cleveland Indians 3
Bernie Williams .328 (.32809) New York Yankees 4
Manny Ramirez .328 (.32799) Cleveland Indians 5
Paul O'Neill .324 (.32369) New York Yankees 6
Rusty Greer .321 (.32113) Texas Rangers 7
Reggie Jefferson .319 (.31902) Boston Red Sox 8
Mo Vaughn .315 (.31499) Boston Red Sox 9
Ivan Rodriguez .313 (.31323) Texas Rangers 10
Troy O'Leary .309 (.30862) Boston Red Sox 11
John Valentin .306 (.30609) Boston Red Sox 12
Nomar Garciaparra .306 (.30556) Boston Red Sox 13
Paul Molitor .305 (.30483) Minnesota Twins 14
Ken Griffey, Jr. .304 (.30428) Seattle Mariners 15
Garret Anderson .303 (.30288) Anaheim Angels 16
Harold Baines .301 (.30088) Chicago White Sox 17
Baltimore Orioles  
Alex Rodriguez .300 (.29983) Seattle Mariners 18
Joey Cora .300 (.29965) Seattle Mariners 19
Darin Erstad .299 (.29870) Anaheim Angels 20
Bobby Higginson .299 (.29853) Detroit Tigers 21
Ron Coomer .298 (.29828) Minnesota Twins 22
Juan Gonzalez .296 (.29644) Texas Rangers 23
Tino Martinez .296 (.29630) New York Yankees 24
Tim Salmon .296 (.29553) Anaheim Angels 25



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).

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.
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