1998 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Bernie Williams	.339 (.33868)	New York Yankees	1
Mo Vaughn	.337 (.33662)	Boston Red Sox	2
Albert Belle	.328 (.32841)	Chicago White Sox	3
Eric Davis	.327 (.32743)	Baltimore Orioles	4
Derek Jeter	.324 (.32428)	New York Yankees	5
Nomar Garciaparra	.323 (.32285)	Boston Red Sox	6
Edgar Martinez	.322 (.32194)	Seattle Mariners	7
Ivan Rodriguez	.321 (.32124)	Texas Rangers	8
Tony Fernandez	.321 (.32099)	Toronto Blue Jays	9
Juan Gonzalez	.318 (.31848)	Texas Rangers	10
Paul O'Neill	.317 (.31728)	New York Yankees	11
Todd Walker	.316 (.31629)	Minnesota Twins	12
Jose Offerman	.315 (.31466)	Kansas City Royals	13
Alex Rodriguez	.311 (.31050)	Seattle Mariners	14
Hal Morris	.309 (.30932)	Kansas City Royals	15
Jim Edmonds	.307 (.30718)	Anaheim Angels	16
Rusty Greer	.306 (.30602)	Texas Rangers	17
Mike Caruso	.306 (.30593)	Chicago White Sox	18
Will Clark	.305 (.30505)	Texas Rangers	19
David Segui	.305 (.30460)	Seattle Mariners	20
Tim Salmon	.300 (.30022)	Anaheim Angels	21
Scott Brosius	.300 (.30000)	New York Yankees	22
Otis Nixon	.297 (.29688)	Minnesota Twins	23
Darin Erstad	.296 (.29609)	Anaheim Angels	24
Rafael Palmeiro	.296 (.29564)	Baltimore Orioles	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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. 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.