1999 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Nomar Garciaparra	.357 (.35714)	Boston Red Sox	1
Derek Jeter	.349 (.34928)	New York Yankees	2
Bernie Williams	.342 (.34179)	New York Yankees	3
Edgar Martinez	.337 (.33665)	Seattle Mariners	4
Manny Ramirez	.333 (.33333)	Cleveland Indians	5
Omar Vizquel	.333 (.33275)	Cleveland Indians	6
Ivan Rodriguez	.332 (.33167)	Texas Rangers	7
Tony Fernandez	.328 (.32784)	Toronto Blue Jays	8
Juan Gonzalez	.326 (.32562)	Texas Rangers	9
Rafael Palmeiro	.324 (.32389)	Texas Rangers	10
Roberto Alomar	.323 (.32327)	Cleveland Indians	11
Mike Sweeney	.322 (.32174)	Kansas City Royals	12
Homer Bush	.320 (.31959)	Toronto Blue Jays	13
Randy Velarde	.317 (.31696)	Anaheim Angels	14
		Oakland Athletics
Jason Giambi	.315 (.31478)	Oakland Athletics	15
Joe Randa	.314 (.31369)	Kansas City Royals	16
Fred McGriff	.310 (.31002)	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	17
Shawn Green	.309 (.30945)	Toronto Blue Jays	18
B.J. Surhoff	.308 (.30758)	Baltimore Orioles	19
Johnny Damon	.307 (.30703)	Kansas City Royals	20
Frank Thomas	.305 (.30453)	Chicago White Sox	21
Shannon Stewart	.304 (.30428)	Toronto Blue Jays	22
Garret Anderson	.303 (.30323)	Anaheim Angels	23
Magglio Ordonez	.301 (.30128)	Chicago White Sox	24
Kenny Lofton	.301 (.30108)	Cleveland Indians	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? 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.