2003 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Bill Mueller	.326 (.32634)	Boston Red Sox	1
Manny Ramirez	.325 (.32513)	Boston Red Sox	2
Derek Jeter	.324 (.32365)	New York Yankees	3
Vernon Wells	.317 (.31711)	Toronto Blue Jays	4
Magglio Ordonez	.317 (.31683)	Chicago White Sox	5
Garret Anderson	.315 (.31505)	Anaheim Angels	6
Ichiro Suzuki	.312 (.31222)	Seattle Mariners	7
A.J. Pierzynski	.312 (.31211)	Minnesota Twins	8
Aubrey Huff	.311 (.31132)	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	9
Shannon Stewart	.307 (.30716)	Toronto Blue Jays	10
		Minnesota Twins
Carlos Beltran	.307 (.30710)	Kansas City Royals	11
Michael Young	.306 (.30631)	Texas Rangers	12
Trot Nixon	.306 (.30612)	Boston Red Sox	13
Jacque Jones	.304 (.30368)	Minnesota Twins	14
Carlos Delgado	.302 (.30175)	Toronto Blue Jays	15
Nomar Garciaparra	.301 (.30091)	Boston Red Sox	16
Hank Blalock	.300 (.29982)	Texas Rangers	17
Doug Mientkiewicz	.300 (.29979)	Minnesota Twins	18
Frank Catalanotto	.299 (.29857)	Toronto Blue Jays	19
Alex Rodriguez	.298 (.29819)	Texas Rangers	20
Dmitri Young	.297 (.29715)	Detroit Tigers	21
Randy Winn	.295 (.29500)	Seattle Mariners	22
Raul Ibanez	.294 (.29441)	Kansas City Royals	23
Bret Boone	.294 (.29421)	Seattle Mariners	24
Edgar Martinez	.294 (.29376)	Seattle Mariners	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.