2006 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Joe Mauer	.347 (.34741)	Minnesota Twins	1
Derek Jeter	.344 (.34350)	New York Yankees	2
Robinson Cano	.342 (.34232)	New York Yankees	3
Miguel Tejada	.330 (.33025)	Baltimore Orioles	4
Vladimir Guerrero	.329 (.32949)	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	5
Ichiro Suzuki	.322 (.32230)	Seattle Mariners	6
Justin Morneau	.321 (.32095)	Minnesota Twins	7
Manny Ramirez	.321 (.32071)	Boston Red Sox	8
Carlos Guillen	.320 (.32044)	Detroit Tigers	9
Reed Johnson	.319 (.31887)	Toronto Blue Jays	10
Victor Martinez	.316 (.31643)	Cleveland Indians	11
Jermaine Dye	.315 (.31540)	Chicago White Sox	12
Michael Young	.314 (.31404)	Texas Rangers	13
Gary Matthews, Jr.	.313 (.31290)	Texas Rangers	14
Paul Konerko	.313 (.31272)	Chicago White Sox	15
Lyle Overbay	.312 (.31153)	Toronto Blue Jays	16
Travis Hafner	.308 (.30837)	Cleveland Indians	17
Carl Crawford	.305 (.30500)	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	18
Vernon Wells	.303 (.30278)	Toronto Blue Jays	19
Alex Rios	.302 (.30222)	Toronto Blue Jays	20
Ivan Rodriguez	.300 (.29982)	Detroit Tigers	21
Frank Catalanotto	.300 (.29977)	Toronto Blue Jays	22
Magglio Ordonez	.298 (.29848)	Detroit Tigers	23
Mark Grudzielanek	.297 (.29745)	Kansas City Royals	24
Luis Castillo	.296 (.29623)	Minnesota Twins	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? 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). 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.