2008 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Joe Mauer	.328 (.32836)	Minnesota Twins	1
Dustin Pedroia	.326 (.32619)	Boston Red Sox	2
Milton Bradley	.321 (.32126)	Texas Rangers	3
Ian Kinsler	.319 (.31853)	Texas Rangers	4
Magglio Ordonez	.317 (.31729)	Detroit Tigers	5
Kevin Youkilis	.312 (.31227)	Boston Red Sox	6
Ichiro Suzuki	.311 (.31050)	Seattle Mariners	7
David DeJesus	.307 (.30695)	Kansas City Royals	8
Placido Polanco	.307 (.30690)	Detroit Tigers	9
Nick Markakis	.306 (.30588)	Baltimore Orioles	10
Josh Hamilton	.304 (.30449)	Texas Rangers	11
Aubrey Huff	.304 (.30435)	Baltimore Orioles	12
Vladimir Guerrero	.303 (.30314)	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	13
Johnny Damon	.303 (.30270)	New York Yankees	14
Alex Rodriguez	.302 (.30196)	New York Yankees	15
Derek Jeter	.300 (.30034)	New York Yankees	16
Justin Morneau	.300 (.30016)	Minnesota Twins	17
Jose Lopez	.297 (.29658)	Seattle Mariners	18
Brian Roberts	.296 (.29624)	Baltimore Orioles	19
Bobby Abreu	.296 (.29557)	New York Yankees	20
Raul Ibanez	.293 (.29291)	Seattle Mariners	21
Garret Anderson	.293 (.29264)	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	22
Miguel Cabrera	.292 (.29221)	Detroit Tigers	23
Alex Rios	.291 (.29134)	Toronto Blue Jays	24
Delmon Young	.290 (.29043)	Minnesota Twins	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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). 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. 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.