Top 25 Batting Average in 1962 in the American League

Batting Average : 1962 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1962 Batting Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Batting Average Team Rank

Pete Runnels .326 (.32562) Boston Red Sox 1

Mickey Mantle .321 (.32095) New York Yankees 2

Floyd Robinson .312 (.31167) Chicago White Sox 3

Chuck Hinton .310 (.30996) Washington Senators 4

Norm Siebern .308 (.30833) Kansas City Athletics 5

Brooks Robinson .303 (.30284) Baltimore Orioles 6

Bobby Richardson .302 (.30202) New York Yankees 7

Jerry Lumpe .301 (.30109) Kansas City Athletics 8

Manny Jimenez .301 (.30063) Kansas City Athletics 9

Rich Rollins .298 (.29808) Minnesota Twins 10

Carl Yastrzemski .296 (.29567) Boston Red Sox 11

Joe Cunningham .295 (.29468) Chicago White Sox 12

Al Smith .292 (.29159) Chicago White Sox 13

Lee Thomas .290 (.28988) Los Angeles Angels 14

Vic Power .290 (.28969) Minnesota Twins 15

Ed Charles .288 (.28785) Kansas City Athletics 16

Bob Johnson .288 (.28755) Washington Senators 17

Tom Tresh .286 (.28617) New York Yankees 18

Jerry Adair .284 (.28439) Baltimore Orioles 19

Frank Malzone .283 (.28271) Boston Red Sox 20

Billy Moran .282 (.28225) Los Angeles Angels 21

Earl Battey .280 (.27969) Minnesota Twins 22

Elston Howard .279 (.27935) New York Yankees 23

Bill Bruton .278 (.27807) Detroit Tigers 24

Eddie Bressoud .277 (.27713) Boston Red Sox 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.

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?

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

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