1968 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Carl Yastrzemski	.301 (.30056)	Boston Red Sox	1
Danny Cater	.290 (.28968)	Oakland Athletics	2
Tony Oliva	.289 (.28936)	Minnesota Twins	3
Willie Horton	.285 (.28516)	Detroit Tigers	4
Ted Uhlaender	.283 (.28279)	Minnesota Twins	5
Vic Davalillo	.277 (.27746)	Cleveland Indians	6
		California Angels
Bert Campaneris	.276 (.27570)	Oakland Athletics	7
Ken Harrelson	.275 (.27477)	Boston Red Sox	8
Frank Howard	.274 (.27425)	Washington Senators	9
Rick Monday	.274 (.27386)	Oakland Athletics	10
Cesar Tovar	.272 (.27243)	Minnesota Twins	11
Mike Andrews	.271 (.27052)	Boston Red Sox	12
Frank Robinson	.268 (.26841)	Baltimore Orioles	13
Roy White	.267 (.26690)	New York Yankees	14
Reggie Smith	.265 (.26523)	Boston Red Sox	15
Jim Northrup	.264 (.26379)	Detroit Tigers	16
Luis Aparicio	.264 (.26367)	Chicago White Sox	17
Bill Freehan	.263 (.26296)	Detroit Tigers	18
Mickey Stanley	.259 (.25901)	Detroit Tigers	19
Jose Cardenal	.257 (.25729)	Cleveland Indians	20
Rick Reichardt	.255 (.25468)	California Angels	21
Brooks Robinson	.253 (.25329)	Baltimore Orioles	22
Ken Berry	.252 (.25198)	Chicago White Sox	23
Sal Bando	.251 (.25124)	Oakland Athletics	24
Reggie Jackson	.250 (.24955)	Oakland Athletics	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

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