1970 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Alex Johnson	.329 (.32899)	California Angels	1
Carl Yastrzemski	.329 (.32862)	Boston Red Sox	2
Tony Oliva	.325 (.32484)	Minnesota Twins	3
Luis Aparicio	.313 (.31341)	Chicago White Sox	4
Ray Fosse	.307 (.30667)	Cleveland Indians	5
Frank Robinson	.306 (.30573)	Baltimore Orioles	6
Reggie Smith	.303 (.30345)	Boston Red Sox	7
Thurman Munson	.302 (.30243)	New York Yankees	8
Lou Piniella	.301 (.30074)	Kansas City Royals	9
Danny Cater	.301 (.30069)	New York Yankees	10
Cesar Tovar	.300 (.30000)	Minnesota Twins	11
Boog Powell	.297 (.29658)	Baltimore Orioles	12
Tommy Harper	.296 (.29636)	Milwaukee Brewers	13
George Scott	.296 (.29583)	Boston Red Sox	14
Roy White	.296 (.29557)	New York Yankees	15
Vada Pinson	.286 (.28571)	Cleveland Indians	16
Carlos May	.285 (.28468)	Chicago White Sox	17
Amos Otis	.284 (.28387)	Kansas City Royals	18
Frank Howard	.283 (.28269)	Washington Senators	19
Davey Johnson	.281 (.28113)	Baltimore Orioles	20
Bert Campaneris	.279 (.27861)	Oakland Athletics	21
Al Kaline	.278 (.27837)	Detroit Tigers	22
Jim Fregosi	.278 (.27787)	California Angels	23
Ken Berry	.276 (.27646)	Chicago White Sox	24
Brooks Robinson	.276 (.27632)	Baltimore Orioles	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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.