Batting Average : 1975 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1975 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Rod Carew .359 (.35888) Minnesota Twins 1
Fred Lynn .331 (.33144) Boston Red Sox 2
Thurman Munson .318 (.31826) New York Yankees 3
Jim Rice .309 (.30851) Boston Red Sox 4
Claudell Washington .308 (.30847) Oakland Athletics 5
George Brett .308 (.30757) Kansas City Royals 6
Hal McRae .306 (.30625) Kansas City Royals 7
Jorge Orta .304 (.30443) Chicago White Sox 8
Chris Chambliss .304 (.30427) New York Yankees 9
Mike Hargrove .303 (.30250) Texas Rangers 10
Steve Braun .302 (.30243) Minnesota Twins 11
Ken Singleton .300 (.30034) Baltimore Orioles 12
Boog Powell .297 (.29655) Cleveland Indians 13
Toby Harrah .293 (.29310) Texas Rangers 14
John Mayberry .291 (.29061) Kansas City Royals 15
Roy White .290 (.28957) New York Yankees 16
Rick Manning .285 (.28542) Cleveland Indians 17
George Scott .285 (.28525) Milwaukee Brewers 18
Mickey Rivers .284 (.28409) California Angels 19
Don Baylor .282 (.28244) Baltimore Orioles 20
Joe Rudi .278 (.27778) Oakland Athletics 21
Len Randle .276 (.27621) Texas Rangers 22
Willie Horton .275 (.27480) Detroit Tigers 23
Pat Kelly .274 (.27389) Chicago White Sox 24
Dave Chalk .273 (.27290) California Angels 25



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.

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