Top 25 Batting Average in 1977 in the American League

Batting Average : 1977 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)

1977 Batting Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Batting Average Team Rank

Rod Carew .388 (.38799) Minnesota Twins 1

Lyman Bostock .336 (.33558) Minnesota Twins 2

Ken Singleton .328 (.32836) Baltimore Orioles 3

Mickey Rivers .326 (.32566) New York Yankees 4

Ron LeFlore .325 (.32515) Detroit Tigers 5

Jim Rice .320 (.31988) Boston Red Sox 6

Al Bumbry .317 (.31660) Baltimore Orioles 7

Carlton Fisk .315 (.31530) Boston Red Sox 8

George Brett .312 (.31206) Kansas City Royals 9

Al Cowens .312 (.31188) Kansas City Royals 10

Bob Bailor .310 (.31048) Toronto Blue Jays 11

Tito Fuentes .309 (.30894) Detroit Tigers 12

Thurman Munson .308 (.30756) New York Yankees 13

Mitchell Page .307 (.30739) Oakland Athletics 14

Mike Hargrove .305 (.30476) Texas Rangers 15

Larry Hisle .302 (.30220) Minnesota Twins 16

Bruce Bochte .301 (.30081) California Angels 17

Cleveland Indians

Ralph Garr .300 (.30018) Chicago White Sox 18

Cecil Cooper .300 (.30016) Milwaukee Brewers 19

Hal McRae .298 (.29797) Kansas City Royals 20

Carl Yastrzemski .296 (.29570) Boston Red Sox 21

Rick Burleson .293 (.29261) Boston Red Sox 22

Buddy Bell .292 (.29228) Cleveland Indians 23

Jim Sundberg .291 (.29139) Texas Rangers 24

Paul Dade .291 (.29067) Cleveland Indians 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.

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.

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?

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