Top 25 Batting Average in 1979 in the American League

Batting Average : 1979 American League Top 25

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1979 Batting Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Batting Average Team Rank

Fred Lynn .333 (.33333) Boston Red Sox 1

George Brett .329 (.32868) Kansas City Royals 2

Brian Downing .326 (.32613) California Angels 3

Jim Rice .325 (.32472) Boston Red Sox 4

Al Oliver .323 (.32317) Texas Rangers 5

Paul Molitor .322 (.32192) Milwaukee Brewers 6

Sixto Lezcano .321 (.32135) Milwaukee Brewers 7

Steve Kemp .318 (.31837) Detroit Tigers 8

Chet Lemon .318 (.31835) Chicago White Sox 9

Bruce Bochte .316 (.31588) Seattle Mariners 10

Willie Wilson .315 (.31463) Kansas City Royals 11

Lamar Johnson .309 (.30898) Chicago White Sox 12

Cecil Cooper .308 (.30847) Milwaukee Brewers 13

Ken Landreaux .305 (.30496) Minnesota Twins 14

Ron LeFlore .300 (.30000) Detroit Tigers 15

Buddy Bell .299 (.29851) Texas Rangers 16

Reggie Jackson .297 (.29677) New York Yankees 17

Don Baylor .296 (.29618) California Angels 18

Eddie Murray .295 (.29538) Baltimore Orioles 19

Ken Singleton .295 (.29474) Baltimore Orioles 20

Amos Otis .295 (.29463) Kansas City Royals 21

Al Cowens .295 (.29457) Kansas City Royals 22

Bobby Grich .294 (.29401) California Angels 23

Mickey Rivers .293 (.29268) New York Yankees 24

Texas Rangers

Darrell Porter .291 (.29081) Kansas City Royals 25

Name Batting Average Team Rank

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.

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).

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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