1980 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
George Brett	.390 (.38976)	Kansas City Royals	1
Cecil Cooper	.352 (.35209)	Milwaukee Brewers	2
Miguel Dilone	.341 (.34091)	Cleveland Indians	3
Mickey Rivers	.333 (.33333)	Texas Rangers	4
Rod Carew	.331 (.33148)	California Angels	5
Buddy Bell	.329 (.32857)	Texas Rangers	6
Willie Wilson	.326 (.32624)	Kansas City Royals	7
Al Oliver	.319 (.31860)	Texas Rangers	8
Al Bumbry	.318 (.31783)	Baltimore Orioles	9
Bob Watson	.307 (.30704)	New York Yankees	10
John Wathan	.305 (.30464)	Kansas City Royals	11
Paul Molitor	.304 (.30444)	Milwaukee Brewers	12
Ben Oglivie	.304 (.30405)	Milwaukee Brewers	13
Mike Hargrove	.304 (.30390)	Cleveland Indians	14
Ken Singleton	.304 (.30360)	Baltimore Orioles	15
Rickey Henderson	.303 (.30288)	Oakland Athletics	16
John Castino	.302 (.30220)	Minnesota Twins	17
Bruce Bochte	.300 (.30000)	Seattle Mariners	18
Alan Trammell	.300 (.30000)	Detroit Tigers
Reggie Jackson	.300 (.29961)	New York Yankees	20
Eddie Murray	.300 (.29952)	Baltimore Orioles	21
Hal McRae	.297 (.29652)	Kansas City Royals	22
Willie Randolph	.294 (.29435)	New York Yankees	23
Jim Rice	.294 (.29365)	Boston Red Sox	24
Steve Kemp	.293 (.29331)	Detroit Tigers	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

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