1981 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Carney Lansford	.336 (.33584)	Boston Red Sox	1
Kirk Gibson	.328 (.32759)	Detroit Tigers	2
Tom Paciorek	.326 (.32593)	Seattle Mariners	3
Cecil Cooper	.320 (.31971)	Milwaukee Brewers	4
Rickey Henderson	.319 (.31915)	Oakland Athletics	5
Mike Hargrove	.317 (.31677)	Cleveland Indians	6
George Brett	.314 (.31412)	Kansas City Royals	7
Richie Zisk	.311 (.31092)	Seattle Mariners	8
Al Oliver	.309 (.30879)	Texas Rangers	9
Jerry Remy	.307 (.30726)	Boston Red Sox	10
Jerry Mumphrey	.307 (.30721)	New York Yankees	11
Rod Carew	.305 (.30495)	California Angels	12
Bobby Grich	.304 (.30398)	California Angels	13
Willie Wilson	.303 (.30296)	Kansas City Royals	14
Chet Lemon	.302 (.30183)	Chicago White Sox	15
Bill Almon	.301 (.30086)	Chicago White Sox	16
Dwight Evans	.296 (.29612)	Boston Red Sox	17
Buddy Bell	.294 (.29444)	Texas Rangers	18
Dave Winfield	.294 (.29381)	New York Yankees	19
Eddie Murray	.294 (.29365)	Baltimore Orioles	20
Rick Burleson	.293 (.29302)	California Angels	21
Rick Miller	.291 (.29114)	Boston Red Sox	22
Toby Harrah	.291 (.29086)	Cleveland Indians	23
Mickey Rivers	.286 (.28571)	Texas Rangers	24
Dave Stapleton	.285 (.28451)	Boston Red Sox	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. 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.