Batting Average : 1986 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)
 

1986 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Wade Boggs .357 (.35690) Boston Red Sox 1
Don Mattingly .352 (.35155) New York Yankees 2
Kirby Puckett .328 (.32794) Minnesota Twins 3
Pat Tabler .326 (.32558) Cleveland Indians 4
Jim Rice .324 (.32362) Boston Red Sox 5
Robin Yount .312 (.31226) Milwaukee Brewers 6
Tony Fernandez .310 (.31004) Toronto Blue Jays 7
Phil Bradley .310 (.30989) Seattle Mariners 8
George Bell .309 (.30889) Toronto Blue Jays 9
Julio Franco .306 (.30551) Cleveland Indians 10
Eddie Murray .305 (.30505) Baltimore Orioles 11
Mike Easler .302 (.30204) New York Yankees 12
Joe Carter .302 (.30166) Cleveland Indians 13
Tony Bernazard .301 (.30071) Cleveland Indians 14
Scott Fletcher .300 (.30000) Texas Rangers 15
Harold Baines .296 (.29649) Chicago White Sox 16
Pete O'Brien .290 (.29038) Texas Rangers 17
George Brett .290 (.29025) Kansas City Royals 18
Wally Joyner .290 (.29005) California Angels 19
Jesse Barfield .289 (.28862) Toronto Blue Jays 20
Brook Jacoby .288 (.28816) Cleveland Indians 21
Lonnie Smith .287 (.28740) Kansas City Royals 22
Lee Lacy .287 (.28717) Baltimore Orioles 23
Gary Gaetti .287 (.28691) Minnesota Twins 24
Marty Barrett .286 (.28640) Boston Red Sox 25



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.

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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