1989 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Kirby Puckett	.339 (.33858)	Minnesota Twins	1
Carney Lansford	.336 (.33575)	Oakland Athletics	2
Wade Boggs	.330 (.33011)	Boston Red Sox	3
Robin Yount	.318 (.31759)	Milwaukee Brewers	4
Julio Franco	.316 (.31569)	Texas Rangers	5
Paul Molitor	.315 (.31545)	Milwaukee Brewers	6
Steve Sax	.315 (.31490)	New York Yankees	7
Harold Baines	.309 (.30891)	Chicago White Sox	8
		Texas Rangers
Mike Greenwell	.308 (.30796)	Boston Red Sox	9
Ruben Sierra	.306 (.30599)	Texas Rangers	10
Alvin Davis	.305 (.30522)	Seattle Mariners	11
Don Mattingly	.303 (.30269)	New York Yankees	12
Roberto Kelly	.302 (.30159)	New York Yankees	13
Harold Reynolds	.300 (.30016)	Seattle Mariners	14
Jerry Browne	.299 (.29933)	Cleveland Indians	15
George Bell	.297 (.29690)	Toronto Blue Jays	16
Dan Gladden	.295 (.29501)	Minnesota Twins	17
Jim Eisenreich	.293 (.29263)	Kansas City Royals	18
Kelly Gruber	.290 (.28991)	Toronto Blue Jays	19
Johnny Ray	.289 (.28868)	California Angels	20
Jody Reed	.288 (.28817)	Boston Red Sox	21
Ivan Calderon	.286 (.28617)	Chicago White Sox	22
Dwight Evans	.285 (.28462)	Boston Red Sox	23
Brian Downing	.283 (.28309)	California Angels	24
Alvaro Espinoza	.282 (.28231)	New York Yankees	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). 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.