Batting Average : 1991 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1991 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Julio Franco .341 (.34126) Texas Rangers 1
Wade Boggs .332 (.33150) Boston Red Sox 2
Willie Randolph .327 (.32715) Milwaukee Brewers 3
Ken Griffey, Jr. .327 (.32664) Seattle Mariners 4
Paul Molitor .325 (.32481) Milwaukee Brewers 5
Cal Ripken, Jr. .323 (.32308) Baltimore Orioles 6
Rafael Palmeiro .322 (.32171) Texas Rangers 7
Kirby Puckett .319 (.31915) Minnesota Twins 8
Frank Thomas .318 (.31843) Chicago White Sox 9
Danny Tartabull .316 (.31612) Kansas City Royals 10
Ruben Sierra .307 (.30711) Texas Rangers 11
Edgar Martinez .307 (.30699) Seattle Mariners 12
Steve Sax .304 (.30368) New York Yankees 13
Wally Joyner .301 (.30127) California Angels 14
Mike Greenwell .300 (.29963) Boston Red Sox 15
Luis Polonia .296 (.29636) California Angels 16
Roberto Alomar .295 (.29513) Toronto Blue Jays 17
Harold Baines .295 (.29508) Oakland Athletics 18
Carlos Quintana .295 (.29498) Boston Red Sox 19
B.J. Surhoff .289 (.28911) Milwaukee Brewers 20
Carlos Baerga .288 (.28836) Cleveland Indians 21
Don Mattingly .288 (.28790) New York Yankees 22
Mel Hall .285 (.28455) New York Yankees 23
Robin Ventura .284 (.28383) Chicago White Sox 24
Tony Phillips .284 (.28369) Detroit Tigers 25



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.

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

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.