Batting Average : 1994 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1994 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Paul O'Neill .359 (.35870) New York Yankees 1
Albert Belle .357 (.35680) Cleveland Indians 2
Frank Thomas .353 (.35338) Chicago White Sox 3
Kenny Lofton .349 (.34858) Cleveland Indians 4
Wade Boggs .342 (.34153) New York Yankees 5
Paul Molitor .341 (.34141) Toronto Blue Jays 6
Shane Mack .333 (.33333) Minnesota Twins 7
Will Clark .329 (.32905) Texas Rangers 8
Ken Griffey, Jr. .323 (.32333) Seattle Mariners 9
Rafael Palmeiro .319 (.31881) Baltimore Orioles 10
Julio Franco .319 (.31871) Chicago White Sox 11
Kirby Puckett .317 (.31663) Minnesota Twins 12
Felix Fermin .317 (.31662) Seattle Mariners 13
John Valentin .316 (.31561) Boston Red Sox 14
Cal Ripken, Jr. .315 (.31532) Baltimore Orioles 15
Carlos Baerga .314 (.31448) Cleveland Indians 16
Kevin Seitzer .314 (.31392) Milwaukee Brewers 17
Chuck Knoblauch .312 (.31236) Minnesota Twins 18
Darrin Jackson .312 (.31165) Chicago White Sox 19
Luis Polonia .311 (.31143) New York Yankees 20
Wally Joyner .311 (.31129) Kansas City Royals 21
Chili Davis .311 (.31122) California Angels 22
Mo Vaughn .310 (.30964) Boston Red Sox 23
Roberto Alomar .306 (.30612) Toronto Blue Jays 24
Geronimo Berroa .306 (.30588) Oakland Athletics 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.

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).