1996 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Alex Rodriguez	.358 (.35774)	Seattle Mariners	1
Frank Thomas	.349 (.34915)	Chicago White Sox	2
Paul Molitor	.341 (.34091)	Minnesota Twins	3
Chuck Knoblauch	.341 (.34083)	Minnesota Twins	4
Rusty Greer	.332 (.33210)	Texas Rangers	5
Dave Nilsson	.331 (.33113)	Milwaukee Brewers	6
Roberto Alomar	.328 (.32823)	Baltimore Orioles	7
Edgar Martinez	.327 (.32665)	Seattle Mariners	8
Kevin Seitzer	.326 (.32635)	Milwaukee Brewers	9
		Cleveland Indians
Mo Vaughn	.326 (.32598)	Boston Red Sox	10
Jeff Cirillo	.325 (.32509)	Milwaukee Brewers	11
Julio Franco	.322 (.32176)	Cleveland Indians	12
Bobby Higginson	.320 (.32045)	Detroit Tigers	13
Dave Martinez	.318 (.31818)	Chicago White Sox	14
Kenny Lofton	.317 (.31722)	Cleveland Indians	15
Derek Jeter	.314 (.31443)	New York Yankees	16
Juan Gonzalez	.314 (.31423)	Texas Rangers	17
Mark McGwire	.312 (.31206)	Oakland Athletics	18
Wade Boggs	.311 (.31138)	New York Yankees	19
Harold Baines	.311 (.31111)	Chicago White Sox	20
Jim Thome	.311 (.31089)	Cleveland Indians	21
Albert Belle	.311 (.31063)	Cleveland Indians	22
Marty Cordova	.309 (.30931)	Minnesota Twins	23
Manny Ramirez	.309 (.30909)	Cleveland Indians	24
Bernie Williams	.305 (.30490)	New York Yankees	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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 most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?