1997 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Frank Thomas	.347 (.34717)	Chicago White Sox	1
Edgar Martinez	.330 (.33026)	Seattle Mariners	2
David Justice	.329 (.32929)	Cleveland Indians	3
Bernie Williams	.328 (.32809)	New York Yankees	4
Manny Ramirez	.328 (.32799)	Cleveland Indians	5
Paul O'Neill	.324 (.32369)	New York Yankees	6
Rusty Greer	.321 (.32113)	Texas Rangers	7
Reggie Jefferson	.319 (.31902)	Boston Red Sox	8
Mo Vaughn	.315 (.31499)	Boston Red Sox	9
Ivan Rodriguez	.313 (.31323)	Texas Rangers	10
Troy O'Leary	.309 (.30862)	Boston Red Sox	11
John Valentin	.306 (.30609)	Boston Red Sox	12
Nomar Garciaparra	.306 (.30556)	Boston Red Sox	13
Paul Molitor	.305 (.30483)	Minnesota Twins	14
Ken Griffey, Jr.	.304 (.30428)	Seattle Mariners	15
Garret Anderson	.303 (.30288)	Anaheim Angels	16
Harold Baines	.301 (.30088)	Chicago White Sox	17
		Baltimore Orioles
Alex Rodriguez	.300 (.29983)	Seattle Mariners	18
Joey Cora	.300 (.29965)	Seattle Mariners	19
Darin Erstad	.299 (.29870)	Anaheim Angels	20
Bobby Higginson	.299 (.29853)	Detroit Tigers	21
Ron Coomer	.298 (.29828)	Minnesota Twins	22
Juan Gonzalez	.296 (.29644)	Texas Rangers	23
Tino Martinez	.296 (.29630)	New York Yankees	24
Tim Salmon	.296 (.29553)	Anaheim Angels	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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?