2000 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Nomar Garciaparra	.372 (.37240)	Boston Red Sox	1
Darin Erstad	.355 (.35503)	Anaheim Angels	2
Manny Ramirez	.351 (.35080)	Cleveland Indians	3
Carlos Delgado	.344 (.34446)	Toronto Blue Jays	4
Derek Jeter	.339 (.33895)	New York Yankees	5
David Segui	.334 (.33449)	Texas Rangers	6
		Cleveland Indians
Jason Giambi	.333 (.33333)	Oakland Athletics	7
Mike Sweeney	.333 (.33333)	Kansas City Royals
Frank Thomas	.328 (.32818)	Chicago White Sox	9
Johnny Damon	.327 (.32672)	Kansas City Royals	10
Edgar Martinez	.324 (.32374)	Seattle Mariners	11
Jermaine Dye	.321 (.32113)	Kansas City Royals	12
Travis Fryman	.321 (.32056)	Cleveland Indians	13
Shannon Stewart	.319 (.31904)	Toronto Blue Jays	14
Alex Rodriguez	.316 (.31588)	Seattle Mariners	15
Magglio Ordonez	.315 (.31463)	Chicago White Sox	16
Roberto Alomar	.310 (.30984)	Cleveland Indians	17
Bernie Williams	.307 (.30726)	New York Yankees	18
Matt Lawton	.305 (.30481)	Minnesota Twins	19
Joe Randa	.304 (.30392)	Kansas City Royals	20
Deivi Cruz	.302 (.30189)	Detroit Tigers	21
Carlos Lee	.301 (.30070)	Chicago White Sox	22
Carl Everett	.300 (.30040)	Boston Red Sox	23
Bobby Higginson	.300 (.29983)	Detroit Tigers	24
Corey Koskie	.300 (.29958)	Minnesota Twins	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

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