2004 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Ichiro Suzuki	.372 (.37216)	Seattle Mariners	1
Melvin Mora	.340 (.34000)	Baltimore Orioles	2
Vladimir Guerrero	.337 (.33660)	Anaheim Angels	3
Ivan Rodriguez	.334 (.33397)	Detroit Tigers	4
Erubiel Durazo	.321 (.32094)	Oakland Athletics	5
Carlos Guillen	.318 (.31801)	Detroit Tigers	6
Javy Lopez	.316 (.31606)	Baltimore Orioles	7
Mark Kotsay	.314 (.31353)	Oakland Athletics	8
Michael Young	.313 (.31304)	Texas Rangers	9
Travis Hafner	.311 (.31120)	Cleveland Indians	10
Miguel Tejada	.311 (.31087)	Baltimore Orioles	11
Aaron Rowand	.310 (.31006)	Chicago White Sox	12
Manny Ramirez	.308 (.30810)	Boston Red Sox	13
Carlos Lee	.305 (.30457)	Chicago White Sox	14
Johnny Damon	.304 (.30435)	Boston Red Sox	15
Raul Ibanez	.304 (.30353)	Seattle Mariners	16
David Ortiz	.301 (.30069)	Boston Red Sox	17
Lew Ford	.299 (.29877)	Minnesota Twins	18
Hideki Matsui	.298 (.29795)	New York Yankees	19
Coco Crisp	.297 (.29735)	Cleveland Indians	20
Kevin Millar	.297 (.29724)	Boston Red Sox	21
Aubrey Huff	.297 (.29667)	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	22
Chone Figgins	.296 (.29636)	Anaheim Angels	23
Jason Varitek	.296 (.29590)	Boston Red Sox	24
Carl Crawford	.296 (.29553)	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	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. 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). 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?