2005 Batting Average Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank
Michael Young	.331 (.33084)	Texas Rangers	1
Alex Rodriguez	.321 (.32066)	New York Yankees	2
Vladimir Guerrero	.317 (.31731)	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	3
Johnny Damon	.316 (.31571)	Boston Red Sox	4
Brian Roberts	.314 (.31373)	Baltimore Orioles	5
Derek Jeter	.309 (.30887)	New York Yankees	6
Victor Martinez	.305 (.30530)	Cleveland Indians	7
Hideki Matsui	.305 (.30525)	New York Yankees	8
Travis Hafner	.305 (.30453)	Cleveland Indians	9
Miguel Tejada	.304 (.30428)	Baltimore Orioles	10
Ichiro Suzuki	.303 (.30339)	Seattle Mariners	11
Carl Crawford	.301 (.30124)	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	12
Mark Teixeira	.301 (.30124)	Texas Rangers
Mike Sweeney	.300 (.30000)	Kansas City Royals	14
Coco Crisp	.300 (.29966)	Cleveland Indians	15
David Ortiz	.300 (.29950)	Boston Red Sox	16
Robinson Cano	.297 (.29693)	New York Yankees	17
Julio Lugo	.295 (.29545)	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	18
Bill Mueller	.295 (.29480)	Boston Red Sox	19
Joe Mauer	.294 (.29448)	Minnesota Twins	20
David DeJesus	.293 (.29284)	Kansas City Royals	21
Manny Ramirez	.292 (.29242)	Boston Red Sox	22
Jhonny Peralta	.292 (.29167)	Cleveland Indians	23
Shea Hillenbrand	.291 (.29125)	Toronto Blue Jays	24
Gary Sheffield	.291 (.29110)	New York Yankees	25
Name	Batting Average	Team	Rank

	Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number. 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.