Batting Average : 2007 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

2007 Batting Average Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Magglio Ordonez .363 (.36303) Detroit Tigers 1
Ichiro Suzuki .351 (.35103) Seattle Mariners 2
Placido Polanco .341 (.34072) Detroit Tigers 3
Jorge Posada .338 (.33794) New York Yankees 4
David Ortiz .332 (.33151) Boston Red Sox 5
Chone Figgins .330 (.33032) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 6
Mike Lowell .324 (.32428) Boston Red Sox 7
Vladimir Guerrero .324 (.32404) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 8
Derek Jeter .322 (.32238) New York Yankees 9
Dustin Pedroia .317 (.31731) Boston Red Sox 10
Carl Crawford .315 (.31507) Tampa Bay Devil Rays 11
Michael Young .315 (.31455) Texas Rangers 12
Alex Rodriguez .314 (.31389) New York Yankees 13
Jose Vidro .314 (.31387) Seattle Mariners 14
Robinson Cano .306 (.30632) New York Yankees 15
Curtis Granderson .302 (.30229) Detroit Tigers 16
Orlando Cabrera .301 (.30094) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 17
Victor Martinez .301 (.30071) Cleveland Indians 18
Nick Markakis .300 (.29984) Baltimore Orioles 19
B.J. Upton .300 (.29958) Tampa Bay Devil Rays 20
Alex Rios .297 (.29705) Toronto Blue Jays 21
Carlos Guillen .296 (.29610) Detroit Tigers 22
Manny Ramirez .296 (.29607) Boston Red Sox 23
Kenny Lofton .296 (.29592) Texas Rangers 24
Cleveland Indians  
Sean Casey .296 (.29581) Detroit Tigers 25



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.

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.

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