who led the al in batting average in 2005

Michael Young had the best batting average in the AL in a season in 2005, with an average of .331.

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	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Michael Young M. Young	.331	2005	TEX	159	668	114	221	40	5	24	91	58	3	91	5	2	732	343	69	0	3	0	20	.385	.513	.899	126	38.2	.389	136	32.1
2	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	.321	2005	NYY	162	605	124	194	29	1	48	130	91	16	139	21	6	715	369	78	0	3	8	8	.421	.610	1.031	151	65	.436	174	64.2
3	Vladimir Guerrero V. Guerrero	.317	2005	LAA	141	520	95	165	29	2	32	108	61	8	48	13	1	594	294	63	0	5	26	16	.394	.565	.959	106	34.8	.397	148	34.8
4	Johnny Damon J. Damon	.316	2005	BOS	148	624	117	197	35	6	10	75	53	2	69	18	1	688	274	51	0	9	3	5	.366	.439	.805	96	14	.350	111	9.1
5	Brian Roberts B. Roberts	.314	2005	BAL	143	561	92	176	45	7	18	73	67	3	83	27	10	640	289	70	5	4	5	6	.387	.515	.903	109	32.4	.387	141	31.7
6	Derek Jeter D. Jeter	.309	2005	NYY	159	654	122	202	25	5	19	70	77	11	117	14	5	752	294	49	7	3	3	15	.389	.450	.839	117	26.8	.369	128	26
7	Victor Martinez V. Martinez	.305	2005	CLE	147	547	73	167	33	0	20	80	63	5	78	0	1	622	260	53	0	7	9	16	.378	.475	.853	96	21	.367	128	21.1
8	Hideki Matsui H. Matsui	.305	2005	NYY	162	629	108	192	45	3	23	116	63	3	78	2	2	703	312	71	0	8	7	16	.367	.496	.863	109	25	.369	128	24.3
9	Travis Hafner T. Hafner	.305	2005	CLE	137	486	94	148	42	0	33	108	79	9	123	0	0	578	289	75	0	4	7	9	.408	.595	1.003	116	46.3	.423	166	46.4
10	Miguel Tejada M. Tejada	.304	2005	BAL	162	654	89	199	50	5	26	98	40	7	83	5	1	704	337	81	0	3	9	26	.349	.515	.865	108	23.8	.367	127	23.1
11	Ichiro Suzuki I. Suzuki	.303	2005	SEA	162	679	111	206	21	12	15	68	48	4	66	33	8	739	296	48	2	6	23	5	.350	.436	.786	92	3.4	.331	106	5.2
12	Carl Crawford C. Crawford	.301	2005	TBD	156	644	101	194	33	15	15	81	27	5	84	46	8	687	302	63	5	6	1	11	.331	.469	.800	92	9.9	.343	112	10
13	Mark Teixeira M. Teixeira	.301	2005	TEX	162	644	112	194	41	3	43	144	72	11	124	4	0	730	370	87	0	3	5	18	.379	.575	.954	135	47.5	.404	146	41.4
14	Mike Sweeney M. Sweeney	.300	2005	KCR	122	470	63	141	39	0	21	83	33	4	61	3	0	514	243	60	1	6	7	16	.347	.517	.864	78	16.5	.365	121	13.5
15	Coco Crisp C. Crisp	.300	2005	CLE	145	594	86	178	42	4	16	69	44	0	81	15	6	656	276	62	13	5	1	7	.345	.465	.810	92	13.1	.350	116	13.1
16	David Ortiz D. Ortiz	.300	2005	BOS	159	601	119	180	40	1	47	148	102	1	124	1	0	713	363	88	0	9	9	13	.397	.604	1.001	140	54.5	.418	157	49.5
17	Robinson Cano R. Cano	.297	2005	NYY	132	522	78	155	34	4	14	62	16	3	68	1	3	551	239	52	7	3	1	16	.320	.458	.778	70	3.9	.334	105	3.3
18	Julio Lugo J. Lugo	.295	2005	TBD	158	616	89	182	36	6	6	57	61	6	72	39	11	690	248	48	3	4	0	5	.362	.403	.765	90	7.7	.339	109	7.8
19	Bill Mueller B. Mueller	.295	2005	BOS	150	519	69	153	34	3	10	62	59	6	74	0	0	590	223	47	0	6	3	22	.369	.430	.799	83	11.9	.350	111	7.7
20	Joe Mauer J. Mauer	.294	2005	MIN	131	489	61	144	26	2	9	55	61	1	64	13	1	554	201	37	0	3	12	9	.372	.411	.783	73	6.5	.340	109	5.9
21	David DeJesus D. DeJesus	.293	2005	KCR	122	461	69	135	31	6	9	56	42	9	76	5	5	523	205	46	5	6	1	6	.359	.445	.804	73	10.5	.350	112	7.5
22	Manny Ramirez M. Ramirez	.292	2005	BOS	152	554	112	162	30	1	45	144	80	10	119	1	0	650	329	76	0	6	9	20	.388	.594	.982	124	46	.411	152	41.4
23	Jhonny Peralta J. Peralta	.292	2005	CLE	141	504	82	147	35	4	24	78	58	3	128	0	2	570	262	63	1	4	3	12	.366	.520	.885	93	24.8	.378	136	24.9
24	Shea Hillenbrand S. Hillenbrand	.291	2005	TOR	152	594	91	173	36	2	18	82	26	22	79	5	1	645	267	56	0	3	2	21	.343	.449	.792	87	10.1	.345	109	7.1
25	Gary Sheffield G. Sheffield	.291	2005	NYY	154	584	104	170	27	0	34	123	78	8	76	10	2	675	299	61	0	5	7	11	.379	.512	.891	112	31.4	.382	137	30.6

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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