Runs Batted In : 1889 American Association Top 25

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

1889 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Harry Stovey 119 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Dave Foutz 113 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 2
Tip O'Neill 110 St. Louis Browns 3
Lou Bierbauer 105 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Bug Holliday 104 Cincinnati Red Stockings 5
Charlie Comiskey 102 St. Louis Browns 6
Oyster Burns 100 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 7
Tommy Tucker 99 Baltimore Orioles 8
Jim Burns 97 Kansas City Blues 9
Reddy Mack 87 Baltimore Orioles 10
Dave Orr 87 Columbus Colts  
Ecky Stearns 87 Kansas City Blues  
Charlie Duffee 86 St. Louis Browns 13
Blondie Purcell 85 Philadelphia Athletics 14
Denny Lyons 82 Philadelphia Athletics 15
George Pinkney 82 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Darby O'Brien 80 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 17
Spud Johnson 79 Columbus Colts 18
Pop Corkhill 78 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 19
Joe Hornung 78 Baltimore Orioles  
Ollie Beard 77 Cincinnati Red Stockings 21
Billy Hamilton 77 Kansas City Blues  
Jocko Milligan 76 St. Louis Browns 23
Lefty Marr 75 Columbus Colts 24
Henry Larkin 74 Philadelphia Athletics 25



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

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.

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.