Runs Batted In : 1912 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1912 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Baker 130 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Sam Crawford 109 Detroit Tigers 2
Duffy Lewis 109 Boston Red Sox  
Stuffy McInnis 101 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Joe Jackson 90 Cleveland Naps 5
Nap Lajoie 90 Cleveland Naps  
Tris Speaker 90 Boston Red Sox  
Larry Gardner 86 Boston Red Sox 8
Ty Cobb 83 Detroit Tigers 9
Shano Collins 81 Chicago White Sox 10
Chick Gandil 81 Washington Senators  
Clyde Milan 79 Washington Senators 12
Ping Bodie 72 Chicago White Sox 13
Eddie Foster 70 Washington Senators 14
Del Pratt 69 St. Louis Browns 15
Heinie Wagner 68 Boston Red Sox 16
Eddie Collins 64 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Amos Strunk 63 Philadelphia Athletics 18
Jake Stahl 60 Boston Red Sox 19
Hal Chase 58 New York Highlanders 20
Jack Barry 55 Philadelphia Athletics 21
Frank LaPorte 55 St. Louis Browns  
Washington Senators  
Guy Zinn 55 New York Highlanders  
Harry Lord 54 Chicago White Sox 24
George Moriarty 54 Detroit Tigers  



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 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?

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).