Runs Batted In : 1915 American League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1915 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Sam Crawford 112 Detroit Tigers 1
Bobby Veach 112 Detroit Tigers  
Ty Cobb 99 Detroit Tigers 3
Shano Collins 85 Chicago White Sox 4
Joe Jackson 81 Cleveland Indians 5
Chicago White Sox  
Del Pratt 78 St. Louis Browns 6
Eddie Collins 77 Chicago White Sox 7
Jack Fournier 77 Chicago White Sox  
Duffy Lewis 76 Boston Red Sox 9
Tris Speaker 69 Boston Red Sox 10
Ray Chapman 67 Cleveland Indians 11
Elmer Smith 67 Cleveland Indians  
Clyde Milan 66 Washington Senators 13
Chick Gandil 64 Washington Senators 14
Dick Hoblitzel 61 Boston Red Sox 15
Nap Lajoie 61 Philadelphia Athletics  
Roy Hartzell 60 New York Yankees 17
Wally Pipp 60 New York Yankees  
Jack Graney 56 Cleveland Indians 19
Larry Gardner 55 Boston Red Sox 20
Braggo Roth 55 Chicago White Sox  
Cleveland Indians  
Ray Schalk 54 Chicago White Sox 22
Happy Felsch 53 Chicago White Sox 23
Eddie Foster 52 Washington Senators 24
Harry Hooper 51 Boston Red Sox 25



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.

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?

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.