Runs Batted In : 1918 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1918 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bobby Veach 78 Detroit Tigers 1
George Burns 70 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Babe Ruth 66 Boston Red Sox 3
Joe Wood 66 Cleveland Indians  
Ty Cobb 64 Detroit Tigers 5
Frank Baker 62 New York Yankees 6
Ray Demmitt 61 St. Louis Browns 7
Tris Speaker 61 Cleveland Indians  
Braggo Roth 59 Cleveland Indians 9
Shano Collins 56 Chicago White Sox 10
Stuffy McInnis 56 Boston Red Sox  
Clyde Milan 56 Washington Senators  
Howie Shanks 56 Washington Senators  
Chick Gandil 55 Chicago White Sox 14
Del Pratt 55 New York Yankees  
Larry Gardner 52 Philadelphia Athletics 16
Tilly Walker 48 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Ping Bodie 46 New York Yankees 18
Joe Judge 46 Washington Senators  
Doc Lavan 45 Washington Senators 20
Harry Hooper 44 Boston Red Sox 21
Wally Pipp 44 New York Yankees  
Wildfire Schulte 44 Washington Senators  
Roger Peckinpaugh 43 New York Yankees 24
Everett Scott 43 Boston Red Sox  



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.

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).

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.