Runs Batted In : 1929 American League 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
 

1929 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Al Simmons 157 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Babe Ruth 154 New York Yankees 2
Dale Alexander 137 Detroit Tigers 3
Lou Gehrig 126 New York Yankees 4
Harry Heilmann 120 Detroit Tigers 5
Jimmie Foxx 118 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Red Kress 107 St. Louis Browns 7
Charlie Gehringer 106 Detroit Tigers 8
Tony Lazzeri 106 New York Yankees  
Lew Fonseca 103 Cleveland Indians 10
Earl Averill 96 Cleveland Indians 11
Mickey Cochrane 95 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Bibb Falk 93 Cleveland Indians 13
Bing Miller 93 Philadelphia Athletics  
Goose Goslin 91 Washington Senators 15
Marty McManus 90 Detroit Tigers 16
Mule Haas 82 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Buddy Myer 82 Washington Senators  
Heinie Manush 81 St. Louis Browns 19
Jimmy Dykes 79 Philadelphia Athletics 20
Sam West 75 Washington Senators 21
Joe Sewell 73 Cleveland Indians 22
Joe Judge 71 Washington Senators 23
Russ Scarritt 71 Boston Red Sox  
Fred Schulte 71 St. Louis Browns  



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).

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