Runs Batted In : 1939 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
 

1939 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ted Williams 145 Boston Red Sox 1
Joe DiMaggio 126 New York Yankees 2
Bob Johnson 114 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Hank Greenberg 112 Detroit Tigers 4
Joe Gordon 111 New York Yankees 5
Gee Walker 111 Chicago White Sox  
Joe Cronin 107 Boston Red Sox 7
Bill Dickey 105 New York Yankees 8
Jimmie Foxx 105 Boston Red Sox  
Hal Trosky 104 Cleveland Indians 10
George Selkirk 101 New York Yankees 11
Ken Keltner 97 Cleveland Indians 12
Jim Tabor 95 Boston Red Sox 13
George McQuinn 94 St. Louis Browns 14
Taffy Wright 93 Washington Senators 15
Babe Dahlgren 89 New York Yankees 16
Charlie Gehringer 86 Detroit Tigers 17
Harlond Clift 84 St. Louis Browns 18
Joe Vosmik 84 Boston Red Sox  
Frankie Hayes 83 Philadelphia Athletics 20
Charlie Keller 83 New York Yankees  
Ben Chapman 82 Cleveland Indians 22
Eric McNair 82 Chicago White Sox  
Red Rolfe 80 New York Yankees 24
Mike Kreevich 77 Chicago White 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?

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).