Runs Batted In : 1941 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)
 

1941 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Joe DiMaggio 125 New York Yankees 1
Jeff Heath 123 Cleveland Indians 2
Charlie Keller 122 New York Yankees 3
Ted Williams 120 Boston Red Sox 4
Rudy York 111 Detroit Tigers 5
Bob Johnson 107 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Sam Chapman 106 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Jimmie Foxx 105 Boston Red Sox 8
Jim Tabor 101 Boston Red Sox 9
Cecil Travis 101 Washington Senators  
Roy Cullenbine 98 St. Louis Browns 11
Taffy Wright 97 Chicago White Sox 12
Joe Cronin 95 Boston Red Sox 13
Bruce Campbell 93 Detroit Tigers 14
Bobby Doerr 93 Boston Red Sox  
Mickey Vernon 93 Washington Senators  
Johnny Berardino 89 St. Louis Browns 17
Joe Gordon 87 New York Yankees 18
Tommy Henrich 85 New York Yankees 19
Harlond Clift 84 St. Louis Browns 20
Ken Keltner 84 Cleveland Indians  
Wally Judnich 83 St. Louis Browns 22
George McQuinn 80 St. Louis Browns 23
Dick Siebert 79 Philadelphia Athletics 24
Pinky Higgins 73 Detroit Tigers 25



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.

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.