Runs Batted In : 1954 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1954 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Larry Doby 126 Cleveland Indians 1
Yogi Berra 125 New York Yankees 2
Jackie Jensen 117 Boston Red Sox 3
Minnie Minoso 116 Chicago White Sox 4
Mickey Mantle 102 New York Yankees 5
Al Rosen 102 Cleveland Indians  
Roy Sievers 102 Washington Senators  
Mickey Vernon 97 Washington Senators 8
Ted Williams 89 Boston Red Sox 9
Ray Boone 85 Detroit Tigers 10
Jim Busby 80 Washington Senators 11
Sammy White 75 Boston Red Sox 12
Bobby Avila 67 Cleveland Indians 13
Irv Noren 66 New York Yankees 14
Andy Carey 65 New York Yankees 15
Chico Carrasquel 62 Chicago White Sox 16
Gus Zernial 62 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jim Rivera 61 Chicago White Sox 18
Vic Wertz 61 Baltimore Orioles  
Cleveland Indians  
Johnny Groth 60 Chicago White Sox 20
Dave Philley 60 Cleveland Indians  
George Kell 58 Boston Red Sox 22
Chicago White Sox  
Bill Tuttle 58 Detroit Tigers  
Harry Agganis 57 Boston Red Sox 24
Pete Runnels 56 Washington Senators 25



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.

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

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.