Runs Batted In : 1955 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
 

1955 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ray Boone 116 Detroit Tigers 1
Jackie Jensen 116 Boston Red Sox  
Yogi Berra 108 New York Yankees 3
Roy Sievers 106 Washington Senators 4
Al Kaline 102 Detroit Tigers 5
Mickey Mantle 99 New York Yankees 6
Norm Zauchin 93 Boston Red Sox 7
Mickey Vernon 85 Washington Senators 8
Gus Zernial 84 Kansas City Athletics 9
Ted Williams 83 Boston Red Sox 10
George Kell 81 Chicago White Sox 11
Al Rosen 81 Cleveland Indians  
Walt Dropo 79 Chicago White Sox 13
Bill Tuttle 78 Detroit Tigers 14
Al Smith 77 Cleveland Indians 15
Vic Power 76 Kansas City Athletics 16
Larry Doby 75 Cleveland Indians 17
Minnie Minoso 70 Chicago White Sox 18
Jim Finigan 68 Kansas City Athletics 19
Hector Lopez 68 Kansas City Athletics  
Gus Triandos 65 Baltimore Orioles 21
Sammy White 64 Boston Red Sox 22
Harvey Kuenn 62 Detroit Tigers 23
Jimmy Piersall 62 Boston Red Sox  
Bobby Avila 61 Cleveland Indians 25



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.

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.

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.