Runs Batted In : 1962 American League Top 25

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"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1962 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Harmon Killebrew 126 Minnesota Twins 1
Norm Siebern 117 Kansas City Athletics 2
Rocky Colavito 112 Detroit Tigers 3
Floyd Robinson 109 Chicago White Sox 4
Leon Wagner 107 Los Angeles Angels 5
Lee Thomas 104 Los Angeles Angels 6
Bob Allison 102 Minnesota Twins 7
Roger Maris 100 New York Yankees 8
Rich Rollins 96 Minnesota Twins 9
Frank Malzone 95 Boston Red Sox 10
Al Kaline 94 Detroit Tigers 11
Carl Yastrzemski 94 Boston Red Sox  
Tom Tresh 93 New York Yankees 13
Elston Howard 91 New York Yankees 14
Norm Cash 89 Detroit Tigers 15
Mickey Mantle 89 New York Yankees  
Jim Gentile 87 Baltimore Orioles 17
Brooks Robinson 86 Baltimore Orioles 18
Jerry Lumpe 83 Kansas City Athletics 19
Al Smith 82 Chicago White Sox 20
Johnny Romano 81 Cleveland Indians 21
Bill Skowron 80 New York Yankees 22
Jackie Brandt 75 Baltimore Orioles 23
Lou Clinton 75 Boston Red Sox  
Chuck Hinton 75 Washington Senators  



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.

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).

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.