Runs Batted In : 1969 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
 

1969 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Harmon Killebrew 140 Minnesota Twins 1
Boog Powell 121 Baltimore Orioles 2
Reggie Jackson 118 Oakland Athletics 3
Sal Bando 113 Oakland Athletics 4
Frank Howard 111 Washington Senators 5
Carl Yastrzemski 111 Boston Red Sox  
Tony Oliva 101 Minnesota Twins 7
Frank Robinson 100 Baltimore Orioles 8
Rico Petrocelli 97 Boston Red Sox 9
Tony Horton 93 Cleveland Indians 10
Reggie Smith 93 Boston Red Sox  
Ken Harrelson 92 Boston Red Sox 12
Cleveland Indians  
Willie Horton 91 Detroit Tigers 13
Ken McMullen 87 Washington Senators 14
Bill Melton 87 Chicago White Sox  
Mike Epstein 85 Washington Senators 16
Brooks Robinson 84 Baltimore Orioles 17
Tony Conigliaro 82 Boston Red Sox 18
Bobby Murcer 82 New York Yankees  
Tommy Davis 80 Seattle Pilots 20
Don Mincher 78 Seattle Pilots 21
Paul Blair 76 Baltimore Orioles 22
Danny Cater 76 Oakland Athletics  
Norm Cash 74 Detroit Tigers 24
Roy White 74 New York Yankees  



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.

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 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?