Runs Batted In : 1993 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)
 

1993 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Albert Belle 129 Cleveland Indians 1
Frank Thomas 128 Chicago White Sox 2
Joe Carter 121 Toronto Blue Jays 3
Juan Gonzalez 118 Texas Rangers 4
Cecil Fielder 117 Detroit Tigers 5
Carlos Baerga 114 Cleveland Indians 6
Chili Davis 112 California Angels 7
Paul Molitor 111 Toronto Blue Jays 8
Mickey Tettleton 110 Detroit Tigers 9
Ken Griffey, Jr. 109 Seattle Mariners 10
John Olerud 107 Toronto Blue Jays 11
Rafael Palmeiro 105 Texas Rangers 12
Danny Tartabull 102 New York Yankees 13
Ruben Sierra 101 Oakland Athletics 14
Mo Vaughn 101 Boston Red Sox  
Jay Buhner 98 Seattle Mariners 16
Travis Fryman 97 Detroit Tigers 17
Greg Vaughn 97 Milwaukee Brewers  
Dean Palmer 96 Texas Rangers 19
Tim Salmon 95 California Angels 20
Robin Ventura 94 Chicago White Sox 21
Roberto Alomar 93 Toronto Blue Jays 22
Cal Ripken, Jr. 90 Baltimore Orioles 23
Kirby Puckett 89 Minnesota Twins 24
Don Mattingly 86 New York Yankees 25



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?

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.