1996 Runs Batted In Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Runs Batted In	Team	Rank
Albert Belle	148	Cleveland Indians	1
Juan Gonzalez	144	Texas Rangers	2
Mo Vaughn	143	Boston Red Sox	3
Rafael Palmeiro	142	Baltimore Orioles	4
Ken Griffey, Jr.	140	Seattle Mariners	5
Jay Buhner	138	Seattle Mariners	6
Frank Thomas	134	Chicago White Sox	7
Alex Rodriguez	123	Seattle Mariners	8
John Jaha	118	Milwaukee Brewers	9
Cecil Fielder	117	Detroit Tigers	10
		New York Yankees
Tino Martinez	117	New York Yankees
Bobby Bonilla	116	Baltimore Orioles	12
Jim Thome	116	Cleveland Indians
Mark McGwire	113	Oakland Athletics	14
Paul Molitor	113	Minnesota Twins
Manny Ramirez	112	Cleveland Indians	16
Marty Cordova	111	Minnesota Twins	17
Brady Anderson	110	Baltimore Orioles	18
Joe Carter	107	Toronto Blue Jays	19
Dean Palmer	107	Texas Rangers
Geronimo Berroa	106	Oakland Athletics	21
Robin Ventura	105	Chicago White Sox	22
Edgar Martinez	103	Seattle Mariners	23
Cal Ripken, Jr.	102	Baltimore Orioles	24
Bernie Williams	102	New York Yankees
Name	Runs Batted In	Team	Rank

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