Runs Batted In : 2001 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"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)
 

2001 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bret Boone 141 Seattle Mariners 1
Juan Gonzalez 140 Cleveland Indians 2
Alex Rodriguez 135 Texas Rangers 3
Manny Ramirez 125 Boston Red Sox 4
Jim Thome 124 Cleveland Indians 5
Garret Anderson 123 Anaheim Angels 6
Rafael Palmeiro 123 Texas Rangers  
Jason Giambi 120 Oakland Athletics 8
Edgar Martinez 116 Seattle Mariners 9
Eric Chavez 114 Oakland Athletics 10
Tino Martinez 113 New York Yankees 11
Magglio Ordonez 113 Chicago White Sox  
Miguel Tejada 113 Oakland Athletics  
Mike Cameron 110 Seattle Mariners 14
Troy Glaus 108 Anaheim Angels 15
Jermaine Dye 106 Kansas City Royals 16
Oakland Athletics  
Corey Koskie 103 Minnesota Twins 17
Carlos Delgado 102 Toronto Blue Jays 18
Carlos Beltran 101 Kansas City Royals 19
Roberto Alomar 100 Cleveland Indians 20
Paul Konerko 99 Chicago White Sox 21
Mike Sweeney 99 Kansas City Royals  
Jeff Conine 97 Baltimore Orioles 23
John Olerud 95 Seattle Mariners 24
Jorge Posada 95 New York Yankees  



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.

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.