Runs Batted In : 1876 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1876 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Deacon White 60 Chicago White Stockings 1
Cap Anson 59 Chicago White Stockings 2
Ross Barnes 59 Chicago White Stockings  
Paul Hines 59 Chicago White Stockings  
Cal McVey 53 Chicago White Stockings 5
Lip Pike 50 St. Louis Brown Stockings 6
John Peters 47 Chicago White Stockings 7
Joe Battin 46 St. Louis Brown Stockings 8
George Hall 45 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Al Spalding 44 Chicago White Stockings 10
Jim O'Rourke 43 Boston Red Caps 11
Tom York 39 Hartford Dark Blues 12
Charley Jones 38 Cincinnati Red Stockings 13
Jimmy Hallinan 36 New York Mutuals 14
Dick Higham 35 Hartford Dark Blues 15
Harry Schafer 35 Boston Red Caps  
Levi Meyerle 34 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Tim Murnane 34 Boston Red Caps  
George Wright 34 Boston Red Caps  
Bob Ferguson 32 Hartford Dark Blues 20
John Glenn 32 Chicago White Stockings  
Ezra Sutton 31 Philadelphia Athletics 22
Joe Blong 30 St. Louis Brown Stockings 23
Wes Fisler 30 Philadelphia Athletics  
Mike McGeary 30 St. Louis Brown Stockings  



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).