Runs Batted In : 1889 National 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)
 

1889 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Roger Connor 130 New York Giants 1
Dan Brouthers 118 Boston Beaneaters 2
Cap Anson 117 Chicago White Stockings 3
Jerry Denny 112 Indianapolis Hoosiers 4
Sam Thompson 111 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Danny Richardson 100 New York Giants 6
Jake Beckley 97 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 7
Larry Twitchell 95 Cleveland Spiders 8
Hugh Duffy 89 Chicago White Stockings 9
Buck Ewing 87 New York Giants 10
Jack Glasscock 85 Indianapolis Hoosiers 11
Jim O'Rourke 81 New York Giants 12
George Van Haltren 81 Chicago White Stockings  
Hardy Richardson 79 Boston Beaneaters 14
King Kelly 78 Boston Beaneaters 15
Joe Mulvey 77 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Fred Pfeffer 77 Chicago White Stockings  
Billy Nash 76 Boston Beaneaters 18
Patsy Tebeau 76 Cleveland Spiders  
Duke Farrell 75 Chicago White Stockings 20
Ed McKean 75 Cleveland Spiders  
Mike Tiernan 73 New York Giants 22
Paul Hines 72 Indianapolis Hoosiers 23
Jimmy Ryan 72 Chicago White Stockings  
Joe Quinn 69 Boston Beaneaters 25



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).

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.

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.