Runs Batted In : 1909 National League Top 25

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1909 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner 100 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Red Murray 91 New York Giants 2
Dots Miller 87 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Mike Mitchell 86 Cincinnati Reds 4
Ed Konetchy 80 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Bill Abstein 70 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Fred Clarke 68 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Dick Hoblitzel 67 Cincinnati Reds 8
Sherry Magee 66 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Ginger Beaumont 60 Boston Doves 10
Wildfire Schulte 60 Chicago Cubs  
Kitty Bransfield 59 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Harry Steinfeldt 59 Chicago Cubs  
Chief Wilson 59 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Solly Hofman 58 Chicago Cubs 15
Joe Tinker 57 Chicago Cubs 16
Art Devlin 56 New York Giants 17
Steve Evans 56 St. Louis Cardinals  
Al Bridwell 55 New York Giants 19
Joe Delahanty 54 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Dick Egan 53 Cincinnati Reds 21
George Gibson 52 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
John Hummel 52 Brooklyn Superbas  
Hans Lobert 52 Cincinnati Reds  
Larry Doyle 49 New York Giants 25



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.

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).

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