Runs Batted In : 1917 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)
 

1917 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Heinie Zimmerman 102 New York Giants 1
Hal Chase 86 Cincinnati Reds 2
Gavvy Cravath 83 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Casey Stengel 73 Brooklyn Robins 4
Fred Luderus 72 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Possum Whitted 70 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Benny Kauff 68 New York Giants 7
Edd Roush 67 Cincinnati Reds 8
Rogers Hornsby 66 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Red Smith 62 Boston Braves 10
Larry Doyle 61 Chicago Cubs 11
Walton Cruise 59 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Fred Merkle 57 Brooklyn Robins 13
Chicago Cubs  
Art Fletcher 56 New York Giants 14
Walter Holke 55 New York Giants 15
Ed Konetchy 54 Boston Braves 16
Dave Robertson 54 New York Giants  
Heinie Groh 53 Cincinnati Reds 18
Milt Stock 53 Philadelphia Phillies  
Sherry Magee 52 Boston Braves 20
Cincinnati Reds  
Max Carey 51 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
George Cutshaw 49 Brooklyn Robins 22
Charlie Deal 47 Chicago Cubs 23
George Burns 45 New York Giants 24
Tommy Griffith 45 Cincinnati Reds  



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.

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.