Runs Batted In : 1918 National 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:

"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)
 

1918 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sherry Magee 76 Cincinnati Reds 1
George Cutshaw 68 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Fred Luderus 67 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Fred Merkle 65 Chicago Cubs 4
Red Smith 65 Boston Braves  
Irish Meusel 62 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Edd Roush 62 Cincinnati Reds  
Rogers Hornsby 60 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Dode Paskert 59 Chicago Cubs 9
Ed Konetchy 56 Boston Braves 10
Heinie Zimmerman 56 New York Giants  
Les Mann 55 Chicago Cubs 12
Gavvy Cravath 54 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Gene Paulette 52 St. Louis Cardinals 14
George Burns 51 New York Giants 15
Zack Wheat 51 Brooklyn Robins  
Max Carey 48 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Tommy Griffith 48 Cincinnati Reds  
Jake Daubert 47 Brooklyn Robins 19
Art Fletcher 47 New York Giants  
Lena Blackburne 45 Cincinnati Reds 21
Fritz Mollwitz 45 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill McKechnie 43 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Billy Southworth 43 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Milt Stock 42 Philadelphia Phillies 25



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

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.