Runs Batted In : 1920 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)
 

1920 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby 94 St. Louis Cardinals 1
George Kelly 94 New York Giants  
Edd Roush 90 Cincinnati Reds 3
Pat Duncan 83 Cincinnati Reds 4
Hy Myers 80 Brooklyn Robins 5
Ross Youngs 78 New York Giants 6
Frankie Frisch 77 New York Giants 7
Milt Stock 76 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Dave Robertson 75 Chicago Cubs 9
Possum Whitted 74 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Zack Wheat 73 Brooklyn Robins 11
Cy Williams 72 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Dode Paskert 71 Chicago Cubs 13
Irish Meusel 69 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Austin McHenry 65 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Walter Holke 64 Boston Braves 16
Ed Konetchy 63 Brooklyn Robins 17
Doc Lavan 63 St. Louis Cardinals  
Tony Boeckel 62 Boston Braves 19
Art Fletcher 62 New York Giants  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Jack Fournier 61 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Larry Kopf 59 Cincinnati Reds 22
Pete Kilduff 58 Brooklyn Robins 23
Cliff Heathcote 56 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Charlie Grimm 54 Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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.

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