Runs Batted In : 1922 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1922 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby 152 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Irish Meusel 132 New York Giants 2
Zack Wheat 112 Brooklyn Robins 3
George Kelly 107 New York Giants 4
Carson Bigbee 99 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Ray Grimes 99 Chicago Cubs  
Pat Duncan 94 Cincinnati Reds 7
Cy Williams 92 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Hy Myers 89 Brooklyn Robins 9
Curt Walker 89 Philadelphia Phillies  
Cotton Tierney 86 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Ross Youngs 86 New York Giants  
Pie Traynor 81 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Milt Stock 79 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Hack Miller 78 Chicago Cubs 15
Cliff Lee 77 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Charlie Grimm 76 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Reb Russell 75 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Babe Pinelli 72 Cincinnati Reds 19
Max Carey 70 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Frank Parkinson 70 Philadelphia Phillies  
Charlie Hollocher 69 Chicago Cubs 22
George Harper 68 Cincinnati Reds 23
Zeb Terry 67 Chicago Cubs 24
Jake Daubert 66 Cincinnati Reds 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.

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.