Runs Batted In : 1929 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)
 

1929 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hack Wilson 159 Chicago Cubs 1
Mel Ott 151 New York Giants 2
Rogers Hornsby 149 Chicago Cubs 3
Chuck Klein 145 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Jim Bottomley 137 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Chick Hafey 125 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Don Hurst 125 Philadelphia Phillies  
Lefty O'Doul 122 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Bill Terry 117 New York Giants 9
Pinky Whitney 115 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Babe Herman 113 Brooklyn Robins 11
Riggs Stephenson 110 Chicago Cubs 12
Pie Traynor 108 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
George Kelly 103 Cincinnati Reds 14
Kiki Cuyler 102 Chicago Cubs 15
Paul Waner 100 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Adam Comorosky 97 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Travis Jackson 94 New York Giants 18
Charlie Grimm 91 Chicago Cubs 19
Freddie Lindstrom 91 New York Giants  
George Grantham 90 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Earl Sheely 88 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Curt Walker 83 Cincinnati Reds 23
Harvey Hendrick 82 Brooklyn Robins 24
George Sisler 79 Boston Braves 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.

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?

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.