Runs Batted In : 1937 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)
 

1937 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe Medwick 154 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Frank Demaree 115 Chicago Cubs 2
Johnny Mize 113 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Gus Suhr 97 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Mel Ott 95 New York Giants 5
Al Todd 86 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Gabby Hartnett 82 Chicago Cubs 7
Dolph Camilli 80 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Tony Cuccinello 80 Boston Bees  
Pinky Whitney 79 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Augie Galan 78 Chicago Cubs 11
Don Padgett 74 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Paul Waner 74 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Heinie Manush 73 Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Arky Vaughan 72 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Ripper Collins 71 Chicago Cubs 16
Alex Kampouris 71 Cincinnati Reds  
Cookie Lavagetto 70 Brooklyn Dodgers 18
Gene Moore 70 Boston Bees  
Vince DiMaggio 69 Boston Bees 20
Jimmy Ripple 66 New York Giants 21
Wally Berger 65 Boston Bees 22
New York Giants  
Billy Herman 65 Chicago Cubs  
Billy Jurges 65 Chicago Cubs  
Johnny McCarthy 65 New York Giants  



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?

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.