Runs Batted In : 1945 National League Top 25

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"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1945 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dixie Walker 124 Brooklyn Dodgers 1
Tommy Holmes 117 Boston Braves 2
Luis Olmo 110 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Andy Pafko 110 Chicago Cubs  
Buster Adams 109 Philadelphia Phillies 5
St. Louis Cardinals  
Bob Elliott 108 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Whitey Kurowski 102 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Phil Cavarretta 97 Chicago Cubs 8
Augie Galan 92 Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Peanuts Lowrey 89 Chicago Cubs 10
Bill Nicholson 88 Chicago Cubs 11
Chuck Workman 87 Boston Braves 12
Vince DiMaggio 84 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Frank McCormick 81 Cincinnati Reds 14
Mel Ott 79 New York Giants 15
Ray Sanders 78 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Jim Russell 77 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Babe Dahlgren 75 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Goody Rosen 75 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Carden Gillenwater 72 Boston Braves 20
Emil Verban 72 St. Louis Cardinals  
Danny Gardella 71 New York Giants 22
Ernie Lombardi 70 New York Giants 23
Johnny Barrett 67 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Frankie Gustine 66 Pittsburgh Pirates 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.

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.

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.