Runs Batted In : 1949 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)
 

1949 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ralph Kiner 127 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Jackie Robinson 124 Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Stan Musial 123 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Gil Hodges 115 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Del Ennis 110 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Bobby Thomson 109 New York Giants 6
Carl Furillo 106 Brooklyn Dodgers 7
Wally Westlake 104 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Hank Sauer 99 Cincinnati Reds 9
Chicago Cubs  
Enos Slaughter 96 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Duke Snider 92 Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Sid Gordon 90 New York Giants 12
Walker Cooper 83 New York Giants 13
Cincinnati Reds  
Roy Campanella 82 Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Willie Jones 77 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Bob Elliott 76 Boston Braves 16
Pee Wee Reese 73 Brooklyn Dodgers 17
Marty Marion 70 St. Louis Cardinals 18
Willard Marshall 70 New York Giants  
Grady Hatton 69 Cincinnati Reds 20
Andy Pafko 69 Chicago Cubs  
Ted Kluszewski 68 Cincinnati Reds 22
Andy Seminick 68 Philadelphia Phillies  
Whitey Lockman 65 New York Giants 24
Nippy Jones 62 St. Louis Cardinals 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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).