Top 25 Runs Batted In in 1970 in the National League

Runs Batted In : 1970 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1970 Runs Batted In Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Runs Batted In Team Rank

Johnny Bench 148 Cincinnati Reds 1

Tony Perez 129 Cincinnati Reds 2

Billy Williams 129 Chicago Cubs

Willie McCovey 126 San Francisco Giants 4

Hank Aaron 118 Atlanta Braves 5

Jim Hickman 115 Chicago Cubs 6

Ron Santo 114 Chicago Cubs 7

Orlando Cepeda 111 Atlanta Braves 8

Wes Parker 111 Los Angeles Dodgers

Dick Dietz 107 San Francisco Giants 10

Dick Allen 101 St. Louis Cardinals 11

Rico Carty 101 Atlanta Braves

Joe Torre 100 St. Louis Cardinals 13

Donn Clendenon 97 New York Mets 14

Lee May 94 Cincinnati Reds 15

Rusty Staub 94 Montreal Expos

Willie Davis 93 Los Angeles Dodgers 17

Cito Gaston 93 San Diego Padres

Deron Johnson 93 Philadelphia Phillies

Denis Menke 92 Houston Astros 20

Ollie Brown 89 San Diego Padres 21

Ken Henderson 88 San Francisco Giants 22

Jimmy Wynn 88 Houston Astros

Doug Rader 87 Houston Astros 24

Nate Colbert 86 San Diego Padres 25

Name Runs Batted In Team Rank

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).

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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?

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