Runs Batted In : 1979 National League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1979 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dave Winfield 118 San Diego Padres 1
Dave Kingman 115 Chicago Cubs 2
Mike Schmidt 114 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Steve Garvey 110 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Keith Hernandez 105 St. Louis Cardinals 5
George Foster 98 Cincinnati Reds 6
Bob Horner 98 Atlanta Braves  
Dave Parker 94 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Andre Dawson 92 Montreal Expos 9
Gary Matthews 90 Atlanta Braves 10
Mike Ivie 89 San Francisco Giants 11
Dusty Baker 88 Los Angeles Dodgers 12
Ted Simmons 87 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Jack Clark 86 San Francisco Giants 14
Bill Madlock 85 San Francisco Giants 15
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dave Concepcion 84 Cincinnati Reds 16
Larry Parrish 82 Montreal Expos 17
Willie Stargell 82 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ellis Valentine 82 Montreal Expos  
Ron Cey 81 Los Angeles Dodgers 20
Greg Luzinski 81 Philadelphia Phillies  
Johnny Bench 80 Cincinnati Reds 22
Richie Hebner 79 New York Mets 23
Ray Knight 79 Cincinnati Reds  
Lee Mazzilli 79 New York Mets  



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

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.

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.