Runs Batted In : 1984 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)
 

1984 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Gary Carter 106 Montreal Expos 1
Mike Schmidt 106 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dale Murphy 100 Atlanta Braves 3
Ron Cey 97 Chicago Cubs 4
Darryl Strawberry 97 New York Mets  
Leon Durham 96 Chicago Cubs 6
Jose Cruz 95 Houston Astros 7
Jody Davis 94 Chicago Cubs 8
Keith Hernandez 94 New York Mets  
Dave Parker 94 Cincinnati Reds  
Andre Dawson 86 Montreal Expos 11
George Foster 86 New York Mets  
Steve Garvey 86 San Diego Padres  
Jeffrey Leonard 86 San Francisco Giants  
Ryne Sandberg 84 Chicago Cubs 15
Jerry Mumphrey 83 Houston Astros 16
Gary Matthews 82 Chicago Cubs 17
Chili Davis 81 San Francisco Giants 18
Bob Brenly 80 San Francisco Giants 19
Keith Moreland 80 Chicago Cubs  
Tony Pena 78 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Kevin McReynolds 75 San Diego Padres 22
Jason Thompson 74 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Hubie Brooks 73 New York Mets 24
Pedro Guerrero 72 Los Angeles Dodgers 25



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.

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?

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.