Runs Batted In : 1994 National League Top 25

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"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1994 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jeff Bagwell 116 Houston Astros 1
Matt Williams 96 San Francisco Giants 2
Dante Bichette 95 Colorado Rockies 3
Fred McGriff 94 Atlanta Braves 4
Mike Piazza 92 Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Larry Walker 86 Montreal Expos 6
Andres Galarraga 85 Colorado Rockies 7
Jeff Conine 82 Florida Marlins 8
Barry Bonds 81 San Francisco Giants 9
Moises Alou 78 Montreal Expos 10
Hal Morris 78 Cincinnati Reds  
Gary Sheffield 78 Florida Marlins  
Tim Wallach 78 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Kevin Mitchell 77 Cincinnati Reds 14
Ken Caminiti 75 Houston Astros 15
Todd Zeile 75 St. Louis Cardinals  
Sammy Sosa 70 Chicago Cubs 17
Bret Boone 68 Cincinnati Reds 18
Jeff Kent 68 New York Mets  
Bobby Bonilla 67 New York Mets 20
Luis Gonzalez 67 Houston Astros  
Tony Gwynn 64 San Diego Padres 22
Wil Cordero 63 Montreal Expos 23
Reggie Sanders 62 Cincinnati Reds 24
David Justice 59 Atlanta Braves 25



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 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?

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.