Top 25 Runs Batted In in 1998 in the National League

Runs Batted In : 1998 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)

1998 Runs Batted In Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Runs Batted In Team Rank

Sammy Sosa 158 Chicago Cubs 1

Mark McGwire 147 St. Louis Cardinals 2

Vinny Castilla 144 Colorado Rockies 3

Jeff Kent 128 San Francisco Giants 4

Jeromy Burnitz 125 Milwaukee Brewers 5

Moises Alou 124 Houston Astros 6

Dante Bichette 122 Colorado Rockies 7

Barry Bonds 122 San Francisco Giants

Andres Galarraga 121 Atlanta Braves 9

Greg Vaughn 119 San Diego Padres 10

Jeff Bagwell 111 Houston Astros 11

Mike Piazza 111 Los Angeles Dodgers

Florida Marlins

New York Mets

Scott Rolen 110 Philadelphia Phillies 13

Vladimir Guerrero 109 Montreal Expos 14

Derek Bell 108 Houston Astros 15

Kevin Young 108 Pittsburgh Pirates

Chipper Jones 107 Atlanta Braves 17

Javy Lopez 106 Atlanta Braves 18

Ray Lankford 105 St. Louis Cardinals 19

Rico Brogna 104 Philadelphia Phillies 20

Todd Helton 97 Colorado Rockies 21

Bret Boone 95 Cincinnati Reds 22

John Olerud 93 New York Mets 23

Brian Jordan 91 St. Louis Cardinals 24

Cliff Floyd 90 Florida Marlins 25

Name Runs Batted In Team Rank

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.

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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