Top 25 Runs Batted In in 1999 in the National League

Runs Batted In : 1999 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)

1999 Runs Batted In Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Runs Batted In Team Rank

Mark McGwire 147 St. Louis Cardinals 1

Matt Williams 142 Arizona Diamondbacks 2

Sammy Sosa 141 Chicago Cubs 3

Dante Bichette 133 Colorado Rockies 4

Vladimir Guerrero 131 Montreal Expos 5

Jeff Bagwell 126 Houston Astros 6

Mike Piazza 124 New York Mets 7

Robin Ventura 120 New York Mets 8

Greg Vaughn 118 Cincinnati Reds 9

Brian Giles 115 Pittsburgh Pirates 10

Brian Jordan 115 Atlanta Braves

Larry Walker 115 Colorado Rockies

Todd Helton 113 Colorado Rockies 13

Jay Bell 112 Arizona Diamondbacks 14

Eric Karros 112 Los Angeles Dodgers

Luis Gonzalez 111 Arizona Diamondbacks 16

Chipper Jones 110 Atlanta Braves 17

Edgardo Alfonzo 108 New York Mets 18

Carl Everett 108 Houston Astros

Fernando Tatis 107 St. Louis Cardinals 20

Kevin Young 106 Pittsburgh Pirates 21

Jeromy Burnitz 103 Milwaukee Brewers 22

Steve Finley 103 Arizona Diamondbacks

Rico Brogna 102 Philadelphia Phillies 24

Vinny Castilla 102 Colorado Rockies

Name Runs Batted In Team Rank

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.

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

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