Runs Batted In : 1905 American League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1905 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Harry Davis 83 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Lave Cross 77 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Jiggs Donahue 76 Chicago White Sox 3
Sam Crawford 75 Detroit Tigers 4
Terry Turner 72 Cleveland Naps 5
Danny Murphy 71 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Charlie Hickman 66 Detroit Tigers 7
Washington Senators  
Jake Stahl 66 Washington Senators  
Jimmy Collins 65 Boston Americans 9
Elmer Flick 64 Cleveland Naps 10
Frank Huelsman 62 Washington Senators 11
Jimmy Williams 62 New York Highlanders  
Hobe Ferris 59 Boston Americans 13
Socks Seybold 59 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bobby Wallace 59 St. Louis Browns  
Harry Gleason 57 St. Louis Browns 16
George Davis 55 Chicago White Sox 17
Kid Elberfeld 53 New York Highlanders 18
John Anderson 52 New York Highlanders 19
Washington Senators  
George Stone 52 St. Louis Browns  
Bill Bradley 51 Cleveland Naps 21
Hal Chase 49 New York Highlanders 22
Buck Freeman 49 Boston Americans  
Tom Jones 48 St. Louis Browns 24
Jesse Burkett 47 Boston Americans 25



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

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 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?