Runs Batted In : 1910 American 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)
 

1910 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Sam Crawford 120 Detroit Tigers 1
Ty Cobb 91 Detroit Tigers 2
Eddie Collins 81 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Jake Stahl 77 Boston Red Sox 4
Nap Lajoie 76 Cleveland Naps 5
Frank Baker 74 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Hal Chase 73 New York Highlanders 7
Birdie Cree 73 New York Highlanders  
Duffy Lewis 68 Boston Red Sox 9
Frank LaPorte 67 New York Highlanders 10
Tris Speaker 65 Boston Red Sox 11
Danny Murphy 64 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Jack Barry 60 Philadelphia Athletics 13
George Moriarty 60 Detroit Tigers  
Rube Oldring 57 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Ted Easterly 55 Cleveland Naps 16
George McBride 55 Washington Senators  
Bill Carrigan 53 Boston Red Sox 18
George Stovall 52 Cleveland Naps 19
Heinie Wagner 52 Boston Red Sox  
Billy Purtell 51 Chicago White Sox 21
Boston Red Sox  
Doc Gessler 50 Washington Senators 22
Jim Delahanty 45 Detroit Tigers 23
Tom Jones 45 Detroit Tigers  
John Knight 45 New York Highlanders  



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 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?