Runs Batted In : 1926 American 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)
 

1926 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth 146 New York Yankees 1
George Burns 114 Cleveland Indians 2
Tony Lazzeri 114 New York Yankees  
Lou Gehrig 112 New York Yankees 4
Al Simmons 109 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Bibb Falk 108 Chicago White Sox 6
Goose Goslin 108 Washington Senators  
Harry Heilmann 103 Detroit Tigers 8
Joe Judge 92 Washington Senators 9
Baby Doll Jacobson 90 St. Louis Browns 10
Boston Red Sox  
Earl Sheely 89 Chicago White Sox 11
Heinie Manush 86 Detroit Tigers 12
Tris Speaker 86 Cleveland Indians  
Joe Sewell 85 Cleveland Indians 14
Bob Meusel 81 New York Yankees 15
Sam Rice 76 Washington Senators 16
Homer Summa 76 Cleveland Indians  
Ken Williams 74 St. Louis Browns 18
Bob Fothergill 73 Detroit Tigers 19
George Sisler 71 St. Louis Browns 20
Phil Todt 69 Boston Red Sox 21
Marty McManus 68 St. Louis Browns 22
Ossie Bluege 65 Washington Senators 23
Joe Dugan 64 New York Yankees 24
Bucky Harris 63 Washington Senators 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.

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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.