Runs Batted In : 1928 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)
 

1928 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lou Gehrig 142 New York Yankees 1
Babe Ruth 142 New York Yankees  
Bob Meusel 113 New York Yankees 3
Heinie Manush 108 St. Louis Browns 4
Harry Heilmann 107 Detroit Tigers 5
Al Simmons 107 Philadelphia Athletics  
Goose Goslin 102 Washington Senators 7
Joe Judge 93 Washington Senators 8
Bing Miller 85 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Fred Schulte 85 St. Louis Browns  
Willie Kamm 84 Chicago White Sox 11
Tony Lazzeri 82 New York Yankees 12
Red Kress 81 St. Louis Browns 13
Harry Rice 81 Detroit Tigers  
Lu Blue 80 St. Louis Browns 15
Jimmie Foxx 79 Philadelphia Athletics 16
Ossie Bluege 75 Washington Senators 17
Bill Regan 75 Boston Red Sox  
Charlie Gehringer 74 Detroit Tigers 19
Johnny Hodapp 73 Cleveland Indians 20
Marty McManus 73 Detroit Tigers  
Phil Todt 73 Boston Red Sox  
Joe Sewell 70 Cleveland Indians 23
Ken Williams 67 Boston Red Sox 24
Otis Brannan 66 St. Louis Browns 25



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.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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.