Runs Batted In : 1930 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)
 

1930 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lou Gehrig 174 New York Yankees 1
Al Simmons 165 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Jimmie Foxx 156 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Babe Ruth 153 New York Yankees 4
Goose Goslin 138 Washington Senators 5
St. Louis Browns  
Ed Morgan 136 Cleveland Indians 6
Dale Alexander 135 Detroit Tigers 7
Joe Cronin 126 Washington Senators 8
Johnny Hodapp 121 Cleveland Indians 9
Tony Lazzeri 121 New York Yankees  
Earl Averill 119 Cleveland Indians 11
Smead Jolley 114 Chicago White Sox 12
Red Kress 112 St. Louis Browns 13
Carl Reynolds 104 Chicago White Sox 14
Bing Miller 100 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Charlie Gehringer 98 Detroit Tigers 16
Harry Rice 98 Detroit Tigers  
New York Yankees  
Heinie Manush 94 St. Louis Browns 18
Washington Senators  
Marty McManus 89 Detroit Tigers 19
Mickey Cochrane 85 Philadelphia Athletics 20
Earle Combs 82 New York Yankees 21
Ben Chapman 81 New York Yankees 22
Joe Judge 80 Washington Senators 23
Jimmy Dykes 73 Philadelphia Athletics 24
Sam Rice 73 Washington Senators  



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?