Runs Batted In : 1934 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)
 

1934 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lou Gehrig 165 New York Yankees 1
Hal Trosky 142 Cleveland Indians 2
Hank Greenberg 139 Detroit Tigers 3
Jimmie Foxx 130 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Charlie Gehringer 127 Detroit Tigers 5
Roy Johnson 119 Boston Red Sox 6
Earl Averill 113 Cleveland Indians 7
Zeke Bonura 110 Chicago White Sox 8
Al Simmons 104 Chicago White Sox 9
Joe Cronin 101 Washington Senators 10
Odell Hale 101 Cleveland Indians  
Ray Pepper 101 St. Louis Browns  
Goose Goslin 100 Detroit Tigers 13
Billy Rogell 100 Detroit Tigers  
Marv Owen 96 Detroit Tigers 15
Bob Johnson 92 Philadelphia Athletics 16
Pinky Higgins 90 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Heinie Manush 89 Washington Senators 18
Ben Chapman 86 New York Yankees 19
Carl Reynolds 86 Boston Red Sox  
Babe Ruth 84 New York Yankees 21
Jimmy Dykes 82 Chicago White Sox 22
Eric McNair 82 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ed Morgan 79 Boston Red Sox 24
Joe Vosmik 78 Cleveland Indians 25



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.

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).

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.