Runs Batted In : 1936 American League Top 25

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1936 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Hal Trosky 162 Cleveland Indians 1
Lou Gehrig 152 New York Yankees 2
Jimmie Foxx 143 Boston Red Sox 3
Zeke Bonura 138 Chicago White Sox 4
Moose Solters 134 St. Louis Browns 5
Luke Appling 128 Chicago White Sox 6
Earl Averill 126 Cleveland Indians 7
Joe DiMaggio 125 New York Yankees 8
Goose Goslin 125 Detroit Tigers  
Beau Bell 123 St. Louis Browns 10
Bob Johnson 121 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Joe Kuhel 118 Washington Senators 12
Charlie Gehringer 116 Detroit Tigers 13
Al Simmons 112 Detroit Tigers 14
Tony Lazzeri 109 New York Yankees 15
Bill Dickey 107 New York Yankees 16
George Selkirk 107 New York Yankees  
Marv Owen 105 Detroit Tigers 18
Jim Bottomley 95 St. Louis Browns 19
Joe Vosmik 94 Cleveland Indians 20
Gee Walker 93 Detroit Tigers 21
Cecil Travis 92 Washington Senators 22
John Stone 90 Washington Senators 23
Odell Hale 87 Cleveland Indians 24
Jackie Hayes 84 Chicago White Sox 25



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?

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).

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.