Runs Batted In : 1945 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)
 

1945 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Nick Etten 111 New York Yankees 1
Roy Cullenbine 93 Cleveland Indians 2
Detroit Tigers  
Vern Stephens 89 St. Louis Browns 3
Rudy York 87 Detroit Tigers 4
George Binks 81 Washington Senators 5
Joe Kuhel 75 Washington Senators 6
Bob Johnson 74 Boston Red Sox 7
Roy Schalk 65 Chicago White Sox 8
Snuffy Stirnweiss 64 New York Yankees 9
Catfish Metkovich 62 Boston Red Sox 10
Jeff Heath 61 Cleveland Indians 11
George McQuinn 61 St. Louis Browns  
Hank Greenberg 60 Detroit Tigers 13
Milt Byrnes 59 St. Louis Browns 14
Doc Cramer 58 Detroit Tigers 15
Johnny Dickshot 58 Chicago White Sox  
Frankie Hayes 57 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Cleveland Indians  
George Kell 56 Philadelphia Athletics 18
Mickey Rocco 56 Cleveland Indians  
Pat Seerey 56 Cleveland Indians  
Oris Hockett 55 Chicago White Sox 21
Eddie Mayo 54 Detroit Tigers 22
Cass Michaels 54 Chicago White Sox  
Harlond Clift 53 Washington Senators 24
Hersh Martin 53 New York Yankees  



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.

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.