Runs Batted In : 1952 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)
 

1952 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Al Rosen 105 Cleveland Indians 1
Larry Doby 104 Cleveland Indians 2
Eddie Robinson 104 Chicago White Sox  
Gus Zernial 100 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Yogi Berra 98 New York Yankees 5
Walt Dropo 97 Boston Red Sox 6
Detroit Tigers  
Luke Easter 97 Cleveland Indians  
Mickey Mantle 87 New York Yankees 8
Jackie Jensen 82 New York Yankees 9
Washington Senators  
Mickey Vernon 80 Washington Senators 10
Gil McDougald 78 New York Yankees 11
Eddie Joost 75 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Hank Bauer 74 New York Yankees 13
Bob Nieman 74 St. Louis Browns  
Dave Philley 71 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Vic Wertz 70 Detroit Tigers 16
St. Louis Browns  
Sam Mele 69 Washington Senators 17
Chicago White Sox  
Dick Gernert 67 Boston Red Sox 18
Harry Simpson 65 Cleveland Indians 19
Jim Dyck 64 St. Louis Browns 20
Pete Runnels 64 Washington Senators  
Gene Woodling 63 New York Yankees 22
Minnie Minoso 61 Chicago White Sox 23
Joe Collins 59 New York Yankees 24
Hoot Evers 59 Detroit Tigers  
Boston Red Sox  



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?

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).