Runs Batted In : 1974 American League Top 25

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"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1974 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jeff Burroughs 118 Texas Rangers 1
Sal Bando 103 Oakland Athletics 2
Joe Rudi 99 Oakland Athletics 3
Ken Henderson 95 Chicago White Sox 4
Bobby Darwin 94 Minnesota Twins 5
Reggie Jackson 93 Oakland Athletics 6
Dick Allen 88 Chicago White Sox 7
Hal McRae 88 Kansas City Royals  
Bobby Murcer 88 New York Yankees  
Tommy Davis 84 Baltimore Orioles 10
Bobby Grich 82 Baltimore Orioles 11
George Scott 82 Milwaukee Brewers  
Charlie Spikes 80 Cleveland Indians 13
Larry Hisle 79 Minnesota Twins 14
Carl Yastrzemski 79 Boston Red Sox  
Rico Petrocelli 76 Boston Red Sox 16
Graig Nettles 75 New York Yankees 17
Toby Harrah 74 Texas Rangers 18
Johnny Briggs 73 Milwaukee Brewers 19
Amos Otis 73 Kansas City Royals  
Gene Tenace 73 Oakland Athletics  
Dwight Evans 70 Boston Red Sox 22
Lou Piniella 70 New York Yankees  
John Mayberry 69 Kansas City Royals 24
Frank Robinson 68 California Angels 25
Cleveland Indians  



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.