Runs Batted In : 1980 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"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)
 

1980 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Cecil Cooper 122 Milwaukee Brewers 1
George Brett 118 Kansas City Royals 2
Ben Oglivie 118 Milwaukee Brewers  
Al Oliver 117 Texas Rangers 4
Eddie Murray 116 Baltimore Orioles 5
Reggie Jackson 111 New York Yankees 6
Tony Armas 109 Oakland Athletics 7
Tony Perez 105 Boston Red Sox 8
Gorman Thomas 105 Milwaukee Brewers  
Ken Singleton 104 Baltimore Orioles 10
Steve Kemp 101 Detroit Tigers 11
Willie Aikens 98 Kansas City Royals 12
Jason Thompson 90 Detroit Tigers 13
California Angels  
Joe Charboneau 87 Cleveland Indians 14
Robin Yount 87 Milwaukee Brewers  
Jim Rice 86 Boston Red Sox 16
Rick Cerone 85 New York Yankees 17
Mike Hargrove 85 Cleveland Indians  
Buddy Bell 83 Texas Rangers 19
Hal McRae 83 Kansas City Royals  
Richie Hebner 82 Detroit Tigers 21
John Mayberry 82 Toronto Blue Jays  
Lance Parrish 82 Detroit Tigers  
Lamar Johnson 81 Chicago White Sox 24
Carney Lansford 80 California Angels 25



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).

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?

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.