Runs Batted In : 1981 American League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1981 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Eddie Murray 78 Baltimore Orioles 1
Tony Armas 76 Oakland Athletics 2
Ben Oglivie 72 Milwaukee Brewers 3
Dwight Evans 71 Boston Red Sox 4
Dave Winfield 68 New York Yankees 5
Don Baylor 66 California Angels 6
Tom Paciorek 66 Seattle Mariners  
Gorman Thomas 65 Milwaukee Brewers 8
Buddy Bell 64 Texas Rangers 9
Greg Luzinski 62 Chicago White Sox 10
Jim Rice 62 Boston Red Sox  
Bobby Grich 61 California Angels 12
Ted Simmons 61 Milwaukee Brewers  
Cecil Cooper 60 Milwaukee Brewers 14
Dwayne Murphy 60 Oakland Athletics  
Cliff Johnson 59 Oakland Athletics 16
Amos Otis 57 Kansas City Royals 17
Doug DeCinces 55 Baltimore Orioles 18
Al Oliver 55 Texas Rangers  
Reggie Jackson 54 New York Yankees 20
Willie Aikens 53 Kansas City Royals 21
Carl Yastrzemski 53 Boston Red Sox  
Carney Lansford 52 Boston Red Sox 23
Chet Lemon 50 Chicago White Sox 24
Mike Hargrove 49 Cleveland Indians 25



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.

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.

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.