Runs Batted In : 1990 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)
 

1990 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Cecil Fielder 132 Detroit Tigers 1
Kelly Gruber 118 Toronto Blue Jays 2
Mark McGwire 108 Oakland Athletics 3
Jose Canseco 101 Oakland Athletics 4
Ruben Sierra 96 Texas Rangers 5
Candy Maldonado 95 Cleveland Indians 6
Dave Parker 92 Milwaukee Brewers 7
Ellis Burks 89 Boston Red Sox 8
Rafael Palmeiro 89 Texas Rangers  
Alan Trammell 89 Detroit Tigers  
Fred McGriff 88 Toronto Blue Jays 11
George Brett 87 Kansas City Royals 12
George Bell 86 Toronto Blue Jays 13
Gary Gaetti 85 Minnesota Twins 14
Pete Incaviglia 85 Texas Rangers  
Cal Ripken, Jr. 84 Baltimore Orioles 16
Ken Griffey, Jr. 80 Seattle Mariners 17
Kirby Puckett 80 Minnesota Twins  
Kent Hrbek 79 Minnesota Twins 19
Jesse Barfield 78 New York Yankees 20
Bo Jackson 78 Kansas City Royals  
Dave Winfield 78 New York Yankees  
California Angels  
Robin Yount 77 Milwaukee Brewers 23
Brook Jacoby 75 Cleveland Indians 24
Jeffrey Leonard 75 Seattle Mariners  



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).

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?