1997 Runs Batted In Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Runs Batted In	Team	Rank
Ken Griffey, Jr.	147	Seattle Mariners	1
Tino Martinez	141	New York Yankees	2
Juan Gonzalez	131	Texas Rangers	3
Tim Salmon	129	Anaheim Angels	4
Frank Thomas	125	Chicago White Sox	5
Tony Clark	117	Detroit Tigers	6
Paul O'Neill	117	New York Yankees
Albert Belle	116	Chicago White Sox	8
Jeff King	112	Kansas City Royals	9
Rafael Palmeiro	110	Baltimore Orioles	10
Jay Buhner	109	Seattle Mariners	11
Edgar Martinez	108	Seattle Mariners	12
Matt Williams	105	Cleveland Indians	13
Joe Carter	102	Toronto Blue Jays	14
Travis Fryman	102	Detroit Tigers
Jim Thome	102	Cleveland Indians
Bobby Higginson	101	Detroit Tigers	17
David Justice	101	Cleveland Indians
Bernie Williams	100	New York Yankees	19
Nomar Garciaparra	98	Boston Red Sox	20
Mo Vaughn	96	Boston Red Sox	21
Garret Anderson	92	Anaheim Angels	22
Jay Bell	92	Kansas City Royals
Carlos Delgado	91	Toronto Blue Jays	24
Geronimo Berroa	90	Oakland Athletics	25
		Baltimore Orioles
Name	Runs Batted In	Team	Rank

	The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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. 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.