Runs Batted In : 2002 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

2002 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Alex Rodriguez 142 Texas Rangers 1
Magglio Ordonez 135 Chicago White Sox 2
Miguel Tejada 131 Oakland Athletics 3
Garret Anderson 123 Anaheim Angels 4
Jason Giambi 122 New York Yankees 5
Nomar Garciaparra 120 Boston Red Sox 6
Jim Thome 118 Cleveland Indians 7
Troy Glaus 111 Anaheim Angels 8
Eric Chavez 109 Oakland Athletics 9
Carlos Delgado 108 Toronto Blue Jays 10
Bret Boone 107 Seattle Mariners 11
Manny Ramirez 107 Boston Red Sox  
Carlos Beltran 105 Kansas City Royals 13
Rafael Palmeiro 105 Texas Rangers  
Paul Konerko 104 Chicago White Sox 15
Raul Ibanez 103 Kansas City Royals 16
John Olerud 102 Seattle Mariners 17
Alfonso Soriano 102 New York Yankees  
Bernie Williams 102 New York Yankees  
Vernon Wells 100 Toronto Blue Jays 20
Jorge Posada 99 New York Yankees 21
Torii Hunter 94 Minnesota Twins 22
Trot Nixon 94 Boston Red Sox  
Robin Ventura 93 New York Yankees 24
Frank Thomas 92 Chicago White Sox 25



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.

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.

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).