Runs Batted In : 1877 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1877 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Deacon White 49 Boston Red Caps 1
John Peters 41 Chicago White Stockings 2
Ezra Sutton 39 Boston Red Caps 3
Charley Jones 38 Cincinnati Red Stockings 4
Chicago White Stockings  
Tom York 37 Hartford Dark Blues 5
Jack Manning 36 Cincinnati Red Stockings 6
Cal McVey 36 Chicago White Stockings  
Bob Ferguson 35 Hartford Dark Blues 8
Joe Gerhardt 35 Louisville Grays  
Al Spalding 35 Chicago White Stockings  
George Wright 35 Boston Red Caps  
John Clapp 34 St. Louis Brown Stockings 12
Orator Shafer 34 Louisville Grays  
Cap Anson 32 Chicago White Stockings 14
Bob Addy 31 Cincinnati Red Stockings 15
Lew Brown 31 Boston Red Caps  
Tommy Bond 30 Boston Red Caps 17
Bill Craver 29 Louisville Grays 18
John Morrill 28 Boston Red Caps 19
Pop Snyder 28 Louisville Grays  
John Cassidy 27 Hartford Dark Blues 21
Art Croft 27 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Jim Devlin 27 Louisville Grays  
Andy Leonard 27 Boston Red Caps  
George Hall 26 Louisville Grays 25



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.

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.