Runs Batted In : 1880 National 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)
 

1880 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Cap Anson 74 Chicago White Stockings 1
King Kelly 60 Chicago White Stockings 2
Roger Connor 47 Troy Trojans 3
George Gore 47 Chicago White Stockings  
Jim O'Rourke 45 Boston Red Caps 5
John Morrill 44 Boston Red Caps 6
Tom Burns 43 Chicago White Stockings 7
Joe Hornung 42 Buffalo Bisons 8
Pete Hotaling 41 Cleveland Blues 9
Charley Jones 37 Boston Red Caps 10
Abner Dalrymple 36 Chicago White Stockings 11
Jack Farrell 36 Providence Grays  
John O'Rourke 36 Boston Red Caps  
Bill Phillips 36 Cleveland Blues  
Jack Rowe 36 Buffalo Bisons  
Art Whitney 36 Worcester Ruby Legs  
Jack Burdock 35 Boston Red Caps 17
Dude Esterbrook 35 Buffalo Bisons  
Paul Hines 35 Providence Grays  
Arthur Irwin 35 Worcester Ruby Legs  
Emil Gross 34 Providence Grays 21
Lee Richmond 34 Worcester Ruby Legs  
Ned Hanlon 32 Cleveland Blues 23
Mike Dorgan 31 Providence Grays 24
Curry Foley 31 Boston Red Caps  



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.

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