Runs Batted In : 1886 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1886 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Cap Anson 147 Chicago White Stockings 1
Fred Pfeffer 95 Chicago White Stockings 2
Sam Thompson 89 Detroit Wolverines 3
Jack Rowe 87 Detroit Wolverines 4
John Ward 81 New York Giants 5
Mike Dorgan 79 New York Giants 6
King Kelly 79 Chicago White Stockings  
Deacon White 76 Detroit Wolverines 8
Dan Brouthers 72 Detroit Wolverines 9
Alex McKinnon 72 St. Louis Maroons  
Sam Wise 72 Boston Beaneaters  
Roger Connor 71 New York Giants 12
Fred Dunlap 69 St. Louis Maroons 13
Detroit Wolverines  
John Morrill 69 Boston Beaneaters  
Tom Burns 65 Chicago White Stockings 15
George Gore 63 Chicago White Stockings 16
Jerry Denny 62 St. Louis Maroons 17
Hardy Richardson 61 Detroit Wolverines 18
Ned Hanlon 60 Detroit Wolverines 19
Pete Gillespie 58 New York Giants 20
Ned Williamson 58 Chicago White Stockings  
Dick Johnston 57 Boston Beaneaters 22
Dave Rowe 57 Kansas City Cowboys  
Paul Hines 56 Washington Senators 24
Joe Mulvey 53 Philadelphia Phillies 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.

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).

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.