Runs Batted In : 1888 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)
 

1888 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Cap Anson 84 Chicago White Stockings 1
Billy Nash 75 Boston Beaneaters 2
Jack Rowe 74 Detroit Wolverines 3
Ned Williamson 73 Chicago White Stockings 4
Roger Connor 71 New York Giants 5
King Kelly 71 Boston Beaneaters  
Deacon White 71 Detroit Wolverines  
Tom Burns 70 Chicago White Stockings 8
Dick Johnston 68 Boston Beaneaters 9
Larry Twitchell 67 Detroit Wolverines 10
Dan Brouthers 66 Detroit Wolverines 11
Billy O'Brien 66 Washington Senators  
Jimmy Ryan 64 Chicago White Stockings 13
Jerry Denny 63 Indianapolis Hoosiers 14
Bill Kuehne 62 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 15
Danny Richardson 61 New York Giants 16
Charley Bassett 60 Indianapolis Hoosiers 17
Buck Ewing 58 New York Giants 18
Paul Hines 58 Indianapolis Hoosiers  
Fred Pfeffer 57 Chicago White Stockings 20
Sid Farrar 53 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Joe Hornung 53 Boston Beaneaters  
Pop Smith 52 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 23
Mike Tiernan 52 New York Giants  
George Wood 51 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.

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.