Runs Batted In : 1890 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)
 

1890 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Oyster Burns 128 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1
Cap Anson 107 Chicago Colts 2
Sam Thompson 102 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Walt Wilmot 99 Chicago Colts 4
Dave Foutz 98 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 5
Tom Burns 86 Chicago Colts 6
John Reilly 86 Cincinnati Reds  
George Pinkney 83 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 8
Al Myers 81 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Bug Holliday 75 Cincinnati Reds 10
Jack Clements 74 Philadelphia Phillies 11
George Davis 73 Cleveland Spiders 12
Lefty Marr 73 Cincinnati Reds  
Ollie Beard 72 Cincinnati Reds 14
Ed Mayer 70 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Hub Collins 69 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 16
Steve Brodie 67 Boston Beaneaters 17
Joe Knight 67 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Glasscock 66 New York Giants 19
Doggie Miller 66 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Cliff Carroll 65 Chicago Colts 21
Joe Hornung 65 New York Giants  
Darby O'Brien 63 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 23
Tommy Tucker 62 Boston Beaneaters 24
Ed McKean 61 Cleveland Spiders 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).

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