Runs Batted In : 1908 National League Top 25

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"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1908 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner 109 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Mike Donlin 106 New York Giants 2
Cy Seymour 92 New York Giants 3
Kitty Bransfield 71 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Joe Tinker 68 Chicago Cubs 5
Hans Lobert 63 Cincinnati Reds 6
Red Murray 62 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Harry Steinfeldt 62 Chicago Cubs  
Ed Abbaticchio 61 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Tim Jordan 60 Brooklyn Superbas 10
Johnny Kling 59 Chicago Cubs 11
Sherry Magee 57 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Frank Chance 55 Chicago Cubs 13
Dan McGann 55 Boston Doves  
Roger Bresnahan 54 New York Giants 15
Fred Clarke 53 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
John Ganzel 53 Cincinnati Reds  
Ginger Beaumont 52 Boston Doves 18
Ed Konetchy 50 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Mickey Doolan 49 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Fred Tenney 49 New York Giants  
Bill Dahlen 48 Boston Doves 22
John Titus 48 Philadelphia Phillies  
Al Bridwell 46 New York Giants 24
Art Devlin 45 New York Giants 25



The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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).

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.