Runs Batted In : 1919 National League Top 25

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1919 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hy Myers 73 Brooklyn Robins 1
Rogers Hornsby 71 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Edd Roush 71 Cincinnati Reds  
Benny Kauff 67 New York Giants 4
Heinie Groh 63 Cincinnati Reds 5
Fred Merkle 62 Chicago Cubs 6
Zack Wheat 62 Brooklyn Robins  
Billy Southworth 61 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Irish Meusel 59 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Larry Kopf 58 Cincinnati Reds 10
Heinie Zimmerman 58 New York Giants  
Tommy Griffith 57 Brooklyn Robins 12
Art Fletcher 54 New York Giants 13
Greasy Neale 54 Cincinnati Reds  
Possum Whitted 53 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Charlie Deal 52 Chicago Cubs 16
Larry Doyle 52 New York Giants  
Milt Stock 52 St. Louis Cardinals  
George Cutshaw 51 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Fred Luderus 49 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Walter Holke 48 Boston Braves 21
Ed Konetchy 47 Brooklyn Robins 22
Austin McHenry 47 St. Louis Cardinals  
George Burns 46 New York Giants 24
Hal Chase 45 New York Giants 25



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.

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.