Runs Batted In : 1936 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)
 

1936 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe Medwick 138 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Mel Ott 135 New York Giants 2
Gus Suhr 118 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Chuck Klein 104 Chicago Cubs 4
Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Brubaker 102 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Dolph Camilli 102 Philadelphia Phillies  
Frank Demaree 96 Chicago Cubs 7
Paul Waner 94 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Billy Herman 93 Chicago Cubs 9
Johnny Mize 93 St. Louis Cardinals  
Wally Berger 91 Boston Bees 11
Tony Cuccinello 86 Boston Bees 12
Buddy Hassett 82 Brooklyn Dodgers 13
Augie Galan 81 Chicago Cubs 14
Stan Hack 78 Chicago Cubs 15
Arky Vaughan 78 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Pep Young 77 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Pepper Martin 76 St. Louis Cardinals 18
Leo Norris 76 Philadelphia Phillies  
Kiki Cuyler 74 Cincinnati Reds 20
Ival Goodman 71 Cincinnati Reds 21
Babe Herman 71 Cincinnati Reds  
Ernie Lombardi 68 Cincinnati Reds 23
Johnny Moore 68 Philadelphia Phillies  
Hank Leiber 67 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?

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.

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.