Runs Batted In : 1942 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)
 

1942 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Johnny Mize 110 New York Giants 1
Dolph Camilli 109 Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Enos Slaughter 98 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Joe Medwick 96 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Mel Ott 93 New York Giants 5
Bob Elliott 89 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Frank McCormick 89 Cincinnati Reds  
Bill Nicholson 78 Chicago Cubs 8
Vince DiMaggio 75 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Stan Musial 72 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Jimmy Brown 71 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Walker Cooper 65 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Billy Herman 65 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Lou Novikoff 64 Chicago Cubs 14
Pete Reiser 64 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Willard Marshall 59 New York Giants 16
Babe Young 59 New York Giants  
Babe Barna 58 New York Giants 18
Elbie Fletcher 57 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Danny Litwhiler 56 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Max West 56 Boston Braves  
Nanny Fernandez 55 Boston Braves 22
Phil Cavarretta 54 Chicago Cubs 23
Bert Haas 54 Cincinnati Reds  
Marty Marion 54 St. Louis Cardinals  



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.

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