Runs Batted In : 1944 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)
 

1944 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bill Nicholson 122 Chicago Cubs 1
Bob Elliott 108 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Ron Northey 104 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Frank McCormick 102 Cincinnati Reds 4
Ray Sanders 102 St. Louis Cardinals  
Babe Dahlgren 101 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Stan Musial 94 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Augie Galan 93 Brooklyn Dodgers 8
Dixie Walker 91 Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Whitey Kurowski 87 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Joe Medwick 85 New York Giants 11
Luis Olmo 85 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Johnny Barrett 83 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Howie Schultz 83 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Phil Cavarretta 82 Chicago Cubs 15
Danny Litwhiler 82 St. Louis Cardinals  
Mel Ott 82 New York Giants  
Phil Weintraub 77 New York Giants 18
Dom Dallessandro 74 Chicago Cubs 19
Tommy Holmes 73 Boston Braves 20
Ray Mueller 73 Cincinnati Reds  
Walker Cooper 72 St. Louis Cardinals 22
Johnny Hopp 72 St. Louis Cardinals  
Don Johnson 71 Chicago Cubs 24
Jim Russell 66 Pittsburgh Pirates 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.

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