Runs Batted In : 1948 National League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1948 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Stan Musial 131 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Johnny Mize 125 New York Giants 2
Ralph Kiner 123 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Sid Gordon 107 New York Giants 4
Andy Pafko 101 Chicago Cubs 5
Bob Elliott 100 Boston Braves 6
Hank Sauer 97 Cincinnati Reds 7
Del Ennis 95 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Enos Slaughter 90 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Willard Marshall 86 New York Giants 10
Jackie Robinson 85 Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Nippy Jones 81 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Jeff Heath 76 Boston Braves 13
Johnny Wyrostek 76 Cincinnati Reds  
Pee Wee Reese 75 Brooklyn Dodgers 15
Danny Murtaugh 71 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Gil Hodges 70 Brooklyn Dodgers 17
Ed Stevens 69 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Bill Nicholson 67 Chicago Cubs 19
Earl Torgeson 67 Boston Braves  
Virgil Stallcup 65 Cincinnati Reds 21
Wally Westlake 65 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ron Northey 64 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Bobby Thomson 63 New York Giants 24
Tommy Holmes 61 Boston Braves 25



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.

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

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?