Runs Batted In : 1956 National League Top 25

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1956 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Stan Musial 109 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Joe Adcock 103 Milwaukee Braves 2
Ted Kluszewski 102 Cincinnati Redlegs 3
Duke Snider 101 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Ken Boyer 98 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Del Ennis 95 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Stan Lopata 95 Philadelphia Phillies  
Eddie Mathews 95 Milwaukee Braves  
Hank Aaron 92 Milwaukee Braves 9
Dale Long 91 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Gil Hodges 87 Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Ernie Banks 85 Chicago Cubs 12
Gus Bell 84 Cincinnati Redlegs 13
Willie Mays 84 New York Giants  
Carl Furillo 83 Brooklyn Dodgers 15
Wally Post 83 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Frank Robinson 83 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Frank Thomas 80 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Willie Jones 78 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Ed Bailey 75 Cincinnati Redlegs 20
Bobby Thomson 74 Milwaukee Braves 21
Roy Campanella 73 Brooklyn Dodgers 22
Wally Moon 68 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Walt Moryn 67 Chicago Cubs 24
Ray Jablonski 66 Cincinnati Redlegs 25



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.

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).