Runs Batted In : 1968 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)
 

1968 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Willie McCovey 105 San Francisco Giants 1
Ron Santo 98 Chicago Cubs 2
Billy Williams 98 Chicago Cubs  
Tony Perez 92 Cincinnati Reds 4
Dick Allen 90 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Donn Clendenon 87 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Hank Aaron 86 Atlanta Braves 7
Ernie Banks 83 Chicago Cubs 8
Johnny Bench 82 Cincinnati Reds 9
Lee May 80 Cincinnati Reds 10
Willie Mays 79 San Francisco Giants 11
Mike Shannon 79 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Ray Hart 78 San Francisco Giants 13
Orlando Cepeda 73 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Rusty Staub 72 Houston Astros 15
Willie Stargell 67 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Jimmy Wynn 67 Houston Astros  
Randy Hundley 65 Chicago Cubs 18
Curt Flood 60 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Ron Swoboda 59 New York Mets 20
Alex Johnson 58 Cincinnati Reds 21
Felipe Alou 57 Atlanta Braves 22
Roberto Clemente 57 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Denis Menke 56 Houston Astros 24
Cleon Jones 55 New York Mets 25



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

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.

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).