Runs Batted In : 1970 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
 

1970 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Johnny Bench 148 Cincinnati Reds 1
Tony Perez 129 Cincinnati Reds 2
Billy Williams 129 Chicago Cubs  
Willie McCovey 126 San Francisco Giants 4
Hank Aaron 118 Atlanta Braves 5
Jim Hickman 115 Chicago Cubs 6
Ron Santo 114 Chicago Cubs 7
Orlando Cepeda 111 Atlanta Braves 8
Wes Parker 111 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Dick Dietz 107 San Francisco Giants 10
Dick Allen 101 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Rico Carty 101 Atlanta Braves  
Joe Torre 100 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Donn Clendenon 97 New York Mets 14
Lee May 94 Cincinnati Reds 15
Rusty Staub 94 Montreal Expos  
Willie Davis 93 Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Cito Gaston 93 San Diego Padres  
Deron Johnson 93 Philadelphia Phillies  
Denis Menke 92 Houston Astros 20
Ollie Brown 89 San Diego Padres 21
Ken Henderson 88 San Francisco Giants 22
Jimmy Wynn 88 Houston Astros  
Doug Rader 87 Houston Astros 24
Nate Colbert 86 San Diego Padres 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).

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.