Runs Batted In : 1977 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1977 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

George Foster 149 Cincinnati Reds 1
Greg Luzinski 130 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Steve Garvey 115 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Jeff Burroughs 114 Atlanta Braves 4
Ron Cey 110 Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Bob Watson 110 Houston Astros  
Johnny Bench 109 Cincinnati Reds 7
Bill Robinson 104 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Mike Schmidt 101 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Ted Simmons 95 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Dave Winfield 92 San Diego Padres 11
Dan Driessen 91 Cincinnati Reds 12
Keith Hernandez 91 St. Louis Cardinals  
Tony Perez 91 Montreal Expos  
Bobby Murcer 89 Chicago Cubs 15
Dave Parker 88 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Jose Cruz 87 Houston Astros 17
Reggie Smith 87 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Dusty Baker 86 Los Angeles Dodgers 19
Willie McCovey 86 San Francisco Giants  
Gary Carter 84 Montreal Expos 21
Al Oliver 82 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
George Hendrick 81 San Diego Padres 23
Ken Reitz 79 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Garry Templeton 79 St. Louis Cardinals  



Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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).