Runs Batted In : 1978 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1978 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

George Foster 120 Cincinnati Reds 1
Dave Parker 117 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Steve Garvey 113 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Greg Luzinski 101 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Jack Clark 98 San Francisco Giants 5
Willie Stargell 97 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Dave Winfield 97 San Diego Padres  
Willie Montanez 96 New York Mets 8
Reggie Smith 93 Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Ron Cey 84 Los Angeles Dodgers 10
Jose Cruz 83 Houston Astros 11
Bill Robinson 80 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Ted Simmons 80 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dave Kingman 79 Chicago Cubs 14
Dale Murphy 79 Atlanta Braves  
Bob Watson 79 Houston Astros  
Darrell Evans 78 San Francisco Giants 17
Tony Perez 78 Montreal Expos  
Mike Schmidt 78 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jeff Burroughs 77 Atlanta Braves 20
Ellis Valentine 76 Montreal Expos 21
George Hendrick 75 San Diego Padres 22
St. Louis Cardinals  
Joe Morgan 75 Cincinnati Reds  
Ken Reitz 75 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill Buckner 74 Chicago Cubs 25



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.

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.

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.