Runs Batted In : 1999 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
 

1999 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mark McGwire 147 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Matt Williams 142 Arizona Diamondbacks 2
Sammy Sosa 141 Chicago Cubs 3
Dante Bichette 133 Colorado Rockies 4
Vladimir Guerrero 131 Montreal Expos 5
Jeff Bagwell 126 Houston Astros 6
Mike Piazza 124 New York Mets 7
Robin Ventura 120 New York Mets 8
Greg Vaughn 118 Cincinnati Reds 9
Brian Giles 115 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Brian Jordan 115 Atlanta Braves  
Larry Walker 115 Colorado Rockies  
Todd Helton 113 Colorado Rockies 13
Jay Bell 112 Arizona Diamondbacks 14
Eric Karros 112 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Luis Gonzalez 111 Arizona Diamondbacks 16
Chipper Jones 110 Atlanta Braves 17
Edgardo Alfonzo 108 New York Mets 18
Carl Everett 108 Houston Astros  
Fernando Tatis 107 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Kevin Young 106 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Jeromy Burnitz 103 Milwaukee Brewers 22
Steve Finley 103 Arizona Diamondbacks  
Rico Brogna 102 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Vinny Castilla 102 Colorado Rockies  



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

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.