Runs Batted In : 2005 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)
 

2005 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Andruw Jones 128 Atlanta Braves 1
Pat Burrell 117 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Albert Pujols 117 St. Louis Cardinals  
Miguel Cabrera 116 Florida Marlins 4
Carlos Delgado 115 Florida Marlins 5
Carlos Lee 114 Milwaukee Brewers 6
Derrek Lee 107 Chicago Cubs 7
Jeff Kent 105 Los Angeles Dodgers 8
Chase Utley 105 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bobby Abreu 102 Philadelphia Phillies 10
David Wright 102 New York Mets  
Jason Bay 101 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Adam Dunn 101 Cincinnati Reds  
Morgan Ensberg 101 Houston Astros  
Cliff Floyd 98 New York Mets 15
Troy Glaus 97 Arizona Diamondbacks 16
Ken Griffey, Jr. 92 Cincinnati Reds 17
Aramis Ramirez 92 Chicago Cubs  
Preston Wilson 90 Colorado Rockies 19
Washington Nationals  
Garrett Atkins 89 Colorado Rockies 20
Jim Edmonds 89 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jeromy Burnitz 87 Chicago Cubs 22
Tony Clark 87 Arizona Diamondbacks  
Matt Holliday 87 Colorado Rockies  
Geoff Jenkins 86 Milwaukee Brewers 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).

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.

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