Runs : 1882 American Association 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1882 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Ed Swartwood 86 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 1
Joe Sommer 82 Cincinnati Red Stockings 2
Hick Carpenter 78 Cincinnati Red Stockings 3
Pete Browning 67 Louisville Eclipse 4
Jud Birchall 65 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Bill Gleason 63 St. Louis Brown Stockings 6
Guy Hecker 62 Louisville Eclipse 7
Mike Mansell 59 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 8
Harry Wheeler 59 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Charlie Comiskey 58 St. Louis Brown Stockings 10
Chick Fulmer 54 Cincinnati Red Stockings 11
Jack Gleason 53 St. Louis Brown Stockings 12
Pop Snyder 49 Cincinnati Red Stockings 13
Oscar Walker 48 St. Louis Brown Stockings 14
Juice Latham 47 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Tony Mullane 46 Louisville Eclipse 16
John Peters 46 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
John Reccius 46 Louisville Eclipse  
Jimmy Wolf 46 Louisville Eclipse  
George Strief 45 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 20
Jimmy Macullar 44 Cincinnati Red Stockings 21
Jack O'Brien 44 Philadelphia Athletics  
Dan Sullivan 44 Louisville Eclipse  
Bid McPhee 43 Cincinnati Red Stockings 24
Henry Myers 43 Baltimore Orioles  



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

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.