Runs : 1901 American 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)
 

1901 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Nap Lajoie 145 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Fielder Jones 120 Chicago White Stockings 2
Jimmy Williams 113 Baltimore Orioles 3
Dummy Hoy 112 Chicago White Stockings 4
Jimmy Barrett 110 Detroit Tigers 5
Jimmy Collins 108 Boston Americans 6
Mike Donlin 107 Baltimore Orioles 7
Doc Casey 105 Detroit Tigers 8
Chick Stahl 105 Boston Americans  
Tommy Dowd 104 Boston Americans 10
Ollie Pickering 102 Cleveland Blues 11
Irv Waldron 102 Milwaukee Brewers  
Washington Senators  
John Farrell 100 Washington Senators 13
Bill Bradley 95 Cleveland Blues 14
Dave Fultz 95 Philadelphia Athletics  
Sam Mertes 94 Chicago White Stockings 16
Frank Isbell 93 Chicago White Stockings 17
Harry Davis 92 Philadelphia Athletics 18
John Anderson 90 Milwaukee Brewers 19
Ducky Holmes 90 Detroit Tigers  
Buck Freeman 88 Boston Americans 21
Freddy Parent 87 Boston Americans 22
Cy Seymour 84 Baltimore Orioles 23
Herm McFarland 83 Chicago White Stockings 24
Lave Cross 82 Philadelphia Athletics 25



The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.