Runs : 1917 American 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1917 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Donie Bush 112 Detroit Tigers 1
Ty Cobb 107 Detroit Tigers 2
Ray Chapman 98 Cleveland Indians 3
Eddie Collins 91 Chicago White Sox 4
Joe Jackson 91 Chicago White Sox  
Tris Speaker 90 Cleveland Indians 6
Harry Hooper 89 Boston Red Sox 7
Jack Graney 87 Cleveland Indians 8
Amos Strunk 83 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Wally Pipp 82 New York Yankees 10
Bobby Veach 79 Detroit Tigers 11
Sam Rice 77 Washington Senators 12
Happy Felsch 75 Chicago White Sox 13
Braggo Roth 69 Cleveland Indians 14
Eddie Foster 66 Washington Senators 15
Ossie Vitt 65 Detroit Tigers 16
Buck Weaver 64 Chicago White Sox 17
Ralph Young 64 Detroit Tigers  
Roger Peckinpaugh 63 New York Yankees 19
Joe Judge 62 Washington Senators 20
Whitey Witt 62 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jimmy Austin 61 St. Louis Browns 22
Clyde Milan 60 Washington Senators 23
George Sisler 60 St. Louis Browns  
Nemo Leibold 59 Chicago White Sox 25



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.

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.

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).