Runs : 1918 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:

"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)
 

1918 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ray Chapman 84 Cleveland Indians 1
Ty Cobb 83 Detroit Tigers 2
Harry Hooper 81 Boston Red Sox 3
Donie Bush 74 Detroit Tigers 4
Tris Speaker 73 Cleveland Indians 5
Eddie Foster 70 Washington Senators 6
George Sisler 69 St. Louis Browns 7
Burt Shotton 68 Washington Senators 8
Frank Baker 65 New York Yankees 9
Del Pratt 65 New York Yankees  
George Burns 61 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Merlin Kopp 60 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Frank Gilhooley 59 New York Yankees 13
Roger Peckinpaugh 59 New York Yankees  
Jack Tobin 59 St. Louis Browns  
Bobby Veach 59 Detroit Tigers  
Dave Shean 58 Boston Red Sox 17
Nemo Leibold 57 Chicago White Sox 18
Joe Judge 56 Washington Senators 19
Clyde Milan 56 Washington Senators  
Tilly Walker 56 Philadelphia Athletics  
Braggo Roth 53 Cleveland Indians 22
Eddie Collins 51 Chicago White Sox 23
Larry Gardner 50 Philadelphia Athletics 24
Charlie Jamieson 50 Philadelphia Athletics  



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.

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?

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).