Runs : 1923 American League Top 25

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"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1923 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth 151 New York Yankees 1
Tris Speaker 133 Cleveland Indians 2
Charlie Jamieson 130 Cleveland Indians 3
Harry Heilmann 121 Detroit Tigers 4
Sam Rice 117 Washington Senators 5
Whitey Witt 113 New York Yankees 6
Joe Dugan 111 New York Yankees 7
Ken Williams 106 St. Louis Browns 8
Ty Cobb 103 Detroit Tigers 9
Lu Blue 100 Detroit Tigers 10
Joe Sewell 98 Cleveland Indians 11
Joe Hauser 93 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Homer Summa 92 Cleveland Indians 13
George Burns 91 Boston Red Sox 14
Johnny Mostil 91 Chicago White Sox  
Jack Tobin 91 St. Louis Browns  
Eddie Collins 89 Chicago White Sox 17
Harry Hooper 87 Chicago White Sox 18
Goose Goslin 86 Washington Senators 19
Marty McManus 86 St. Louis Browns  
Wally Gerber 85 St. Louis Browns 21
Fred Haney 85 Detroit Tigers  
Joe Harris 82 Boston Red Sox 23
Wally Pipp 79 New York Yankees 24
Aaron Ward 79 New York Yankees  



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

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.