Runs : 1937 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1937 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Joe DiMaggio 151 New York Yankees 1
Red Rolfe 143 New York Yankees 2
Lou Gehrig 138 New York Yankees 3
Hank Greenberg 137 Detroit Tigers 4
Charlie Gehringer 133 Detroit Tigers 5
Frankie Crosetti 127 New York Yankees 6
Earl Averill 121 Cleveland Indians 7
Pete Fox 116 Detroit Tigers 8
Wally Moses 113 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Jimmie Foxx 111 Boston Red Sox 10
Lyn Lary 110 Cleveland Indians 11
Buddy Lewis 107 Washington Senators 12
Rip Radcliff 105 Chicago White Sox 13
Dixie Walker 105 Chicago White Sox  
Gee Walker 105 Detroit Tigers  
Hal Trosky 104 Cleveland Indians 16
Harlond Clift 103 St. Louis Browns 17
Joe Cronin 102 Boston Red Sox 18
Ben Chapman 99 Washington Senators 19
Boston Red Sox  
Luke Appling 98 Chicago White Sox 20
Mike Kreevich 94 Chicago White Sox 21
Mel Almada 91 Boston Red Sox 22
Washington Senators  
Bob Johnson 91 Philadelphia Athletics  
Doc Cramer 90 Boston Red Sox 24
Moose Solters 90 Cleveland Indians  



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

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.