Runs : 1970 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1970 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Carl Yastrzemski 125 Boston Red Sox 1
Cesar Tovar 120 Minnesota Twins 2
Reggie Smith 109 Boston Red Sox 3
Roy White 109 New York Yankees  
Tommy Harper 104 Milwaukee Brewers 5
Don Buford 99 Baltimore Orioles 6
Bert Campaneris 97 Oakland Athletics 7
Harmon Killebrew 96 Minnesota Twins 8
Tony Oliva 96 Minnesota Twins  
Jim Fregosi 95 California Angels 10
Bobby Murcer 95 New York Yankees  
Sal Bando 93 Oakland Athletics 12
Mike Andrews 91 Boston Red Sox 13
Amos Otis 91 Kansas City Royals  
Frank Howard 90 Washington Senators 15
Tony Conigliaro 89 Boston Red Sox 16
Frank Robinson 88 Baltimore Orioles 17
Luis Aparicio 86 Chicago White Sox 18
Alex Johnson 85 California Angels 19
Brooks Robinson 84 Baltimore Orioles 20
Carlos May 83 Chicago White Sox 21
Bob Oliver 83 Kansas City Royals  
Mickey Stanley 83 Detroit Tigers  
Sandy Alomar 82 California Angels 24
Rico Petrocelli 82 Boston Red Sox  



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).

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

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?