Runs : 1981 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
 

1981 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Rickey Henderson 89 Oakland Athletics 1
Dwight Evans 84 Boston Red Sox 2
Cecil Cooper 70 Milwaukee Brewers 3
Toby Harrah 64 Cleveland Indians 4
Mickey Rivers 62 Texas Rangers 5
Al Bumbry 61 Baltimore Orioles 6
Carney Lansford 61 Boston Red Sox  
Willie Randolph 59 New York Yankees 8
Dwayne Murphy 58 Oakland Athletics 9
Rod Carew 57 California Angels 10
Julio Cruz 57 Seattle Mariners  
Eddie Murray 57 Baltimore Orioles  
Bobby Grich 56 California Angels 13
Greg Luzinski 55 Chicago White Sox 14
Jerry Remy 55 Boston Red Sox  
Gorman Thomas 54 Milwaukee Brewers 16
Willie Wilson 54 Kansas City Royals  
Tony Bernazard 53 Chicago White Sox 18
Rick Burleson 53 California Angels  
Dan Ford 53 California Angels  
Ben Oglivie 53 Milwaukee Brewers  
Al Oliver 53 Texas Rangers  
Don Baylor 52 California Angels 23
Steve Kemp 52 Detroit Tigers  
Alan Trammell 52 Detroit Tigers  



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?

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