Runs : 1983 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)
 

1983 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Cal Ripken, Jr. 121 Baltimore Orioles 1
Eddie Murray 115 Baltimore Orioles 2
Cecil Cooper 106 Milwaukee Brewers 3
Rickey Henderson 105 Oakland Athletics 4
Lloyd Moseby 104 Toronto Blue Jays 5
Robin Yount 102 Milwaukee Brewers 6
Wade Boggs 100 Boston Red Sox 7
Willie Upshaw 99 Toronto Blue Jays 8
Dave Winfield 99 New York Yankees  
Rudy Law 95 Chicago White Sox 10
Paul Molitor 95 Milwaukee Brewers  
Lou Whitaker 94 Detroit Tigers 12
George Brett 90 Kansas City Royals 13
Jim Rice 90 Boston Red Sox  
Willie Wilson 90 Kansas City Royals  
Larry Herndon 88 Detroit Tigers 16
Carlton Fisk 85 Chicago White Sox 17
Jim Gantner 85 Milwaukee Brewers  
Damaso Garcia 84 Toronto Blue Jays 19
Hal McRae 84 Kansas City Royals  
John Castino 83 Minnesota Twins 21
Alan Trammell 83 Detroit Tigers  
Don Baylor 82 New York Yankees 23
Gary Gaetti 81 Minnesota Twins 24
Toby Harrah 81 Cleveland Indians  



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 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?

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.