Runs : 1986 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
 

1986 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Rickey Henderson 130 New York Yankees 1
Kirby Puckett 119 Minnesota Twins 2
Don Mattingly 117 New York Yankees 3
Joe Carter 108 Cleveland Indians 4
Jesse Barfield 107 Toronto Blue Jays 5
Wade Boggs 107 Boston Red Sox  
Alan Trammell 107 Detroit Tigers  
Oddibe McDowell 105 Texas Rangers 8
George Bell 101 Toronto Blue Jays 9
Jim Rice 98 Boston Red Sox 10
Cal Ripken, Jr. 98 Baltimore Orioles  
Lou Whitaker 95 Detroit Tigers 12
Marty Barrett 94 Boston Red Sox 13
Don Baylor 93 Boston Red Sox 14
Gary Pettis 93 California Angels  
Brett Butler 92 Cleveland Indians 16
Tony Fernandez 91 Toronto Blue Jays 17
Gary Gaetti 91 Minnesota Twins  
Brian Downing 90 California Angels 19
Dave Winfield 90 New York Yankees  
Lloyd Moseby 89 Toronto Blue Jays 21
Tony Bernazard 88 Cleveland Indians 22
Phil Bradley 88 Seattle Mariners  
Dwight Evans 86 Boston Red Sox 24
Pete O'Brien 86 Texas Rangers  



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).

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.