Runs : 2004 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

2004 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Vladimir Guerrero 124 Anaheim Angels 1
Johnny Damon 123 Boston Red Sox 2
Gary Sheffield 117 New York Yankees 3
Michael Young 114 Texas Rangers 4
Alex Rodriguez 112 New York Yankees 5
Derek Jeter 111 New York Yankees 6
Melvin Mora 111 Baltimore Orioles  
Matt Lawton 109 Cleveland Indians 8
Hideki Matsui 109 New York Yankees  
Manny Ramirez 108 Boston Red Sox 10
Hank Blalock 107 Texas Rangers 11
Brian Roberts 107 Baltimore Orioles  
Miguel Tejada 107 Baltimore Orioles  
Bernie Williams 105 New York Yankees 14
Carl Crawford 104 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 15
Carlos Lee 103 Chicago White Sox 16
Ichiro Suzuki 101 Seattle Mariners 17
Mark Teixeira 101 Texas Rangers  
Carlos Guillen 97 Detroit Tigers 19
Travis Hafner 96 Cleveland Indians 20
David Ortiz 94 Boston Red Sox 21
Aaron Rowand 94 Chicago White Sox  
Mark Bellhorn 93 Boston Red Sox 23
Casey Blake 93 Cleveland Indians  
David Eckstein 92 Anaheim Angels 25



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.

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

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.