Runs : 1877 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1877 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jim O'Rourke 68 Boston Red Caps 1
Cal McVey 58 Chicago White Stockings 2
George Wright 58 Boston Red Caps  
Joe Start 55 Hartford Dark Blues 4
George Hall 53 Louisville Grays 5
Charley Jones 53 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Chicago White Stockings  
Cap Anson 52 Chicago White Stockings 7
Deacon White 51 Boston Red Caps 8
John Clapp 47 St. Louis Brown Stockings 9
Jack Manning 47 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
John Morrill 47 Boston Red Caps  
Andy Leonard 46 Boston Red Caps 12
Mike Dorgan 45 St. Louis Brown Stockings 13
John Peters 45 Chicago White Stockings  
Lip Pike 45 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Paul Hines 44 Chicago White Stockings 16
John Cassidy 43 Hartford Dark Blues 17
Ezra Sutton 43 Boston Red Caps  
Tom York 43 Hartford Dark Blues  
Juice Latham 42 Louisville Grays 20
Joe Gerhardt 41 Louisville Grays 21
Bob Ferguson 40 Hartford Dark Blues 22
Tom Carey 38 Hartford Dark Blues 23
Jim Devlin 38 Louisville Grays  
Bill Hague 38 Louisville Grays  



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.

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?