Runs : 1893 National League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1893 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Herman Long 149 Boston Beaneaters 1
Hugh Duffy 147 Boston Beaneaters 2
Jesse Burkett 145 Cleveland Spiders 3
Cupid Childs 145 Cleveland Spiders  
Ed Delahanty 145 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bobby Lowe 130 Boston Beaneaters 6
Sam Thompson 130 Philadelphia Phillies  
George Van Haltren 129 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
John Ward 129 New York Giants  
John McGraw 123 Baltimore Orioles 10
Eddie Burke 122 New York Giants 11
Elmer Smith 121 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Joe Kelley 120 Baltimore Orioles 13
Bill Hallman 119 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Buck Ewing 117 Cleveland Spiders 15
Billy Nash 115 Boston Beaneaters 16
Patsy Donovan 114 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Tommy Dowd 114 St. Louis Browns  
Mike Tiernan 114 New York Giants  
Bill Dahlen 113 Chicago Colts 20
George Davis 112 New York Giants 21
Roger Connor 111 New York Giants 22
Billy Hamilton 110 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Jake Beckley 108 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Bug Holliday 108 Cincinnati Reds  



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.

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.

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?