Runs : 1900 National 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1900 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Roy Thomas 132 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Jimmy Slagle 115 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Jimmy Barrett 114 Cincinnati Reds 3
George Van Haltren 114 New York Giants  
Honus Wagner 107 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Elmer Flick 106 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Fielder Jones 106 Brooklyn Superbas  
Willie Keeler 106 Brooklyn Superbas  
Ginger Beaumont 105 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Jimmy Collins 104 Boston Beaneaters 10
Billy Hamilton 103 Boston Beaneaters 11
Jake Beckley 98 Cincinnati Reds 12
Kip Selbach 98 New York Giants  
Nap Lajoie 95 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Joe Kelley 90 Brooklyn Superbas 15
Jesse Burkett 88 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Chick Stahl 88 Boston Beaneaters  
Bill Dahlen 87 Brooklyn Superbas 18
Fred Clarke 84 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
John McGraw 84 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ed Delahanty 82 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Herman Long 80 Boston Beaneaters 22
Lave Cross 79 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Brooklyn Superbas  
Dan McGann 79 St. Louis Cardinals  
Patsy Donovan 78 St. Louis Cardinals 25



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.

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.