Runs : 1917 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1917 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

George Burns 103 New York Giants 1
Heinie Groh 91 Cincinnati Reds 2
Benny Kauff 89 New York Giants 3
Rogers Hornsby 86 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Max Carey 82 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Edd Roush 82 Cincinnati Reds  
Larry Kopf 81 Cincinnati Reds 7
Dode Paskert 78 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Milt Stock 76 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Hal Chase 71 Cincinnati Reds 10
Gavvy Cravath 70 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Walton Cruise 70 St. Louis Cardinals  
Art Fletcher 70 New York Giants  
Buck Herzog 69 New York Giants 14
Rabbit Maranville 69 Boston Braves  
Casey Stengel 69 Brooklyn Robins  
Possum Whitted 69 Philadelphia Phillies  
Fred Merkle 66 Brooklyn Robins 18
Chicago Cubs  
Max Flack 65 Chicago Cubs 19
Ivy Olson 64 Brooklyn Robins 20
Dave Robertson 64 New York Giants  
Jack Smith 64 St. Louis Cardinals  
Les Mann 63 Chicago Cubs 23
Dots Miller 61 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Heinie Zimmerman 61 New York Giants  



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

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?