Runs : 1940 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)
 

1940 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Arky Vaughan 113 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Johnny Mize 111 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Bill Werber 105 Cincinnati Reds 3
Lonny Frey 102 Cincinnati Reds 4
Stan Hack 101 Chicago Cubs 5
Enos Slaughter 96 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Elbie Fletcher 94 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Frank McCormick 93 Cincinnati Reds 8
Dolph Camilli 92 Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Terry Moore 92 St. Louis Cardinals  
Mel Ott 89 New York Giants 11
Bob Elliott 88 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Chet Ross 84 Boston Bees 13
Joe Medwick 83 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Brooklyn Dodgers  
Jo-Jo Moore 83 New York Giants  
Maurice Van Robays 82 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Ival Goodman 78 Cincinnati Reds 17
Eddie Miller 78 Boston Bees  
Bill Nicholson 78 Chicago Cubs  
Billy Herman 77 Chicago Cubs 20
Debs Garms 76 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Jim Gleeson 76 Chicago Cubs  
Dixie Walker 75 Brooklyn Dodgers 23
Babe Young 75 New York Giants  
Sibby Sisti 73 Boston Bees 25



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).

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.

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.