Runs : 1942 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1942 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mel Ott 118 New York Giants 1
Enos Slaughter 100 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Johnny Mize 97 New York Giants 3
Stan Hack 91 Chicago Cubs 4
Dolph Camilli 89 Brooklyn Dodgers 5
Pete Reiser 89 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Stan Musial 87 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Pee Wee Reese 87 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Elbie Fletcher 86 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Bill Nicholson 83 Chicago Cubs 10
Arky Vaughan 82 Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Terry Moore 80 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Billy Herman 76 Brooklyn Dodgers 13
Jimmy Brown 75 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Bob Elliott 75 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Mickey Witek 72 New York Giants 16
Joe Medwick 69 Brooklyn Dodgers 17
Lonny Frey 66 Cincinnati Reds 18
Marty Marion 66 St. Louis Cardinals  
Eddie Joost 65 Cincinnati Reds 20
Nanny Fernandez 63 Boston Braves 21
Phil Cavarretta 59 Chicago Cubs 22
Bert Haas 59 Cincinnati Reds  
Danny Litwhiler 59 Philadelphia Phillies  
Walker Cooper 58 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.

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.