Runs : 1944 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
 

1944 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bill Nicholson 116 Chicago Cubs 1
Stan Musial 112 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Jim Russell 109 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Phil Cavarretta 106 Chicago Cubs 4
Johnny Hopp 106 St. Louis Cardinals  
Johnny Barrett 99 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Augie Galan 96 Brooklyn Dodgers 7
Whitey Kurowski 95 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Tommy Holmes 93 Boston Braves 9
Mel Ott 91 New York Giants 10
Pete Coscarart 89 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Ray Sanders 87 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Buster Adams 86 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Roy Hughes 86 Chicago Cubs  
Frenchy Bordagaray 85 Brooklyn Dodgers 15
Bob Elliott 85 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Frank McCormick 85 Cincinnati Reds  
Tony Lupien 82 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Johnny Rucker 79 New York Giants 19
Dixie Walker 77 Brooklyn Dodgers 20
Woody Williams 73 Cincinnati Reds 21
Ron Northey 72 Philadelphia Phillies 22
George Hausmann 70 New York Giants 23
Buddy Kerr 68 New York Giants 24
Babe Dahlgren 67 Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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.

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

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).