Runs : 1945 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1945 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Eddie Stanky 128 Brooklyn Dodgers 1
Goody Rosen 126 Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Tommy Holmes 125 Boston Braves 3
Augie Galan 114 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Stan Hack 110 Chicago Cubs 5
Buster Adams 104 Philadelphia Phillies 6
St. Louis Cardinals  
Dixie Walker 102 Brooklyn Dodgers 7
George Hausmann 98 New York Giants 8
Johnny Barrett 97 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Phil Cavarretta 94 Chicago Cubs 10
Don Johnson 94 Chicago Cubs  
Red Schoendienst 89 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Jim Russell 88 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Dick Culler 87 Boston Braves 14
Ray Sanders 85 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Whitey Kurowski 84 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Bill Nicholson 82 Chicago Cubs 17
Dain Clay 81 Cincinnati Reds 18
Bob Elliott 80 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Chuck Workman 77 Boston Braves 20
Carden Gillenwater 74 Boston Braves 21
Al Gionfriddo 74 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Mel Ott 73 New York Giants 23
Peanuts Lowrey 72 Chicago Cubs 24
Frank McCormick 68 Cincinnati Reds 25



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.

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.

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).