Runs : 1948 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1948 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Stan Musial 135 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Whitey Lockman 117 New York Giants 2
Johnny Mize 110 New York Giants 3
Jackie Robinson 108 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Ralph Kiner 104 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Sid Gordon 100 New York Giants 6
Bob Elliott 99 Boston Braves 7
Pee Wee Reese 96 Brooklyn Dodgers 8
Enos Slaughter 91 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Eddie Waitkus 87 Chicago Cubs 10
Del Ennis 86 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Al Dark 85 Boston Braves 12
Tommy Holmes 85 Boston Braves  
Stan Rojek 85 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Andy Pafko 82 Chicago Cubs 15
Richie Ashburn 78 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Hank Sauer 78 Cincinnati Reds  
Wally Westlake 78 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bobby Thomson 75 New York Giants 19
Johnny Wyrostek 74 Cincinnati Reds 20
Willard Marshall 72 New York Giants 21
Bill Rigney 72 New York Giants  
Marty Marion 70 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Earl Torgeson 70 Boston Braves  
Frankie Gustine 68 Pittsburgh Pirates 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.

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

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.