Top 25 Runs in 1953 in the National League

Runs : 1953 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)

1953 Runs Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Runs Team Rank

Duke Snider 132 Brooklyn Dodgers 1

Stan Musial 127 St. Louis Cardinals 2

Al Dark 126 New York Giants 3

Jim Gilliam 125 Brooklyn Dodgers 4

Richie Ashburn 110 Philadelphia Phillies 5

Solly Hemus 110 St. Louis Cardinals

Eddie Mathews 110 Milwaukee Braves

Jackie Robinson 109 Brooklyn Dodgers 8

Pee Wee Reese 108 Brooklyn Dodgers 9

Red Schoendienst 107 St. Louis Cardinals 10

Roy Campanella 103 Brooklyn Dodgers 11

Gus Bell 102 Cincinnati Redlegs 12

Gil Hodges 101 Brooklyn Dodgers 13

Ralph Kiner 100 Pittsburgh Pirates 14

Chicago Cubs

Johnny Logan 100 Milwaukee Braves

Bobby Adams 99 Cincinnati Redlegs 16

Ted Kluszewski 97 Cincinnati Redlegs 17

Granny Hamner 90 Philadelphia Phillies 18

Danny O'Connell 88 Pittsburgh Pirates 19

Jim Greengrass 86 Cincinnati Redlegs 20

Whitey Lockman 85 New York Giants 21

Bill Bruton 82 Milwaukee Braves 22

Carl Furillo 82 Brooklyn Dodgers

Hank Thompson 80 New York Giants 24

Bobby Thomson 80 New York Giants

Name Runs Team Rank

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).

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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