Runs : 1970 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:

"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)
 

1970 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Billy Williams 137 Chicago Cubs 1
Bobby Bonds 134 San Francisco Giants 2
Pete Rose 120 Cincinnati Reds 3
Lou Brock 114 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Bobby Tolan 112 Cincinnati Reds 5
Tommie Agee 107 New York Mets 6
Tony Perez 107 Cincinnati Reds  
Ken Henderson 104 San Francisco Giants 8
Hank Aaron 103 Atlanta Braves 9
Jim Hickman 102 Chicago Cubs 10
Joe Morgan 102 Houston Astros  
Don Kessinger 100 Chicago Cubs 12
Felix Millan 100 Atlanta Braves  
Glenn Beckert 99 Chicago Cubs 14
Willie McCovey 98 San Francisco Giants 15
Rusty Staub 98 Montreal Expos  
Matty Alou 97 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Johnny Bench 97 Cincinnati Reds  
Willie Mays 94 San Francisco Giants 19
Willie Davis 92 Los Angeles Dodgers 20
Cito Gaston 92 San Diego Padres  
Billy Grabarkewitz 92 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Doug Rader 90 Houston Astros 23
Joe Torre 89 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Dick Allen 88 St. Louis Cardinals 25



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 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.