Runs : 1971 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1971 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Lou Brock 126 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Bobby Bonds 110 San Francisco Giants 2
Willie Stargell 104 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Ralph Garr 101 Atlanta Braves 4
Joe Torre 97 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Hank Aaron 95 Atlanta Braves 6
Rusty Staub 94 Montreal Expos 7
Ron Hunt 89 Montreal Expos 8
Joe Morgan 87 Houston Astros 9
Pete Rose 86 Cincinnati Reds 10
Billy Williams 86 Chicago Cubs  
Matty Alou 85 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Cesar Cedeno 85 Houston Astros  
Lee May 85 Cincinnati Reds  
Willie Davis 84 Los Angeles Dodgers 15
Dick Allen 82 Los Angeles Dodgers 16
Roberto Clemente 82 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Willie Mays 82 San Francisco Giants  
Nate Colbert 81 San Diego Padres 19
Glenn Beckert 80 Chicago Cubs 20
Johnny Bench 80 Cincinnati Reds  
Ken Henderson 80 San Francisco Giants  
Dave Cash 79 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Willie Montanez 78 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Don Kessinger 77 Chicago Cubs 25



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.

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 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?