Top 25 Runs in 1976 in the National League

Runs : 1976 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)

1976 Runs Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Runs Team Rank

Pete Rose 130 Cincinnati Reds 1

Joe Morgan 113 Cincinnati Reds 2

Mike Schmidt 112 Philadelphia Phillies 3

Ken Griffey 111 Cincinnati Reds 4

Rick Monday 107 Chicago Cubs 5

Dave Cash 92 Philadelphia Phillies 6

Richie Zisk 91 Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Cesar Cedeno 89 Houston Astros 8

George Foster 86 Cincinnati Reds 9

Enos Cabell 85 Houston Astros 10

Steve Garvey 85 Los Angeles Dodgers

Dave Parker 82 Pittsburgh Pirates 12

Dave Winfield 81 San Diego Padres 13

Gary Matthews 79 San Francisco Giants 14

Tony Perez 77 Cincinnati Reds 15

Bill Buckner 76 Los Angeles Dodgers 16

Frank Taveras 76 Pittsburgh Pirates

Bob Watson 76 Houston Astros

Garry Maddox 75 Philadelphia Phillies 19

Jimmy Wynn 75 Atlanta Braves

Dave Concepcion 74 Cincinnati Reds 21

Greg Luzinski 74 Philadelphia Phillies

Willie Montanez 74 San Francisco Giants

Atlanta Braves

Lou Brock 73 St. Louis Cardinals 24

Bobby Murcer 73 San Francisco Giants

Name Runs Team Rank

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.

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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