Runs : 1982 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)
 

1982 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Lonnie Smith 120 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Dale Murphy 113 Atlanta Braves 2
Mike Schmidt 108 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Andre Dawson 107 Montreal Expos 4
Ryne Sandberg 103 Chicago Cubs 5
Claudell Washington 94 Atlanta Braves 6
Bill Buckner 93 Chicago Cubs 7
Bill Madlock 92 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Gary Carter 91 Montreal Expos 9
Jack Clark 90 San Francisco Giants 10
Al Oliver 90 Montreal Expos  
Tim Raines 90 Montreal Expos  
Mookie Wilson 90 New York Mets  
Gary Matthews 89 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Tim Wallach 89 Montreal Expos  
Steve Sax 88 Los Angeles Dodgers 16
Pedro Guerrero 87 Los Angeles Dodgers 17
Jason Thompson 87 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Chili Davis 86 San Francisco Giants 19
Bob Horner 85 Atlanta Braves 20
Leon Durham 84 Chicago Cubs 21
Tom Herr 83 St. Louis Cardinals 22
Omar Moreno 82 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Dusty Baker 80 Los Angeles Dodgers 24
Dave Kingman 80 New York Mets  



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?

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).