Runs : 2008 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
 

2008 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hanley Ramirez 125 Florida Marlins 1
Carlos Beltran 116 New York Mets 2
David Wright 115 New York Mets 3
Lance Berkman 114 Houston Astros 4
Nate McLouth 113 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Jose Reyes 113 New York Mets  
Chase Utley 113 Philadelphia Phillies  
Matt Holliday 107 Colorado Rockies 8
Ryan Howard 105 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Ryan Ludwick 104 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Mark DeRosa 103 Chicago Cubs 11
Adrian Gonzalez 103 San Diego Padres  
Shane Victorino 102 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Albert Pujols 100 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Aramis Ramirez 97 Chicago Cubs 15
Dan Uggla 97 Florida Marlins  
Carlos Delgado 96 New York Mets 17
Matt Kemp 93 Los Angeles Dodgers 18
Derrek Lee 93 Chicago Cubs  
Ryan Braun 92 Milwaukee Brewers 20
Jorge Cantu 92 Florida Marlins  
Miguel Tejada 92 Houston Astros  
Stephen Drew 91 Arizona Diamondbacks 23
Andre Ethier 90 Los Angeles Dodgers 24
Rickie Weeks 89 Milwaukee Brewers 25



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.

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).

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.