Runs Produced Single Season Leaders on Baseball Almanac

Single Season Leaders for Runs Produced

Runs produced is a SABERmetric statistic that describe a hitter's overall effectiveness by measuring his ability to produce runs for team either by scoring them himself or driving them in at the plate. Runs produced was created during the 1970's and the way it is calculated is adding runs to runs batted in then subtracting home runs.

The players listed below are Baseball Almanac's top one-hundred single season runs produced leaders. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"I was one of the celebrants that melancholy afternoon, sitting in the right-field bleachers where he (Lou Gehrig) had deposited so many home runs on behalf of his team. I was an eighteen-year-old admirer, and like so many there that day, I sat teary-eyed as I listened to the man who was called 'the Iron Horse' deliver his valedictory." - Author Ray Robinson in Living Legacies (Ray Robinson, 2005)

Runs Produced Single Season Leaders 'Top 100'
Name	Runs Produced	Year	Team	League	Rank
Lou Gehrig	301	1931	New York Yankees	AL	1
Babe Ruth	289	1921	New York Yankees	AL	2
Chuck Klein	288	1930	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	3
Hugh Duffy	287	1894	Boston Beaneaters	NL	4
Al Simmons	281	1930	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	5
Hack Wilson	281	1930	Chicago Cubs	NL
Hank Greenberg	280	1937	Detroit Tigers	AL	7
Hughie Jennings	280	1895	Baltimore Orioles	NL
Sam Thompson	278	1895	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	9
Lou Gehrig	277	1927	New York Yankees	AL	10
Kiki Cuyler	276	1930	Chicago Cubs	NL	11
Lou Gehrig	276	1930	New York Yankees	AL
Tip O'Neill	276	1887	St. Louis Browns	AA
Billy Hamilton	275	1894	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	14
Ed Delahanty	274	1894	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	15
Sam Thompson	273	1887	Detroit Wolverines	NL	16
Ed Delahanty	272	1893	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	17
Joe DiMaggio	272	1937	New York Yankees	AL
Joe Kelley	272	1895	Baltimore Orioles	NL
Lou Gehrig	270	1936	New York Yankees	AL	20
Joe Kelley	270	1894	Baltimore Orioles	NL
Ty Cobb	266	1911	Detroit Tigers	AL	22
Rogers Hornsby	266	1929	Chicago Cubs	NL
Babe Ruth	266	1931	New York Yankees	AL
Ted Williams	266	1949	Boston Red Sox	AL
Jimmie Foxx	264	1938	Boston Red Sox	AL	26
Ed Delahanty	263	1899	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	27
Jimmie Foxx	262	1932	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	28
Babe Ruth	262	1927	New York Yankees	AL
Lou Gehrig	260	1937	New York Yankees	AL	30
Al Simmons	260	1932	Philadelphia Athletics	AL
Hugh Duffy	259	1893	Boston Beaneaters	NL	32
Hardy Richardson	259	1890	Boston Red Stockings	PL
Walt Wilmot	259	1894	Chicago Colts	NL
Dan Brouthers	256	1894	Baltimore Orioles	NL	35
Nap Lajoie	256	1901	Philadelphia Athletics	AL
Bobby Lowe	256	1894	Boston Beaneaters	NL
Jake Stenzel	256	1894	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Lou Gehrig	255	1932	New York Yankees	AL	39
Hank Greenberg	255	1935	Detroit Tigers	AL
Hack Wilson	255	1929	Chicago Cubs	NL
Cap Anson	254	1886	Chicago White Stockings	NL	42
Lou Gehrig	254	1928	New York Yankees	AL
Willie Keeler	254	1894	Baltimore Orioles	NL
Babe Ruth	254	1930	New York Yankees	AL
Manny Ramirez	252	1999	Cleveland Indians	AL	46
Harry Stovey	252	1889	Philadelphia Athletics	AA
Earl Averill	251	1931	Cleveland Indians	AL	48
Pete Browning	251	1887	Louisville Colonels	AA
Rogers Hornsby	251	1922	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Chuck Klein	251	1932	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Babe Ruth	251	1928	New York Yankees	AL
Charlie Gehringer	250	1934	Detroit Tigers	AL	53
Hugh Duffy	248	1897	Boston Beaneaters	NL	54
John McGraw	247	1894	Baltimore Orioles	NL	55
Mel Ott	247	1929	New York Giants	NL
Zeke Bonura	246	1936	Chicago White Sox	AL	57
Tommy Davis	246	1962	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL
Jimmie Foxx	246	1930	Philadelphia Athletics	AL
Hughie Jennings	246	1896	Baltimore Orioles	NL
Tris Speaker	246	1923	Cleveland Indians	AL
Lou Gehrig	245	1933	New York Yankees	AL	62
Charlie Gehringer	245	1936	Detroit Tigers	AL
Alex Rodriguez	245	2007	New York Yankees	AL
Bill Terry	245	1930	New York Giants	NL
Sam Thompson	245	1893	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Ted Williams	245	1939	Boston Red Sox	AL
Steve Brodie	244	1894	Baltimore Orioles	NL	68
Tom Brown	244	1891	Boston Red Stockings	AA
Ed Delahanty	244	1895	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Ed Delahanty	244	1896	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Lou Gehrig	244	1934	New York Yankees	AL
Arlie Latham	244	1887	St. Louis Browns	AA
Hal Trosky	244	1936	Cleveland Indians	AL
Ken Williams	244	1922	St. Louis Browns	AL
Todd Helton	243	2000	Colorado Rockies	NL	76
Dan Brouthers	242	1887	Detroit Wolverines	NL	77
Ed McKean	242	1895	Cleveland Spiders	NL
Lefty O'Doul	242	1929	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Sammy Sosa	242	2001	Chicago Cubs	NL
Ted Williams	242	1942	Boston Red Sox	AL
Lave Cross	241	1894	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	82
Bill Dahlen	241	1894	Chicago Colts	NL
Babe Ruth	241	1920	New York Yankees	AL
Babe Ruth	241	1923	New York Yankees	AL
Dan Brouthers	240	1892	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	NL	86
Ty Cobb	240	1915	Detroit Tigers	AL
Joe Cronin	240	1930	Washington Senators	AL
Jimmie Foxx	240	1933	Philadelphia Athletics	AL
Joe Kelley	240	1896	Baltimore Orioles	NL
George Sisler	240	1920	St. Louis Browns	AL
Hughie Jennings	239	1894	Baltimore Orioles	NL	92
Vern Stephens	239	1950	Boston Red Sox	AL
Charlie Comiskey	238	1887	St. Louis Browns	AA	94
George Davis	238	1897	New York Giants	NL
Hank Greenberg	238	1940	Detroit Tigers	AL
Babe Herman	238	1930	Brooklyn Robins	NL
Babe Ruth	238	1926	New York Yankees	AL
Jeff Bagwell	237	2000	Houston Astros	NL	99
Joe DiMaggio	237	1938	New York Yankees	AL	100
Rogers Hornsby	237	1925	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Al Simmons	237	1929	Philadelphia Athletics	AL
Name	Runs Produced	Year	Team	League	Rank
Current Through 2009 Season

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The American League single season record for plate appearances made was set in 1931 by Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees. The National League single season record for plate appearances was set in 1930 by Chuck Klein of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Number twenty-two (#22) is hall of famer Ty Cobb who is the career leader for runs produced. Number one (#1) is hall of famer Lou Gehrig who is the sixth highest ranked career leader for runs produced. Which active player ranks highest? Click & find out.

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