Runs : 1884 American Association 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1884 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Harry Stovey 124 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Charley Jones 117 Cincinnati Red Stockings 2
Arlie Latham 115 St. Louis Browns 3
Candy Nelson 114 New York Metropolitans 4
John Reilly 114 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Dude Esterbrook 110 New York Metropolitans 6
Bid McPhee 107 Cincinnati Red Stockings 7
Steve Brady 102 New York Metropolitans 8
Pete Browning 101 Louisville Colonels 9
Bill Gleason 97 St. Louis Browns 10
Chief Roseman 97 New York Metropolitans  
Joe Sommer 96 Baltimore Orioles 12
Frank Fennelly 94 Washington Nationals 13
Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Lon Knight 94 Philadelphia Athletics  
Tom Brown 93 Columbus Colts 15
Sadie Houck 93 Philadelphia Athletics  
Monk Cline 91 Louisville Colonels 17
Pop Corkhill 85 Cincinnati Red Stockings 18
Jim Clinton 82 Baltimore Orioles 19
Dave Orr 82 New York Metropolitans  
Hick Carpenter 80 Cincinnati Red Stockings 21
Dasher Troy 80 New York Metropolitans  
Hugh Nicol 79 St. Louis Browns 23
Jimmy Wolf 79 Louisville Colonels  
Pop Smith 78 Columbus Colts 25



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?

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.