Runs : 1915 American League Top 25

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"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)
 

1915 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb 144 Detroit Tigers 1
Eddie Collins 118 Chicago White Sox 2
Ossie Vitt 116 Detroit Tigers 3
Tris Speaker 108 Boston Red Sox 4
Ray Chapman 101 Cleveland Indians 5
Donie Bush 99 Detroit Tigers 6
Burt Shotton 93 St. Louis Browns 7
Harry Hooper 90 Boston Red Sox 8
Eddie Murphy 88 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Chicago White Sox  
Jack Fournier 86 Chicago White Sox 10
Clyde Milan 83 Washington Senators 11
Buck Weaver 83 Chicago White Sox  
Sam Crawford 81 Detroit Tigers 13
Bobby Veach 81 Detroit Tigers  
Fritz Maisel 77 New York Yankees 15
Amos Strunk 76 Philadelphia Athletics 16
Eddie Foster 75 Washington Senators 17
Shano Collins 73 Chicago White Sox 18
Doc Cook 70 New York Yankees 19
Duffy Lewis 69 Boston Red Sox 20
Roger Peckinpaugh 67 New York Yankees 21
Braggo Roth 67 Chicago White Sox  
Cleveland Indians  
Happy Felsch 65 Chicago White Sox 23
Danny Moeller 65 Washington Senators  
Wally Schang 64 Philadelphia Athletics 25



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.

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).

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.