Runs : 1924 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)
 

1924 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth 143 New York Yankees 1
Ty Cobb 115 Detroit Tigers 2
Eddie Collins 108 Chicago White Sox 3
Harry Heilmann 107 Detroit Tigers 4
Harry Hooper 107 Chicago White Sox  
Ira Flagstead 106 Boston Red Sox 6
Sam Rice 106 Washington Senators  
Joe Dugan 105 New York Yankees 8
Baby Doll Jacobson 103 St. Louis Browns 9
Goose Goslin 100 Washington Senators 10
Joe Sewell 99 Cleveland Indians 11
Charlie Jamieson 98 Cleveland Indians 12
Joe Hauser 97 Philadelphia Athletics 13
George Sisler 94 St. Louis Browns 14
Tris Speaker 94 Cleveland Indians  
Bob Meusel 93 New York Yankees 16
Bill Wambsganss 93 Boston Red Sox  
Bucky Harris 88 Washington Senators 18
Wally Pipp 88 New York Yankees  
Whitey Witt 88 New York Yankees  
Jack Tobin 87 St. Louis Browns 21
Earl Sheely 84 Chicago White Sox 22
Heinie Manush 83 Detroit Tigers 23
Joe Harris 82 Boston Red Sox 24
Lu Blue 81 Detroit Tigers 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).

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.