Runs : 1926 American League Top 25

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1926 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth 139 New York Yankees 1
Lou Gehrig 135 New York Yankees 2
Johnny Mostil 120 Chicago White Sox 3
Earle Combs 113 New York Yankees 4
Goose Goslin 105 Washington Senators 5
Marty McManus 102 St. Louis Browns 6
Freddy Spurgeon 101 Cleveland Indians 7
Sam Rice 98 Washington Senators 8
George Burns 97 Cleveland Indians 9
Tris Speaker 96 Cleveland Indians 10
Heinie Manush 95 Detroit Tigers 11
Bucky Harris 94 Washington Senators 12
Mark Koenig 93 New York Yankees 13
Lu Blue 92 Detroit Tigers 14
Joe Sewell 91 Cleveland Indians 15
Harry Heilmann 90 Detroit Tigers 16
Al Simmons 90 Philadelphia Athletics  
Charlie Jamieson 89 Cleveland Indians 18
Bibb Falk 86 Chicago White Sox 19
Harry Rice 86 St. Louis Browns  
Earl McNeely 84 Washington Senators 21
Bill Hunnefield 81 Chicago White Sox 22
Tony Lazzeri 79 New York Yankees 23
George Sisler 78 St. Louis Browns 24
Max Bishop 77 Philadelphia Athletics 25



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.

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

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.