Runs : 1931 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1931 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Lou Gehrig 163 New York Yankees 1
Babe Ruth 149 New York Yankees 2
Earl Averill 140 Cleveland Indians 3
Ben Chapman 120 New York Yankees 4
Earle Combs 120 New York Yankees  
Lu Blue 119 Chicago White Sox 6
Max Bishop 115 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Goose Goslin 114 St. Louis Browns 8
Buddy Myer 114 Washington Senators  
Heinie Manush 110 Washington Senators 10
Roy Johnson 107 Detroit Tigers 11
Al Simmons 105 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Joe Cronin 103 Washington Senators 13
Joe Sewell 102 New York Yankees 14
Lyn Lary 100 New York Yankees 15
Fred Schulte 100 St. Louis Browns  
Earl Webb 96 Boston Red Sox 17
Jimmie Foxx 93 Philadelphia Athletics 18
Ski Melillo 88 St. Louis Browns 19
Mickey Cochrane 87 Philadelphia Athletics 20
Red Kress 87 St. Louis Browns  
Ed Morgan 87 Cleveland Indians  
Lew Fonseca 86 Cleveland Indians 23
Chicago White Sox  
John Stone 86 Detroit Tigers  
Johnny Burnett 85 Cleveland Indians 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.

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.