Runs : 1934 American League Top 25

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"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1934 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Charlie Gehringer 134 Detroit Tigers 1
Bill Werber 129 Boston Red Sox 2
Earl Averill 128 Cleveland Indians 3
Lou Gehrig 128 New York Yankees  
Jimmie Foxx 120 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Hank Greenberg 118 Detroit Tigers 6
Hal Trosky 117 Cleveland Indians 7
Billy Rogell 114 Detroit Tigers 8
Bob Johnson 111 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Goose Goslin 106 Detroit Tigers 10
Harlond Clift 104 St. Louis Browns 11
Buddy Myer 103 Washington Senators 12
Al Simmons 102 Chicago White Sox 13
Pete Fox 101 Detroit Tigers 14
Doc Cramer 99 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Jo-Jo White 97 Detroit Tigers 16
Ed Morgan 95 Boston Red Sox 17
Sam West 90 St. Louis Browns 18
Pinky Higgins 89 Philadelphia Athletics 19
Heinie Manush 88 Washington Senators 20
Zeke Bonura 86 Chicago White Sox 21
Jack Burns 86 St. Louis Browns  
Frankie Crosetti 85 New York Yankees 23
Roy Johnson 85 Boston Red Sox  
Ben Chapman 82 New York Yankees 25



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.

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.