Runs : 1938 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1938 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Hank Greenberg 144 Detroit Tigers 1
Jimmie Foxx 139 Boston Red Sox 2
Charlie Gehringer 133 Detroit Tigers 3
Red Rolfe 132 New York Yankees 4
Joe DiMaggio 129 New York Yankees 5
Buddy Lewis 122 Washington Senators 6
Joe Vosmik 121 Boston Red Sox 7
Harlond Clift 119 St. Louis Browns 8
Doc Cramer 116 Boston Red Sox 9
Lou Gehrig 115 New York Yankees 10
Bob Johnson 114 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Frankie Crosetti 113 New York Yankees 12
Tommy Henrich 109 New York Yankees 13
Hal Trosky 106 Cleveland Indians 14
Jeff Heath 104 Cleveland Indians 15
Mel Almada 101 Washington Senators 16
St. Louis Browns  
Earl Averill 101 Cleveland Indians  
George McQuinn 100 St. Louis Browns 18
Joe Cronin 98 Boston Red Sox 19
Cecil Travis 96 Washington Senators 20
Lyn Lary 94 Cleveland Indians 21
Ben Chapman 92 Boston Red Sox 22
Bill Werber 92 Philadelphia Athletics  
Beau Bell 91 St. Louis Browns 24
Pete Fox 91 Detroit Tigers  



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.

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).