Runs : 1939 American League Top 25

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1939 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Red Rolfe 139 New York Yankees 1
Ted Williams 131 Boston Red Sox 2
Jimmie Foxx 130 Boston Red Sox 3
Barney McCosky 120 Detroit Tigers 4
Bob Johnson 115 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Hank Greenberg 112 Detroit Tigers 6
Doc Cramer 110 Boston Red Sox 7
Frankie Crosetti 109 New York Yankees 8
Joe DiMaggio 108 New York Yankees 9
Joe Kuhel 107 Chicago White Sox 10
George Case 103 Washington Senators 11
George Selkirk 103 New York Yankees  
Ben Chapman 101 Cleveland Indians 13
George McQuinn 101 St. Louis Browns  
Bill Dickey 98 New York Yankees 15
Joe Cronin 97 Boston Red Sox 16
Gee Walker 95 Chicago White Sox 17
Joe Gordon 92 New York Yankees 18
Harlond Clift 90 St. Louis Browns 19
Hal Trosky 89 Cleveland Indians 20
Joe Vosmik 89 Boston Red Sox  
Charlie Keller 87 New York Yankees 22
Buddy Lewis 87 Washington Senators  
Charlie Gehringer 86 Detroit Tigers 24
Mike Kreevich 85 Chicago White Sox 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).

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.