Runs : 1942 American League Top 25

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

1942 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ted Williams 141 Boston Red Sox 1
Joe DiMaggio 123 New York Yankees 2
Dom DiMaggio 110 Boston Red Sox 3
Harlond Clift 108 St. Louis Browns 4
Charlie Keller 106 New York Yankees 5
Johnny Pesky 105 Boston Red Sox 6
George Case 101 Washington Senators 7
Stan Spence 94 Washington Senators 8
Don Gutteridge 90 St. Louis Browns 9
Chet Laabs 90 St. Louis Browns  
Joe Gordon 88 New York Yankees 11
George McQuinn 86 St. Louis Browns 12
Oris Hockett 85 Cleveland Indians 13
Vern Stephens 84 St. Louis Browns 14
Jeff Heath 82 Cleveland Indians 15
Rudy York 81 Detroit Tigers 16
Buddy Hassett 80 New York Yankees 17
Phil Rizzuto 79 New York Yankees 18
Luke Appling 78 Chicago White Sox 19
Bob Johnson 78 Philadelphia Athletics  
Wally Judnich 78 St. Louis Browns  
Tommy Henrich 77 New York Yankees 22
Mickey Vernon 76 Washington Senators 23
Barney McCosky 75 Detroit Tigers 24
Wally Moses 73 Chicago White Sox 25



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.

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).