Runs : 1960 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:

"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)
 

1960 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Mickey Mantle 119 New York Yankees 1
Roger Maris 98 New York Yankees 2
Jim Landis 89 Chicago White Sox 3
Minnie Minoso 89 Chicago White Sox  
Roy Sievers 87 Chicago White Sox 5
Luis Aparicio 86 Chicago White Sox 6
Nellie Fox 85 Chicago White Sox 7
Tito Francona 84 Cleveland Indians 8
Harmon Killebrew 84 Washington Senators  
Jim Lemon 81 Washington Senators 10
Pete Runnels 80 Boston Red Sox 11
Al Smith 80 Chicago White Sox  
Bob Allison 79 Washington Senators 13
Eddie Yost 78 Detroit Tigers 14
Al Kaline 77 Detroit Tigers 15
Tony Kubek 77 New York Yankees  
Willie Tasby 77 Baltimore Orioles  
Boston Red Sox  
Bill Tuttle 75 Kansas City Athletics 18
Brooks Robinson 74 Baltimore Orioles 19
Jackie Brandt 73 Baltimore Orioles 20
Ron Hansen 72 Baltimore Orioles 21
Billy Gardner 71 Washington Senators 22
Charlie Maxwell 70 Detroit Tigers 23
Jimmy Piersall 70 Cleveland Indians  
Marv Breeding 69 Baltimore Orioles 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.

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.

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.