Runs : 1968 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1968 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Dick McAuliffe 95 Detroit Tigers 1
Carl Yastrzemski 90 Boston Red Sox 2
Cesar Tovar 89 Minnesota Twins 3
Roy White 89 New York Yankees  
Mickey Stanley 88 Detroit Tigers 5
Bert Campaneris 87 Oakland Athletics 6
Reggie Jackson 82 Oakland Athletics 7
Ken Harrelson 79 Boston Red Sox 8
Frank Howard 79 Washington Senators  
Jose Cardenal 78 Cleveland Indians 10
Reggie Smith 78 Boston Red Sox  
Mike Andrews 77 Boston Red Sox 12
Jim Fregosi 77 California Angels  
Jim Northrup 76 Detroit Tigers 14
Bill Freehan 73 Detroit Tigers 15
Frank Robinson 69 Baltimore Orioles 16
Willie Horton 68 Detroit Tigers 17
Sal Bando 67 Oakland Athletics 18
Ken McMullen 66 Washington Senators 19
Del Unser 66 Washington Senators  
Don Buford 65 Baltimore Orioles 21
Joe Foy 65 Boston Red Sox  
Brooks Robinson 65 Baltimore Orioles  
Bob Allison 63 Minnesota Twins 24
Rick Reichardt 62 California Angels 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).

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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.