Runs : 1985 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1985 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Rickey Henderson 146 New York Yankees 1
Cal Ripken, Jr. 116 Baltimore Orioles 2
Eddie Murray 111 Baltimore Orioles 3
Dwight Evans 110 Boston Red Sox 4
George Brett 108 Kansas City Royals 5
Wade Boggs 107 Boston Red Sox 6
Don Mattingly 107 New York Yankees  
Brett Butler 106 Cleveland Indians 8
Dave Winfield 105 New York Yankees 9
Lou Whitaker 102 Detroit Tigers 10
Phil Bradley 100 Seattle Mariners 11
Julio Franco 97 Cleveland Indians 12
Kirk Gibson 96 Detroit Tigers 13
Jesse Barfield 94 Toronto Blue Jays 14
Paul Molitor 93 Milwaukee Brewers 15
Mike Davis 92 Oakland Athletics 16
Lloyd Moseby 92 Toronto Blue Jays  
Bill Buckner 89 Boston Red Sox 18
George Bell 87 Toronto Blue Jays 19
Willie Wilson 87 Kansas City Royals  
Harold Baines 86 Chicago White Sox 21
Carlton Fisk 85 Chicago White Sox 22
Jim Rice 85 Boston Red Sox  
Cecil Cooper 82 Milwaukee Brewers 24
Darrell Evans 81 Detroit Tigers 25



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.

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.