Top 25 Runs in 1996 in the American League

Runs : 1996 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)

1996 Runs Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Runs Team Rank

Alex Rodriguez 141 Seattle Mariners 1

Chuck Knoblauch 140 Minnesota Twins 2

Roberto Alomar 132 Baltimore Orioles 3

Kenny Lofton 132 Cleveland Indians

Ken Griffey, Jr. 125 Seattle Mariners 5

Albert Belle 124 Cleveland Indians 6

Jim Thome 122 Cleveland Indians 7

Edgar Martinez 121 Seattle Mariners 8

Tony Phillips 119 Chicago White Sox 9

Mo Vaughn 118 Boston Red Sox 10

Brady Anderson 117 Baltimore Orioles 11

Ivan Rodriguez 116 Texas Rangers 12

Rafael Palmeiro 110 Baltimore Orioles 13

Frank Thomas 110 Chicago White Sox

John Jaha 108 Milwaukee Brewers 15

Bernie Williams 108 New York Yankees

Bobby Bonilla 107 Baltimore Orioles 17

Jay Buhner 107 Seattle Mariners

Derek Jeter 104 New York Yankees 19

Mark McGwire 104 Oakland Athletics

Geronimo Berroa 101 Oakland Athletics 21

Jeff Cirillo 101 Milwaukee Brewers

Paul Molitor 99 Minnesota Twins 23

Dean Palmer 98 Texas Rangers 24

Omar Vizquel 98 Cleveland Indians

Name Runs Team Rank

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).

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.

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