Runs : 1999 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1999 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Roberto Alomar 138 Cleveland Indians 1
Shawn Green 134 Toronto Blue Jays 2
Derek Jeter 134 New York Yankees  
Manny Ramirez 131 Cleveland Indians 4
Ken Griffey, Jr. 123 Seattle Mariners 5
Chuck Knoblauch 120 New York Yankees 6
Ivan Rodriguez 116 Texas Rangers 7
Bernie Williams 116 New York Yankees  
Jason Giambi 115 Oakland Athletics 9
Juan Gonzalez 114 Texas Rangers 10
Carlos Delgado 113 Toronto Blue Jays 11
Carlos Beltran 112 Kansas City Royals 12
Omar Vizquel 112 Cleveland Indians  
Kenny Lofton 110 Cleveland Indians 14
Alex Rodriguez 110 Seattle Mariners  
Brady Anderson 109 Baltimore Orioles 16
Ray Durham 109 Chicago White Sox  
Albert Belle 108 Baltimore Orioles 18
Rusty Greer 107 Texas Rangers 19
Jose Offerman 107 Boston Red Sox  
Mark McLemore 105 Texas Rangers 21
Randy Velarde 105 Anaheim Angels  
Oakland Athletics  
B.J. Surhoff 104 Baltimore Orioles 23
Nomar Garciaparra 103 Boston Red Sox 24
Shannon Stewart 102 Toronto Blue Jays 25



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?

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).

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.