Runs : 2006 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

2006 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Grady Sizemore 134 Cleveland Indians 1
Derek Jeter 118 New York Yankees 2
Johnny Damon 115 New York Yankees 3
David Ortiz 115 Boston Red Sox  
Alex Rodriguez 113 New York Yankees 5
Ichiro Suzuki 110 Seattle Mariners 6
Jim Thome 108 Chicago White Sox 7
Nick Swisher 106 Oakland Athletics 8
Troy Glaus 105 Toronto Blue Jays 9
Jermaine Dye 103 Chicago White Sox 10
Raul Ibanez 103 Seattle Mariners  
Mike Cuddyer 102 Minnesota Twins 12
Gary Matthews, Jr. 102 Texas Rangers  
Carlos Guillen 100 Detroit Tigers 14
Travis Hafner 100 Cleveland Indians  
Kevin Youkilis 100 Boston Red Sox  
Mark Teixeira 99 Texas Rangers 17
Miguel Tejada 99 Baltimore Orioles  
Tadahito Iguchi 97 Chicago White Sox 19
Paul Konerko 97 Chicago White Sox  
Justin Morneau 97 Minnesota Twins  
Melvin Mora 96 Baltimore Orioles 22
Orlando Cabrera 95 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 23
Chone Figgins 93 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 24
Michael Young 93 Texas Rangers  



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.

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.