Runs : 2007 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

2007 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Alex Rodriguez 143 New York Yankees 1
Bobby Abreu 123 New York Yankees 2
Curtis Granderson 122 Detroit Tigers 3
Grady Sizemore 118 Cleveland Indians 4
Magglio Ordonez 117 Detroit Tigers 5
David Ortiz 116 Boston Red Sox 6
Alex Rios 114 Toronto Blue Jays 7
Ichiro Suzuki 111 Seattle Mariners 8
Gary Sheffield 107 Detroit Tigers 9
Placido Polanco 105 Detroit Tigers 10
Brian Roberts 103 Baltimore Orioles 11
Derek Jeter 102 New York Yankees 12
Orlando Cabrera 101 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 13
David DeJesus 101 Kansas City Royals  
Hideki Matsui 100 New York Yankees 15
Carlos Pena 99 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 16
Nick Markakis 97 Baltimore Orioles 17
Ian Kinsler 96 Texas Rangers 18
Torii Hunter 94 Minnesota Twins 19
Robinson Cano 93 New York Yankees 20
Carl Crawford 93 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Johnny Damon 93 New York Yankees  
Jorge Posada 91 New York Yankees 23
Vladimir Guerrero 89 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 24
Adrian Beltre 87 Seattle Mariners 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?

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.

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.