Runs : 2008 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)
 

2008 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League
Dustin Pedroia 118 Boston Red Sox 1
Curtis Granderson 112 Detroit Tigers 2
Brian Roberts 107 Baltimore Orioles 3
Nick Markakis 106 Baltimore Orioles 4
Jhonny Peralta 104 Cleveland Indians 5
Alex Rodriguez 104 New York Yankees  
Ichiro Suzuki 103 Seattle Mariners 7
Ian Kinsler 102 Texas Rangers 8
Michael Young 102 Texas Rangers  
Grady Sizemore 101 Cleveland Indians 10
Bobby Abreu 100 New York Yankees 11
Jacoby Ellsbury 98 Boston Red Sox 12
Josh Hamilton 98 Texas Rangers  
Joe Mauer 98 Minnesota Twins  
Justin Morneau 97 Minnesota Twins 15
Jermaine Dye 96 Chicago White Sox 16
Aubrey Huff 96 Baltimore Orioles  
Carlos Quentin 96 Chicago White Sox  
Johnny Damon 95 New York Yankees 19
Orlando Cabrera 93 Chicago White Sox 20
Jim Thome 93 Chicago White Sox  
Akinori Iwamura 91 Tampa Bay Rays 22
Alex Rios 91 Toronto Blue Jays  
Kevin Youkilis 91 Boston Red Sox  
Placido Polanco 90 Detroit Tigers 25



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.

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?
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