Runs : 1877 National 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
 

1877 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jim O'Rourke 68 Boston Red Caps 1
Cal McVey 58 Chicago White Stockings 2
George Wright 58 Boston Red Caps  
Joe Start 55 Hartford Dark Blues 4
George Hall 53 Louisville Grays 5
Charley Jones 53 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Chicago White Stockings  
Cap Anson 52 Chicago White Stockings 7
Deacon White 51 Boston Red Caps 8
John Clapp 47 St. Louis Brown Stockings 9
Jack Manning 47 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
John Morrill 47 Boston Red Caps  
Andy Leonard 46 Boston Red Caps 12
Mike Dorgan 45 St. Louis Brown Stockings 13
John Peters 45 Chicago White Stockings  
Lip Pike 45 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Paul Hines 44 Chicago White Stockings 16
John Cassidy 43 Hartford Dark Blues 17
Ezra Sutton 43 Boston Red Caps  
Tom York 43 Hartford Dark Blues  
Juice Latham 42 Louisville Grays 20
Joe Gerhardt 41 Louisville Grays 21
Bob Ferguson 40 Hartford Dark Blues 22
Tom Carey 38 Hartford Dark Blues 23
Jim Devlin 38 Louisville Grays  
Bill Hague 38 Louisville Grays  



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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.