Runs : 1902 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 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)
 

1902 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Honus Wagner 105 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Fred Clarke 103 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Ginger Beaumont 100 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Tommy Leach 97 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Sam Crawford 92 Cincinnati Reds 5
Roy Thomas 89 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Fred Tenney 88 Boston Beaneaters 7
Willie Keeler 86 Brooklyn Superbas 8
Jimmy Sheckard 86 Brooklyn Superbas  
Jake Beckley 82 Cincinnati Reds 10
George Barclay 79 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Pat Carney 75 Boston Beaneaters 12
Duff Cooley 73 Boston Beaneaters 13
Cozy Dolan 72 Brooklyn Superbas 14
George Browne 71 Philadelphia Phillies 15
New York Giants  
John Dobbs 70 Cincinnati Reds 16
Chicago Cubs  
Patsy Donovan 70 St. Louis Cardinals  
John Farrell 68 St. Louis Cardinals 18
Billy Lush 68 Boston Beaneaters  
Bill Dahlen 67 Brooklyn Superbas 20
Shad Barry 65 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Jimmy Slagle 64 Chicago Cubs 22
Charlie Dexter 63 Chicago Cubs 23
Boston Beaneaters  
Rudy Hulswitt 59 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Charlie Irwin 59 Brooklyn Superbas  



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).

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?

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.