Runs : 1903 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1903 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ginger Beaumont 137 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Mike Donlin 110 Cincinnati Reds 2
George Browne 105 New York Giants 3
Jimmy Slagle 104 Chicago Cubs 4
Sammy Strang 101 Brooklyn Superbas 5
Sam Mertes 100 New York Giants 6
Jimmy Sheckard 99 Brooklyn Superbas 7
Tommy Leach 97 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Honus Wagner 97 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Fred Clarke 88 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Roy Thomas 88 Philadelphia Phillies  
Roger Bresnahan 87 New York Giants 12
Jake Beckley 85 Cincinnati Reds 13
Joe Kelley 85 Cincinnati Reds  
Cy Seymour 85 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Doyle 84 Brooklyn Superbas 16
Frank Chance 83 Chicago Cubs 17
John Farrell 83 St. Louis Cardinals  
Charlie Dexter 82 Boston Beaneaters 19
Fred Tenney 79 Boston Beaneaters 20
Duff Cooley 76 Boston Beaneaters 21
Shad Barry 75 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Dan McGann 75 New York Giants  
Dick Harley 72 Chicago Cubs 24
Harry Wolverton 72 Philadelphia Phillies  



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?

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).