Runs : 1918 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)
 

1918 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Heinie Groh 86 Cincinnati Reds 1
George Burns 80 New York Giants 2
Max Flack 74 Chicago Cubs 3
Charlie Hollocher 72 Chicago Cubs 4
Max Carey 70 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Ross Youngs 70 New York Giants  
Dave Bancroft 69 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Les Mann 69 Chicago Cubs  
Dode Paskert 69 Chicago Cubs  
Ivy Olson 63 Brooklyn Robins 10
Milt Stock 62 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Lee Magee 61 Cincinnati Reds 12
Edd Roush 61 Cincinnati Reds  
Buck Herzog 57 Boston Braves 14
Greasy Neale 57 Cincinnati Reds  
George Cutshaw 56 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Fred Merkle 55 Chicago Cubs 17
Red Smith 55 Boston Braves  
Al Wickland 55 Boston Braves  
Jimmy Johnston 54 Brooklyn Robins 20
Fred Luderus 54 Philadelphia Phillies  
Art Fletcher 51 New York Giants 22
Rogers Hornsby 51 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jake Daubert 50 Brooklyn Robins 24
Cy Williams 49 Philadelphia Phillies 25



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 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.