Runs : 1921 National League Top 25

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1921 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby 131 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Dave Bancroft 121 New York Giants 2
Frankie Frisch 121 New York Giants  
Ray Powell 114 Boston Braves 4
George Burns 111 New York Giants 5
Jimmy Johnston 104 Brooklyn Robins 6
Jack Fournier 103 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Carson Bigbee 100 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Sam Bohne 98 Cincinnati Reds 9
Irish Meusel 96 Philadelphia Phillies 10
New York Giants  
Milt Stock 96 St. Louis Cardinals  
George Kelly 95 New York Giants 12
Tony Boeckel 93 Boston Braves 13
Austin McHenry 92 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Ray Grimes 91 Chicago Cubs 15
Zack Wheat 91 Brooklyn Robins  
Rabbit Maranville 90 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Ross Youngs 90 New York Giants  
Ivy Olson 88 Brooklyn Robins 19
Jack Smith 86 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Billy Southworth 86 Boston Braves  
Max Carey 85 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Max Flack 80 Chicago Cubs 23
Turner Barber 73 Chicago Cubs 24
Charlie Hollocher 71 Chicago Cubs 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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.