Runs : 1927 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)
 

1927 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby 133 New York Giants 1
Lloyd Waner 133 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Hack Wilson 119 Chicago Cubs 3
Paul Waner 114 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Frankie Frisch 112 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Freddie Lindstrom 107 New York Giants 6
Riggs Stephenson 101 Chicago Cubs 7
Bill Terry 101 New York Giants  
Sparky Adams 100 Chicago Cubs 9
George Grantham 96 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Jim Bottomley 95 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Pie Traynor 93 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Heinie Sand 87 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Cy Williams 86 Philadelphia Phillies 14
George Harper 85 New York Giants 15
Edd Roush 83 New York Giants 16
Taylor Douthit 81 St. Louis Cardinals 17
Chuck Dressen 78 Cincinnati Reds 18
Fresco Thompson 78 Philadelphia Phillies  
Glenn Wright 78 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jay Partridge 72 Brooklyn Robins 21
Jimmy Welsh 72 Boston Braves  
Max Carey 70 Brooklyn Robins 23
Freddy Leach 69 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Charlie Grimm 68 Chicago Cubs 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.

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.

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).