Runs : 1938 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1938 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mel Ott 116 New York Giants 1
Stan Hack 109 Chicago Cubs 2
Dolph Camilli 106 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Ival Goodman 103 Cincinnati Reds 4
Joe Medwick 100 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Johnny Rizzo 97 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Lee Handley 91 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Frank McCormick 89 Cincinnati Reds 8
Arky Vaughan 88 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Billy Herman 86 Chicago Cubs 10
Johnny Mize 85 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Gus Suhr 82 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Wally Berger 79 New York Giants 13
Cincinnati Reds  
Lloyd Waner 79 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ripper Collins 78 Chicago Cubs 15
Ernie Koy 78 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Paul Waner 77 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Lonny Frey 76 Cincinnati Reds 18
Jo-Jo Moore 76 New York Giants  
Goody Rosen 75 Brooklyn Dodgers 20
Vince DiMaggio 71 Boston Bees 21
Elbie Fletcher 71 Boston Bees  
Harry Craft 70 Cincinnati Reds 23
Cookie Lavagetto 68 Brooklyn Dodgers 24
Jimmy Ripple 68 New York Giants  



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.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.