Runs : 1946 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1946 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Stan Musial 124 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Enos Slaughter 100 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Eddie Stanky 98 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Red Schoendienst 94 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Phil Cavarretta 89 Chicago Cubs 5
Tommy Holmes 80 Boston Braves 6
Dixie Walker 80 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Pee Wee Reese 79 Brooklyn Dodgers 8
Whitey Kurowski 76 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Peanuts Lowrey 75 Chicago Cubs 10
Pete Reiser 75 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Johnny Wyrostek 73 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Elbie Fletcher 72 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Johnny Hopp 71 Boston Braves 14
Dick Culler 70 Boston Braves 15
Del Ennis 70 Philadelphia Phillies  
Johnny Mize 70 New York Giants  
Jim Russell 68 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Sid Gordon 64 New York Giants 19
Buddy Blattner 63 New York Giants 20
Ralph Kiner 63 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Willard Marshall 63 New York Giants  
Frankie Gustine 60 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Bert Haas 57 Cincinnati Reds 24
Grady Hatton 56 Cincinnati Reds 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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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