Runs : 1950 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1950 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Earl Torgeson 120 Boston Braves 1
Eddie Stanky 115 New York Giants 2
Ralph Kiner 112 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Duke Snider 109 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Stan Musial 105 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Eddie Waitkus 102 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Sam Jethroe 100 Boston Braves 7
Willie Jones 100 Philadelphia Phillies  
Carl Furillo 99 Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Jackie Robinson 99 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Gil Hodges 98 Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Pee Wee Reese 97 Brooklyn Dodgers 12
Andy Pafko 95 Chicago Cubs 13
Bob Elliott 94 Boston Braves 14
Del Ennis 92 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Tommy Glaviano 92 St. Louis Cardinals  
Hank Sauer 85 Chicago Cubs 17
Richie Ashburn 84 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Enos Slaughter 82 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Hank Thompson 82 New York Giants  
Red Schoendienst 81 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Al Dark 79 New York Giants 22
Dick Sisler 79 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bobby Thomson 79 New York Giants  
Sid Gordon 78 Boston Braves 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.