Runs : 1951 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1951 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ralph Kiner 124 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Stan Musial 124 St. Louis Cardinals  
Gil Hodges 118 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Al Dark 114 New York Giants 4
Jackie Robinson 106 Brooklyn Dodgers 5
Sam Jethroe 101 Boston Braves 6
Earl Torgeson 99 Boston Braves 7
Sid Gordon 96 Boston Braves 8
Duke Snider 96 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Monte Irvin 94 New York Giants 10
Pee Wee Reese 94 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Carl Furillo 93 Brooklyn Dodgers 12
Richie Ashburn 92 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Roy Campanella 90 Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Bobby Thomson 89 New York Giants 15
Red Schoendienst 88 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Eddie Stanky 88 New York Giants  
Whitey Lockman 85 New York Giants 18
Gus Bell 80 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Willie Jones 79 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Randy Jackson 78 Chicago Cubs 21
Hank Sauer 77 Chicago Cubs 22
Del Ennis 76 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Connie Ryan 75 Cincinnati Reds 24
Ted Kluszewski 74 Cincinnati Reds 25



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

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).

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.