Runs : 1952 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)
 

1952 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Solly Hemus 105 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Stan Musial 105 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jackie Robinson 104 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Whitey Lockman 99 New York Giants 4
Pee Wee Reese 94 Brooklyn Dodgers 5
Richie Ashburn 93 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Al Dark 92 New York Giants 7
Red Schoendienst 91 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Del Ennis 90 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Ralph Kiner 90 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Hank Sauer 89 Chicago Cubs 11
Bobby Thomson 89 New York Giants  
Gil Hodges 87 Brooklyn Dodgers 13
Bobby Adams 85 Cincinnati Reds 14
Connie Ryan 81 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Eddie Mathews 80 Boston Braves 16
Duke Snider 80 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Sam Jethroe 79 Boston Braves 18
Andy Pafko 76 Brooklyn Dodgers 19
Granny Hamner 74 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Roy Campanella 73 Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Enos Slaughter 73 St. Louis Cardinals  
Davey Williams 70 New York Giants 23
Dee Fondy 69 Chicago Cubs 24
Sid Gordon 69 Boston Braves  



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.