Runs : 1959 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1959 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Vada Pinson 131 Cincinnati Reds 1
Willie Mays 125 San Francisco Giants 2
Eddie Mathews 118 Milwaukee Braves 3
Hank Aaron 116 Milwaukee Braves 4
Frank Robinson 106 Cincinnati Reds 5
Charlie Neal 103 Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Johnny Temple 102 Cincinnati Reds 7
Ernie Banks 97 Chicago Cubs 8
Tony Taylor 96 Chicago Cubs 9
Wally Moon 93 Los Angeles Dodgers 10
Orlando Cepeda 92 San Francisco Giants 11
Jim Gilliam 91 Los Angeles Dodgers 12
Don Blasingame 90 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Richie Ashburn 86 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Ken Boyer 86 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bob Skinner 78 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Bill White 77 St. Louis Cardinals 17
Ed Bouchee 75 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Dick Groat 74 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Bill Bruton 72 Milwaukee Braves 20
Joe Koppe 68 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Bill Virdon 67 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Del Crandall 65 Milwaukee Braves 23
Joe Cunningham 65 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Davenport 65 San Francisco Giants  



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

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.

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.