Runs : 1960 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)
 

1960 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bill Bruton 112 Milwaukee Braves 1
Eddie Mathews 108 Milwaukee Braves 2
Willie Mays 107 San Francisco Giants 3
Vada Pinson 107 Cincinnati Reds  
Hank Aaron 102 Milwaukee Braves 5
Richie Ashburn 99 Chicago Cubs 6
Don Hoak 97 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Jim Gilliam 96 Los Angeles Dodgers 8
Ken Boyer 95 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Ernie Banks 94 Chicago Cubs 10
Roberto Clemente 89 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Frank Robinson 86 Cincinnati Reds 12
Dick Groat 85 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Bob Skinner 83 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Orlando Cepeda 81 San Francisco Giants 15
Del Crandall 81 Milwaukee Braves  
Bill White 81 St. Louis Cardinals  
Tony Taylor 80 Chicago Cubs 18
Philadelphia Phillies  
Maury Wills 75 Los Angeles Dodgers 19
Wally Moon 74 Los Angeles Dodgers 20
Don Blasingame 72 San Francisco Giants 21
Daryl Spencer 70 St. Louis Cardinals 22
Joe Cunningham 68 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Gus Bell 65 Cincinnati Reds 24
Pancho Herrera 61 Philadelphia Phillies 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.