Runs : 1963 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1963 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hank Aaron 121 Milwaukee Braves 1
Willie Mays 115 San Francisco Giants 2
Curt Flood 112 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Bill White 106 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Willie McCovey 103 San Francisco Giants 5
Tony Taylor 102 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Pete Rose 101 Cincinnati Reds 7
Orlando Cepeda 100 San Francisco Giants 8
Johnny Callison 96 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Vada Pinson 96 Cincinnati Reds  
Billy Williams 87 Chicago Cubs 11
Ken Boyer 86 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Dick Groat 85 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Maury Wills 83 Los Angeles Dodgers 14
Julian Javier 82 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Eddie Mathews 82 Milwaukee Braves  
Lou Brock 79 Chicago Cubs 17
Frank Robinson 79 Cincinnati Reds  
Ron Santo 79 Chicago Cubs  
Tony Gonzalez 78 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Roberto Clemente 77 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Jim Gilliam 77 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Felipe Alou 75 San Francisco Giants 23
Frank Bolling 73 Milwaukee Braves 24
Tommy Davis 69 Los Angeles Dodgers 25



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.

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).

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.