Runs : 1975 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)
 

1975 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Pete Rose 112 Cincinnati Reds 1
Dave Cash 111 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Davey Lopes 108 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Joe Morgan 107 Cincinnati Reds 4
Derrel Thomas 99 San Francisco Giants 5
Ken Griffey 95 Cincinnati Reds 6
Cesar Cedeno 93 Houston Astros 7
Mike Schmidt 93 Philadelphia Phillies  
Rusty Staub 93 New York Mets  
Al Oliver 90 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Rick Monday 89 Chicago Cubs 11
Rennie Stennett 89 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jose Cardenal 85 Chicago Cubs 13
Steve Garvey 85 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Greg Luzinski 85 Philadelphia Phillies  
Pepe Mangual 84 Montreal Expos 16
Johnny Bench 83 Cincinnati Reds 17
Darrell Evans 82 Atlanta Braves 18
Felix Millan 81 New York Mets 19
Bobby Murcer 80 San Francisco Giants 20
Ted Simmons 80 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jimmy Wynn 80 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Larry Bowa 79 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Lou Brock 78 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Don Kessinger 77 Chicago Cubs 25



The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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

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.