Runs : 1981 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)
 

1981 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mike Schmidt 78 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Pete Rose 73 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Andre Dawson 71 Montreal Expos 3
George Hendrick 67 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Ken Griffey 65 Cincinnati Reds 5
Keith Hernandez 65 St. Louis Cardinals  
George Foster 64 Cincinnati Reds 7
Dave Collins 63 Cincinnati Reds 8
Steve Garvey 63 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Gary Matthews 62 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Omar Moreno 62 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tim Raines 61 Montreal Expos 12
Jack Clark 60 San Francisco Giants 13
Dave Concepcion 57 Cincinnati Reds 14
Jose Cruz 53 Houston Astros 15
Ruppert Jones 53 San Diego Padres  
Ozzie Smith 53 San Diego Padres  
Darrell Evans 51 San Francisco Giants 18
Tom Herr 50 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Ivan DeJesus 49 Chicago Cubs 20
Tony Scott 49 St. Louis Cardinals  
Houston Astros  
Mookie Wilson 49 New York Mets  
Dusty Baker 48 Los Angeles Dodgers 23
Gary Carter 48 Montreal Expos  
Larry Herndon 48 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.

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).