Runs : 1985 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1985 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dale Murphy 118 Atlanta Braves 1
Tim Raines 115 Montreal Expos 2
Willie McGee 114 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Ryne Sandberg 113 Chicago Cubs 4
Vince Coleman 107 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Juan Samuel 101 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Pedro Guerrero 99 Los Angeles Dodgers 7
Tom Herr 97 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Tony Gwynn 90 San Diego Padres 9
Mike Schmidt 89 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Dave Parker 88 Cincinnati Reds 11
Keith Hernandez 87 New York Mets 12
Bill Doran 84 Houston Astros 13
Gary Carter 83 New York Mets 14
Eddie Milner 82 Cincinnati Reds 15
Steve Garvey 80 San Diego Padres 16
Darryl Strawberry 78 New York Mets 17
Wally Backman 77 New York Mets 18
Von Hayes 76 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Vance Law 75 Montreal Expos 20
Mariano Duncan 74 Los Angeles Dodgers 21
Keith Moreland 74 Chicago Cubs  
Glenn Wilson 73 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Kevin Bass 72 Houston Astros 24
Mike Marshall 72 Los Angeles Dodgers  



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.

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.

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