Top 25 Runs in 1998 in the National League

Runs : 1998 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)

1998 Runs Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Runs Team Rank

Sammy Sosa 134 Chicago Cubs 1

Mark McGwire 130 St. Louis Cardinals 2

Jeff Bagwell 124 Houston Astros 3

Craig Biggio 123 Houston Astros 4

Chipper Jones 123 Atlanta Braves

Barry Bonds 120 San Francisco Giants 6

Scott Rolen 120 Philadelphia Phillies

Larry Walker 113 Colorado Rockies 8

Greg Vaughn 112 San Diego Padres 9

Derek Bell 111 Houston Astros 10

Vinny Castilla 108 Colorado Rockies 11

Vladimir Guerrero 108 Montreal Expos

Doug Glanville 106 Philadelphia Phillies 13

Moises Alou 104 Houston Astros 14

Andres Galarraga 103 Atlanta Braves 15

Fernando Vina 101 Milwaukee Brewers 16

Brian Jordan 100 St. Louis Cardinals 17

Dante Bichette 97 Colorado Rockies 18

Jeff Cirillo 97 Milwaukee Brewers

Darryl Hamilton 95 San Francisco Giants 20

Colorado Rockies

Jason Kendall 95 Pittsburgh Pirates

Edgardo Alfonzo 94 New York Mets 22

Jeff Kent 94 San Francisco Giants

Ray Lankford 94 St. Louis Cardinals

Barry Larkin 93 Cincinnati Reds 25

Name Runs Team Rank

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 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?

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.

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