Runs : 2002 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)
 

2002 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sammy Sosa 122 Chicago Cubs 1
Albert Pujols 118 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Barry Bonds 117 San Francisco Giants 3
Shawn Green 110 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Todd Helton 107 Colorado Rockies 5
Lance Berkman 106 Houston Astros 6
Vladimir Guerrero 106 Montreal Expos  
Junior Spivey 103 Arizona Diamondbacks 8
Jose Vidro 103 Montreal Expos  
Bobby Abreu 102 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Jeff Kent 102 San Francisco Giants  
Craig Biggio 96 Houston Astros 12
Pat Burrell 96 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jim Edmonds 96 St. Louis Cardinals  
Rafael Furcal 95 Atlanta Braves 15
Brian Giles 95 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Derrek Lee 95 Florida Marlins  
Larry Walker 95 Colorado Rockies  
Jeff Bagwell 94 Houston Astros 19
Brad Wilkerson 92 Montreal Expos 20
Andruw Jones 91 Atlanta Braves 21
Luis Gonzalez 90 Arizona Diamondbacks 22
Chipper Jones 90 Atlanta Braves  
Ryan Klesko 90 San Diego Padres  
Juan Pierre 90 Colorado Rockies  



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).

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

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.