Runs : 1884 Union Association Top 25

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"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1884 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the Union Association

Fred Dunlap 160 St. Louis Maroons 1
Orator Shafer 130 St. Louis Maroons 2
Emmett Seery 115 Baltimore Monumentals 3
Kansas City Unions  
Yank Robinson 101 Baltimore Monumentals 4
Dave Rowe 95 St. Louis Maroons 5
Jack Gleason 90 St. Louis Maroons 6
Dick Burns 84 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 7
Ed Crane 83 Boston Unions 8
John Irwin 81 Boston Unions 9
Bill Hawes 80 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 10
Tom O'Brien 80 Boston Unions  
Harry Moore 77 Washington Nationals 12
Buster Hoover 76 Philadelphia Keystones 13
Bill Kienzle 76 Philadelphia Keystones  
Phil Baker 75 Washington Nationals 15
Joe Quinn 74 St. Louis Maroons 16
Joe Ellick 73 Chicago Browns 17
Pittsburgh Stogies  
Kansas City Unions  
Baltimore Monumentals  
Walter Hackett 71 Boston Unions 18
Lou Say 71 Baltimore Monumentals  
Kansas City Unions  
Lou Sylvester 67 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 20
Jerry McCormick 64 Philadelphia Keystones 21
Washington Nationals  
Dick Phelan 63 Baltimore Monumentals 22
Milt Whitehead 63 St. Louis Maroons  
Kansas City Unions  
Jumbo Schoeneck 61 Chicago Browns 24
Pittsburgh Stogies  
Baltimore Monumentals  
Eddie Fusselback 60 Baltimore Monumentals 25



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.

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.

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).