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Active Leaders & Records for Runs Created
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:
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Year-by-Year Top-Tens
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Statistic Description: Runs Created A set of formulas developed by Bill James and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s runs total.
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Runs Created | Bats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Albert Pujols (16, 36) | 2025 | R |
| 2. | Miguel Cabrera (14, 33) | 1721 | R |
| 3. | Carlos Beltran (19, 39) | 1680 | B |
| 4. | Adrian Beltre (19, 37) | 1649 | R |
| 5. | Ichiro Suzuki (16, 42) | 1478 | L |
| 6. | Jimmy Rollins (17, 37) | 1325 | B |
| 7. | Matt Holliday (13, 36) | 1289 | R |
| 8. | Robinson Cano (12, 33) | 1211 | L |
| 9. | Adrian Gonzalez (13, 34) | 1185 | L |
| 10. | Chase Utley (14, 37) | 1166 | L |
| 11. | David Wright (13, 33) | 1134 | R |
| 12. | Victor Martinez (14, 37) | 1076 | B |
| 13. | Joey Votto (10, 32) | 1070 | L |
| 14. | Curtis Granderson (13, 35) | 1051 | L |
| Joe Mauer (13, 33) | 1051 | L | |
| 16. | Jose Reyes (14, 33) | 1048 | B |
| 17. | Hanley Ramirez (12, 32) | 1047 | R |
| 18. | Ryan Braun (10, 32) | 1041 | R |
| 19. | Ryan Howard (13, 36) | 1034 | L |
| 20. | Nick Markakis (11, 32) | 1006 | L |
| 21. | Carl Crawford (15, 34) | 1004 | L |
| 22. | Jose Bautista (13, 35) | 974 | R |
| 23. | Ian Kinsler (11, 34) | 973 | R |
| 24. | Edwin Encarnacion (12, 33) | 959 | R |
| 25. | Justin Morneau (14, 35) | 958 | L |
| 26. | Jayson Werth (14, 37) | 930 | R |
| 27. | Dustin Pedroia (11, 32) | 927 | R |
| 28. | A.J. Pierzynski (19, 39) | 917 | L |
| 29. | Jhonny Peralta (14, 34) | 895 | R |
| 30. | Brandon Phillips (15, 35) | 884 | R |
| 31. | Nick Swisher (12, 35) | 876 | B |
| 32. | Andrew McCutchen (8, 29) | 873 | R |
| 33. | Matt Kemp (11, 31) | 871 | R |
| 34. | Ryan Zimmerman (12, 31) | 851 | R |
| 35. | Hunter Pence (10, 33) | 832 | R |
| 36. | Coco Crisp (15, 36) | 821 | B |
| Troy Tulowitzki (11, 31) | 821 | R | |
| 38. | Justin Upton (10, 28) | 818 | R |
| 39. | Nelson Cruz (12, 35) | 816 | R |
| Brian McCann (12, 32) | 816 | L | |
| 41. | Evan Longoria (9, 30) | 813 | R |
| 42. | Shin-Soo Choo (12, 33) | 796 | L |
| Andre Ethier (11, 34) | 796 | L | |
| Ben Zobrist (11, 35) | 796 | B | |
| 45. | Marlon Byrd (15, 38) | 794 | R |
| 46. | Melky Cabrera (12, 31) | 790 | B |
| 47. | Billy Butler (10, 30) | 766 | R |
| 48. | Aaron Hill (12, 34) | 756 | R |
| 49. | Adam Jones (11, 30) | 755 | R |
| 50. | Juan Uribe (16, 37) | 753 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Runs Created | Bats |
| 51. | Mike Trout (6, 24) | 731 | R |
| 52. | Yadier Molina (13, 33) | 726 | R |
| 53. | Carlos Gonzalez (9, 30) | 723 | L |
| 54. | Mike Napoli (11, 34) | 721 | R |
| 55. | Alex Gordon (10, 32) | 720 | L |
| Josh Hamilton (9, 35) | 720 | L | |
| 57. | Shane Victorino (12, 35) | 713 | R |
| 58. | Melvin Upton (12, 31) | 701 | R |
| 59. | Russell Martin (11, 33) | 695 | R |
| 60. | Jay Bruce (9, 29) | 694 | L |
| 61. | Mark Reynolds (10, 32) | 691 | R |
| 62. | J.J. Hardy (12, 33) | 686 | R |
| 63. | Jacoby Ellsbury (10, 32) | 683 | L |
| 64. | Rickie Weeks (13, 33) | 673 | R |
| 65. | Martin Prado (11, 32) | 671 | R |
| 66. | James Loney (11, 32) | 669 | L |
| 67. | Howie Kendrick (11, 32) | 668 | R |
| 68. | Yunel Escobar (10, 33) | 658 | R |
| 69. | Kelly Johnson (11, 34) | 656 | L |
| 70. | Jeff Francoeur (12, 32) | 646 | R |
| 71. | Adam Lind (11, 32) | 643 | L |
| 72. | Chase Headley (10, 32) | 642 | B |
| 73. | Asdrubal Cabrera (10, 30) | 640 | B |
| 74. | Denard Span (9, 32) | 636 | L |
| 75. | Omar Infante (15, 34) | 635 | R |
| 76. | Chris Davis (9, 30) | 634 | L |
| 77. | Dexter Fowler (9, 30) | 626 | B |
| 78. | Chris Young (11, 32) | 623 | R |
| 79. | Michael Bourn (11, 33) | 622 | L |
| 80. | Paul Goldschmidt (6, 28) | 611 | R |
| 81. | Stephen Drew (11, 33) | 610 | L |
| Freddie Freeman (7, 26) | 610 | L | |
| 83. | Alexei Ramirez (9, 34) | 593 | R |
| 84. | Daniel Murphy (8, 31) | 583 | L |
| 85. | Carlos Santana (7, 30) | 580 | B |
| Giancarlo Stanton (7, 26) | 580 | R | |
| 87. | Buster Posey (8, 29) | 577 | R |
| 88. | Angel Pagan (11, 34) | 572 | B |
| 89. | Elvis Andrus (8, 27) | 570 | R |
| 90. | Erick Aybar (11, 32) | 566 | B |
| 91. | Ian Desmond (8, 30) | 550 | R |
| 92. | Pablo Sandoval (9, 29) | 548 | B |
| 93. | Kendrys Morales (10, 33) | 545 | B |
| 94. | Brett Gardner (9, 32) | 535 | L |
| Jason Heyward (7, 26) | 535 | L | |
| 96. | Carlos Gomez (10, 30) | 526 | R |
| 97. | Jose Altuve (6, 26) | 519 | R |
| 98. | Miguel Montero (11, 32) | 517 | L |
| 99. | Seth Smith (10, 33) | 515 | L |
| Neil Walker (8, 30) | 515 | B |
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