List of Major League Baseball annual runs scored leaders
American League
Table:
Year

Player

Team(s)

Runs

1901

Nap Lajoie

Philadelphia Athletics

145

1902

Dave Fultz
Topsy Hartsel

Philadelphia Athletics

109

1903

Patsy Dougherty

Boston Americans

107

1904

Patsy Dougherty

Boston Americans
New York Highlanders

113

1905

Harry Davis

Philadelphia Athletics

93

1906

Elmer Flick

Cleveland Naps

98

1907

Sam Crawford

Detroit Tigers

102

1908

Matty McIntyre

Detroit Tigers

105

1909

Ty Cobb

Detroit Tigers

116

1910

Ty Cobb

Detroit Tigers

116

1911

Ty Cobb

Detroit Tigers

147

1912

Eddie Collins

Philadelphia Athletics

137

1913

Eddie Collins

Philadelphia Athletics

125

1914

Eddie Collins

Philadelphia Athletics

122

1915

Ty Cobb

Detroit Tigers

144

1916

Ty Cobb

Detroit Tigers

113

1917

Donie Bush

Detroit Tigers

112

1918

Ray Chapman

Cleveland Indians

84

1919

Babe Ruth

Boston Red Sox

103

1920

Babe Ruth

New York Yankees

158

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Napoleon Lajoie ( /ˈlæʒəweɪ/ ; September 5 , 1874 - February 7 , 1959 ) , also known as Larry Lajoie and nicknamed The Frenchman , was an American professional baseball second baseman and player-manager . He played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the Philadelphia Phillies , Philadelphia Athletics ( twice ) , and Cleveland Naps between 1896 and 1916 . He managed the Naps from 1905 through 1909 . Lajoie was signed to the National League 's ( NL ) Phillies in 1896 . By the beginning of the twentieth century , however , the upstart American League ( AL ) was looking to rival the supremacy of the NL and in 1901 , Lajoie and dozens of former National League players joined the American League . National League clubs contested the legality of contracts signed by players who jumped to the other league but eventually , Lajoie was allowed to play for Connie Mack 's Athletics . During the season , Lajoie set the all-time American League single-season mark for the highest batting average ( .426 ) . : p.76 : p.88 One year later , Lajoie went to the Cleveland Bronchos where he would play until the 1915 season when he returned to play for Mack and the Athletics . While with Cleveland , Lajoie 's popularity led to locals electing to change the club 's team name from Bronchos to Napoleons ( Naps for short ) , which remained until after Lajoie departed Cleveland and the name was changed to Indians ( the team 's present-day name ) . Lajoie led the AL in batting average five times in his career and four times recorded the highest number of hits . During several of those years with the Naps he and Ty Cobb dominated AL hitting categories and traded batting titles with each other , most notably coming in 1910 , when the league 's batting champion was not decided until well after the last game of the season and after an investigation by American League President Ban Johnson . Lajoie in 1914 joined Cap Anson and Honus Wagner as the only major league players to record 3,000 career hits .
The Oakland Athletics , a current Major League Baseball franchise , originated in Philadelphia . This article details the history of the Philadelphia Athletics , from 1901 to 1954 , when they moved to Kansas City .
David Lewis Fultz ( May 29 , 1875 - October 29 , 1959 ) was an American football and baseball player and coach . He played Major League Baseball as a center fielder in the National League with the Philadelphia Phillies ( 1898-1899 ) and Baltimore Orioles ( 1899 ) , and for the Philadelphia Athletics ( 1901-1902 ) and New York Highlanders ( 1903-1905 ) of the American League . He batted and threw right-handed . In a seven-season career , Fultz posted a .271 batting average with 223 RBI and three home runs in 644 games played . Fultz played college football and college baseball at Brown University , from which he graduated in 1898 . He served as the head football coach at the University of Missouri ( 1898-1899 ) , Lafayette College ( 1902 ) , Brown ( 1903 ) , and New York University ( 1904 ) , compiling a career college football coaching record of 26-19-2 . Fultz was also the head baseball coach at the United States Naval Academy in 1907 and at Columbia University from 1910 to 1911 .
Tully Frederick Topsy Hartsel ( June 26 , 1874 - October 14 , 1944 ) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball . He was born in Polk , Ohio , and played for the Louisville Colonels ( 1898-99 ) , Cincinnati Reds ( 1900 ) , Chicago Orphans ( 1901 ) and Philadelphia Athletics ( 1902-11 ) , with whom he won the World Series in 1910 . On September 10 , 1901 , he established the record for putouts by a left fielder in a nine-inning game , with 11 against the Brooklyn Superbas . In a 14 year , 1356 game major league career , Hartsel recorded a .276 batting average with 826 runs , 31 home runs , 341 RBI , 247 stolen bases and 837 base on balls . His career fielding percentage as an outfielder was .956 . In the 1905 and 1910 World Series , he hit .227 ( 5-for-22 ) . Hartsel died in Toledo , Ohio , on October 14 , 1944 .
Patrick Henry Patsy Dougherty ( October 27 , 1876 - April 30 , 1940 ) was a Major League Baseball outfielder from 1902 to 1911 . He played for the Boston Americans ( now the Boston Red Sox ) , the New York Highlanders ( now the New York Yankees ) , and the Chicago White Sox . On July 29 , 1903 , Dougherty became the second Red Sox player ( then known as the Americans ) to hit for the cycle . In Game 2 of the 1903 World Series , the first modern World Series , Dougherty became the first player to accomplish several feats ; he became the first Boston player to hit a World Series home run , the first player to hit two home runs in a single World Series game , and the first player to hit a leadoff inside-the-park home run in a World Series game ( a feat not matched until the 2015 World Series , by Alcides Escobar of the Kansas City Royals in Game 1 ) . In a 10-year major league career , covering 1233 games , Dougherty compiled a .284 batting average ( 1294-for-4558 ) with 678 runs , 17 home runs , 413 RBI and 261 stolen bases . In his two postseason appearances , in the 1903 and '06 World Series , he batted .185 ( 10-for-54 ) with 2 home runs and 6 RBI . Dougherty died in Bolivar , New York , at the age of 63 and was buried at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Bolivar .
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston , Massachusetts . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . The team have won nine World Series championships , tied for the third-most of any MLB team , and they have played in 13 . Their most recent World Series appearance and win was in 2018 . In addition , they won the 1904 American League pennant , but were not able to defend their 1903 World Series championship when the New York Giants refused to participate in the 1904 World Series . Founded in 1901 as one of the American League 's eight charter franchises , the Red Sox ' home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912 . The Red Sox name was chosen by the team owner , John I. Taylor , circa 1908 , following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the Boston Red Stockings , including the forerunner of the Atlanta Braves . The Red Sox were a dominant team in the new league , defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903 and winning four more championships by 1918 . However , they then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history , dubbed the Curse of the Bambino after its alleged inception due to the Red Sox ' sale of Babe Ruth to the rival New York Yankees two years after their world championship in 1918 , an 86-year wait before the team 's sixth World Championship in 2004 . The team 's history during that period was punctuated with some of the most memorable moments in World Series history , including Enos Slaughter 's mad dash in 1946 , the Impossible Dream of 1967 , Carlton Fisk 's home run in 1975 , and Bill Buckner 's error in 1986 . Following their victory in the 2018 World Series , they became the first team to win four World Series trophies in the 21st century , with championships in 2004 , 2007 , 2013 and 2018 . The team 's history has also been marked by the team 's intense rivalry with the New York Yankees , arguably the fiercest and most historic in North American professional sports .
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City , the other being the National League 's ( NL ) New York Mets . The Yankees began play in the 1901 season as the Baltimore Orioles ( no relation to the modern Baltimore Orioles ) . In 1903 , Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the franchise after it ceased operations and moved it to New York City , renaming the club the New York Highlanders . The Highlanders were officially renamed the New York Yankees in 1913 . The team is owned by Yankee Global Enterprises , an LLC that is controlled by the family of the late George Steinbrenner , who purchased the team in 1973 . Brian Cashman is the team 's general manager , and Aaron Boone is the team 's field manager . The team 's home games were played at the original Yankee Stadium from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008 . In 1974 and 1975 , the Yankees shared Shea Stadium with the Mets , in addition to the New York Jets and the New York Giants . In 2009 , they moved into a new ballpark of the same name that was constructed adjacent to the previous facility , which was closed and demolished . The team is perennially among the leaders in MLB attendance .
Harry H. Davis ( July 19 , 1873 - August 11 , 1947 ) was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the New York Giants ( 1895-96 ) , Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1896-98 ) , Louisville Colonels ( 1898 ) , Washington Senators ( 1898-99 ) , Philadelphia Athletics ( 1901-11 , 1913-17 ) , and Cleveland Naps ( 1912 ) .
Elmer Harrison Flick ( January 11 , 1876 - January 9 , 1971 ) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1898 to 1910 for the Philadelphia Phillies , Philadelphia Athletics , and Cleveland Bronchos/Naps . In 1,483 career games Flick recorded a .313 batting average while accumulating 164 triples , 1,752 hits , 330 stolen bases , and 756 runs batted in . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1963 . Flick began his career in semi-professional baseball and played in minor league baseball for two years . He was noticed by George Stallings , the manager of the Phillies , who signed Flick as a reserve outfielder . Flick was pressed into a starting role in 1898 when an injury forced another player to retire . He excelled as a starter . Flick jumped to the Athletics in 1902 , but an court injunction prevented him from playing in Pennsylvania . He joined the Naps , where he continued to play for the remainder of his major league career , which was curtailed by a stomach ailment . Flick was known predominantly for his solid batting and speed . He led the National League in RBIs in 1900 , and led the American League in stolen bases in 1904 and 1906 , and in batting average in 1905 .
The Cleveland Indians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland , Ohio . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) Central division . Since 1994 , they have played at Progressive Field . The team 's spring training facility is at Goodyear Ballpark in Goodyear , Arizona . Since their establishment as a major league franchise in 1901 , the team has won 10 Central Division titles , six American League pennants , and two World Series championships , ( in 1920 and 1948 ) . The team 's current 71-year World Series championship drought is the longest active among all 30 current Major League teams . The name Indians originated from a request by club owner Charles Somers to baseball writers to choose a new name to replace Cleveland Naps following the departure of Nap Lajoie after the 1914 season . It was a revival of the nickname that fans gave to the Cleveland Spiders while Louis Sockalexis , a Native American , was playing for the team . Common nicknames for the Indians include the Tribe and the Wahoos , the latter referencing their former logo , Chief Wahoo . The team 's mascot is named Slider . The franchise originated in 1894 as the Grand Rapids Rustlers , a minor league team in the Western League . The team relocated to Cleveland in 1900 and was renamed the Cleveland Lake Shores .
Samuel Earl Crawford ( April 18 , 1880 - June 15 , 1968 ) , nicknamed Wahoo Sam , was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . Crawford batted and threw left-handed , stood 6 ft 0 in ( 1.83 m ) tall and weighed 190 pounds ( 86 kg ) . Born in Wahoo , Nebraska , he had a short minor league baseball career before entering the majors with the Cincinnati Reds in 1899 . He played for the Reds until 1902 . Crawford then joined the Detroit Tigers and played for Detroit from 1903 to 1917 . He was one of the greatest sluggers of his era , leading his league in home runs twice and in runs batted in three times . He still holds the MLB record for most career triples , with 309 . While with the Tigers , Crawford played alongside superstar Ty Cobb , and the two had an intense rivalry while also helping Detroit win three American League championships from 1907 to 1909 . After his MLB career ended , Crawford moved to California , where he lived the rest of his life . He was a player and umpire in the Pacific Coast League and was a coach at the University of Southern California . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1957 .
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit , Michigan . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member of the American League ( AL ) Central division . One of the AL 's eight charter franchises , the club was founded in Detroit as a member of the minor league Western League in 1894 and is the only Western League team still in its original city . They are also the oldest continuous one name , one city franchise in the AL . Since their establishment as a major league franchise in 1901 , the Tigers have won four World Series championships ( 1935 , 1945 , 1968 , and 1984 ) , 11 AL pennants ( 1907 , 1908 , 1909 , 1934 , 1935 , 1940 , 1945 , 1968 , 1984 , 2006 , 2012 ) , and four AL Central division championships ( 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , and 2014 ) . They also won division titles in 1972 , 1984 , and 1987 as a member of the AL East . The team currently plays its home games at Comerica Park in Downtown Detroit . The Tigers constructed Bennett Park at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Avenue in Corktown ( just west of Downtown Detroit ) and began playing there in 1896 . In 1912 , the team moved into Navin Field , which was built on the same location . It was expanded in 1938 and renamed Briggs Stadium . It was renamed Tiger Stadium in 1961 and the Tigers played there until moving to Comerica Park in 2000 . From 1901 to 2019 , the Tigers ' overall win-loss record is 9,346-9,191 ( a winning percentage of .504 ) .
Matthew W. Matty McIntyre ( June 12 , 1880 - April 2 , 1920 ) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played ten seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics ( 1901 ) , Detroit Tigers ( 1904-10 ) , and Chicago White Sox ( 1911-12 ) .
Tyrus Raymond Cobb ( December 18 , 1886 - July 17 , 1961 ) , nicknamed The Georgia Peach , was an American Major League Baseball ( MLB ) outfielder . He was born in rural Narrows , Georgia . Cobb spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers , the last six as the team 's player-manager , and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics . In 1936 Cobb received the most votes of any player on the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame ballot , receiving 222 out of a possible 226 votes ( 98.2% ) ; no other player received a higher percentage of votes until Tom Seaver in 1992 . In 1999 , editors at the Sporting News ranked Ty Cobb third on their list of Baseball 's 100 Greatest Players . Cobb is widely credited with setting 90 MLB records during his career . His combined total of 4,065 runs scored and runs batted in ( after adjusting for home runs ) is still the highest ever produced by any major league player . He still holds several records as of the end of the 2019 season , including the highest career batting average ( .366 or .367 , depending on source ) and most career batting titles with 11 ( or 12 , depending on source ) . He retained many other records for almost a half century or more , including most career hits until 1985 ( 4,189 or 4,191 , depending on source ) , most career runs ( 2,245 or 2,246 depending on source ) until 2001 , most career games played ( 3,035 ) and at bats ( 11,429 or 11,434 depending on source ) until 1974 , and the modern record for most career stolen bases ( 892 ) until 1977 . He still holds the career record for stealing home ( 54 times ) and for stealing second base , third base , and home in succession ( 5 times ) , and as the youngest player ever to compile 4,000 hits and score 2,000 runs . Cobb ranks fifth all-time in number of games played and committed 271 errors , the most by any American League ( AL ) outfielder . Cobb 's legacy , which includes a large college scholarship fund for Georgia residents financed by his early investments in Coca-Cola and General Motors , has been somewhat tarnished by allegations of racism and violence , largely stemming from a couple of largely-discredited biographies that were released following his death .
Edward Trowbridge Collins Sr. ( May 2 , 1887 - March 25 , 1951 ) , nicknamed Cocky , was an American professional baseball player , manager and executive . He played as a second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1906 to 1930 for the Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox . A graduate of Columbia University , Collins holds major league career records in several categories and is among the top few players in several other categories . In 1925 , Collins became just the sixth person to join the 3,000 hit club - and the last for the next 17 seasons . His 47 career home runs are the fewest of anyone in it . Collins is the only non-Yankee to win five or more World Series titles with the same club . Collins coached and managed in the major leagues after retiring as a player . He also served as general manager of the Boston Red Sox . He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939 .
Owen Joseph Donie Bush ( October 8 , 1887 - March 28 , 1972 ) was an American professional baseball player , manager , team owner , and scout . He was active in professional baseball from 1905 until his death in 1972 . Bush was the starting shortstop for the Detroit Tigers from 1908 to 1921 and an infielder for the Washington Senators from 1921 to 1923 . He was recognized as one of the best defensive shortstops of the dead-ball era . He had more putouts , assists , and total chances than any other shortstop of the era , and his 1914 totals of 425 putouts and 969 chances are still American League records for shortstops ( and the major league record for putouts ) . He also led the American League in assists by a shortstop on five occasions and holds the major league record with nine triple plays . As a batter , Bush did not hit for a high batting average but was regularly among the major league leaders in drawing bases on balls , sacrifice hits , stolen bases , and runs scored . At the time of his retirement in 1923 , Bush 's 1,158 bases on balls ranked second in major league history . His 337 sacrifice hits still ranks fifth in major league history , and his 1909 total of 52 sacrifice hits is the fourth highest in major league history . He ranked among the American League leaders in stolen bases ten times , and , during the decade from 1910 to 1919 , the only players to score more runs than Bush were Ty Cobb , Eddie Collins , and Tris Speaker . Bush also served as a manager in professional baseball for the Washington Senators ( 1923 ) , Indianapolis Indians ( 1924-26 , 1943-44 ) , Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1927-29 ) , Chicago White Sox ( 1930-31 ) , Cincinnati Reds ( 1933 ) , Minneapolis Millers ( 1932 , 1934-38 ) , and Louisville Colonels ( 1939 ) . His 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates won the National League pennant and lost to the 1927 Yankees in the World Series .
Raymond Johnson Chapman ( January 15 , 1891 - August 17 , 1920 ) was an American baseball player . He spent his entire career as a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians . Chapman was hit in the head by a pitch thrown by Yankees pitcher Carl Mays and died 12 hours later . He is the only Major League Baseball player to die from an injury received during an MLB game . His death led Major League Baseball to establish a rule requiring umpires to replace the ball whenever it became dirty . Chapmans death and sanitary concerns also led to the ban on spitball after the 1920 season . Chapman 's death was one of the examples cited to justify the wear of batting helmets . However , it took over 30 years to adopt the rule that requires their use .
The Cleveland Indians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland , Ohio . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) Central division . Since 1994 , they have played at Progressive Field . The team 's spring training facility is at Goodyear Ballpark in Goodyear , Arizona . Since their establishment as a major league franchise in 1901 , the team has won 10 Central Division titles , six American League pennants , and two World Series championships , ( in 1920 and 1948 ) . The team 's current 71-year World Series championship drought is the longest active among all 30 current Major League teams . The name Indians originated from a request by club owner Charles Somers to baseball writers to choose a new name to replace Cleveland Naps following the departure of Nap Lajoie after the 1914 season . It was a revival of the nickname that fans gave to the Cleveland Spiders while Louis Sockalexis , a Native American , was playing for the team . Common nicknames for the Indians include the Tribe and the Wahoos , the latter referencing their former logo , Chief Wahoo . The team 's mascot is named Slider . The franchise originated in 1894 as the Grand Rapids Rustlers , a minor league team in the Western League . The team relocated to Cleveland in 1900 and was renamed the Cleveland Lake Shores .
George Herman Babe Ruth Jr. ( February 6 , 1895 - August 16 , 1948 ) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) spanned 22 seasons , from 1914 through 1935 . Nicknamed The Bambino and The Sultan of Swat , he began his MLB career as a star left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox , but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees . Ruth established many MLB batting ( and some pitching ) records , including career home runs ( 714 ) , runs batted in ( RBIs ) ( 2,213 ) , bases on balls ( 2,062 ) , slugging percentage ( .690 ) , and on-base plus slugging ( OPS ) ( 1.164 ) ; the last two still stand as of 2019 [ update ] . Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time . In 1936 , Ruth was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its first five inaugural members . At age seven , Ruth was sent to St. Mary 's Industrial School for Boys , a reformatory where he was mentored by Brother Matthias Boutlier of the Xaverian Brothers , the school 's disciplinarian and a capable baseball player . In 1914 , Ruth was signed to play minor-league baseball for the Baltimore Orioles but was soon sold to the Red Sox . By 1916 , he had built a reputation as an outstanding pitcher who sometimes hit long home runs , a feat unusual for any player in the pre-1920 dead-ball era . Although Ruth twice won 23 games in a season as a pitcher and was a member of three World Series championship teams with the Red Sox , he wanted to play every day and was allowed to convert to an outfielder . With regular playing time , he broke the MLB single-season home run record in 1919 . After that season , Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Ruth to the Yankees amid controversy . The trade fueled Boston 's subsequent 86-year championship drought and popularized the Curse of the Bambino superstition .
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston , Massachusetts . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . The team have won nine World Series championships , tied for the third-most of any MLB team , and they have played in 13 . Their most recent World Series appearance and win was in 2018 . In addition , they won the 1904 American League pennant , but were not able to defend their 1903 World Series championship when the New York Giants refused to participate in the 1904 World Series . Founded in 1901 as one of the American League 's eight charter franchises , the Red Sox ' home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912 . The Red Sox name was chosen by the team owner , John I. Taylor , circa 1908 , following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the Boston Red Stockings , including the forerunner of the Atlanta Braves . The Red Sox were a dominant team in the new league , defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903 and winning four more championships by 1918 . However , they then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history , dubbed the Curse of the Bambino after its alleged inception due to the Red Sox ' sale of Babe Ruth to the rival New York Yankees two years after their world championship in 1918 , an 86-year wait before the team 's sixth World Championship in 2004 . The team 's history during that period was punctuated with some of the most memorable moments in World Series history , including Enos Slaughter 's mad dash in 1946 , the Impossible Dream of 1967 , Carlton Fisk 's home run in 1975 , and Bill Buckner 's error in 1986 . Following their victory in the 2018 World Series , they became the first team to win four World Series trophies in the 21st century , with championships in 2004 , 2007 , 2013 and 2018 . The team 's history has also been marked by the team 's intense rivalry with the New York Yankees , arguably the fiercest and most historic in North American professional sports .
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City , the other being the National League 's ( NL ) New York Mets . The Yankees began play in the 1901 season as the Baltimore Orioles ( no relation to the modern Baltimore Orioles ) . In 1903 , Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the franchise after it ceased operations and moved it to New York City , renaming the club the New York Highlanders . The Highlanders were officially renamed the New York Yankees in 1913 . The team is owned by Yankee Global Enterprises , an LLC that is controlled by the family of the late George Steinbrenner , who purchased the team in 1973 . Brian Cashman is the team 's general manager , and Aaron Boone is the team 's field manager . The team 's home games were played at the original Yankee Stadium from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008 . In 1974 and 1975 , the Yankees shared Shea Stadium with the Mets , in addition to the New York Jets and the New York Giants . In 2009 , they moved into a new ballpark of the same name that was constructed adjacent to the previous facility , which was closed and demolished . The team is perennially among the leaders in MLB attendance .