Bases on Balls : 1969 American 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1969 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Harmon Killebrew 145 Minnesota Twins 1
Reggie Jackson 114 Oakland Athletics 2
Sal Bando 111 Oakland Athletics 3
Frank Howard 102 Washington Senators 4
Carl Yastrzemski 101 Boston Red Sox 5
Ken Harrelson 99 Boston Red Sox 6
Cleveland Indians  
Rico Petrocelli 98 Boston Red Sox 7
Don Buford 96 Baltimore Orioles 8
Tommy Harper 95 Seattle Pilots 9
Jim Fregosi 93 California Angels 10
Frank Robinson 88 Baltimore Orioles 11
Mike Epstein 85 Washington Senators 12
Mike Fiore 84 Kansas City Royals 13
Wayne Comer 82 Seattle Pilots 14
Roy White 81 New York Yankees 15
Don Mincher 78 Seattle Pilots 16
Joe Foy 74 Kansas City Royals 17
Rick Monday 72 Oakland Athletics 18
Boog Powell 72 Baltimore Orioles  
Mike Andrews 71 Boston Red Sox 20
Ken McMullen 70 Washington Senators 21
Luis Aparicio 66 Chicago White Sox 22
Leo Cardenas 66 Minnesota Twins  
Duke Sims 66 Cleveland Indians  
Frank Fernandez 65 New York Yankees 25



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.

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.