Bases on Balls : 1969 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1969 Bases on Balls Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Jimmy Wynn 148 Houston Astros 1
Willie McCovey 121 San Francisco Giants 2
Joe Morgan 110 Houston Astros 3
Rusty Staub 110 Montreal Expos  
Ron Santo 96 Chicago Cubs 5
Pete Rose 88 Cincinnati Reds 6
Hank Aaron 87 Atlanta Braves 7
Denis Menke 87 Houston Astros  
Bobby Bonds 81 San Francisco Giants 9
Curt Blefary 77 Houston Astros 10
Mack Jones 67 Montreal Expos 11
Joe Torre 66 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Dick Allen 64 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Johnny Briggs 64 Philadelphia Phillies  
Cleon Jones 64 New York Mets  
Tony Perez 63 Cincinnati Reds 16
Doug Rader 62 Houston Astros 17
Randy Hundley 61 Chicago Cubs 18
Don Kessinger 61 Chicago Cubs  
Willie Stargell 61 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Deron Johnson 60 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Tommie Agee 59 New York Mets 22
Billy Williams 59 Chicago Cubs  
Maury Wills 59 Montreal Expos  
Los Angeles Dodgers  
Roberto Clemente 56 Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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.

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.
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