Games : 1969 National 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1969 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Wayne Granger 90 Cincinnati Reds 1
Dan McGinn 74 Montreal Expos 2
Clay Carroll 71 Cincinnati Reds 3
Phil Regan 71 Chicago Cubs  
Frank Reberger 67 San Diego Padres 5
Cecil Upshaw 62 Atlanta Braves 6
Jack Baldschun 61 San Diego Padres 7
Jim Brewer 59 Los Angeles Dodgers 8
Ron Taylor 59 New York Mets  
Frank Linzy 58 San Francisco Giants 10
Bruce Dal Canton 57 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Fred Gladding 57 Houston Astros  
Ted Abernathy 56 Chicago Cubs 13
Chuck Hartenstein 56 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Billy McCool 54 San Diego Padres 15
Tommie Sisk 53 San Diego Padres 16
Jack Billingham 52 Houston Astros 17
Joe Gibbon 51 San Francisco Giants 18
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Pete Mikkelsen 48 Los Angeles Dodgers 19
Claude Raymond 48 Atlanta Braves  
Montreal Expos  
Gary Ross 48 Chicago Cubs  
San Diego Padres  
John Boozer 46 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Turk Farrell 46 Philadelphia Phillies  
Joe Hoerner 45 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Al Raffo 45 Philadelphia Phillies  



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.

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?