Runs Batted In : 1969 National League Top 25

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"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 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Willie McCovey 126 San Francisco Giants 1
Ron Santo 123 Chicago Cubs 2
Tony Perez 122 Cincinnati Reds 3
Lee May 110 Cincinnati Reds 4
Ernie Banks 106 Chicago Cubs 5
Joe Torre 101 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Hank Aaron 97 Atlanta Braves 7
Billy Williams 95 Chicago Cubs 8
Bobby Tolan 93 Cincinnati Reds 9
Willie Stargell 92 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Roberto Clemente 91 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Johnny Bench 90 Cincinnati Reds 12
Bobby Bonds 90 San Francisco Giants  
Denis Menke 90 Houston Astros  
Dick Allen 89 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Orlando Cepeda 88 Atlanta Braves 16
Alex Johnson 88 Cincinnati Reds  
Jimmy Wynn 87 Houston Astros 18
Coco Laboy 83 Montreal Expos 19
Doug Rader 83 Houston Astros  
Pete Rose 82 Cincinnati Reds 21
Deron Johnson 80 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Mack Jones 79 Montreal Expos 23
Rusty Staub 79 Montreal Expos  
Tommie Agee 76 New York Mets 25



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

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).