Wins : 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1969 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tom Seaver 25 New York Mets 1
Phil Niekro 23 Atlanta Braves 2
Fergie Jenkins 21 Chicago Cubs 3
Juan Marichal 21 San Francisco Giants  
Larry Dierker 20 Houston Astros 5
Bob Gibson 20 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill Hands 20 Chicago Cubs  
Claude Osteen 20 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Bill Singer 20 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Gaylord Perry 19 San Francisco Giants 10
Ron Reed 18 Atlanta Braves 11
Steve Carlton 17 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Ken Holtzman 17 Chicago Cubs  
Jerry Koosman 17 New York Mets  
Jim Merritt 17 Cincinnati Reds  
Don Sutton 17 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Steve Blass 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Don Wilson 16 Houston Astros  
Nelson Briles 15 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Rick Wise 15 Philadelphia Phillies  
Grant Jackson 14 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Frank Linzy 14 San Francisco Giants  
Bob Moose 14 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jim Bunning 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Los Angeles Dodgers  
Gary Gentry 13 New York Mets  



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?

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.