1969 Bases on Balls Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank
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
Name	Bases on Balls	Team	Rank

	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. 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). 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.