Games : 1969 American 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1969 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Wilbur Wood 76 Chicago White Sox 1
Ron Perranoski 75 Minnesota Twins 2
Sparky Lyle 71 Boston Red Sox 3
Bob Locker 68 Chicago White Sox 4
Seattle Pilots  
Diego Segui 66 Seattle Pilots 5
Stan Williams 61 Cleveland Indians 6
Rollie Fingers 60 Oakland Athletics 7
Paul Lindblad 60 Oakland Athletics  
Jim Bouton 57 Seattle Pilots 9
Juan Pizarro 57 Boston Red Sox  
Cleveland Indians  
Oakland Athletics  
Eddie Watt 56 Baltimore Orioles 11
Dennis Higgins 55 Washington Senators 12
John O'Donoghue 55 Seattle Pilots  
Vicente Romo 55 Cleveland Indians  
Boston Red Sox  
Jack Aker 53 Seattle Pilots 15
New York Yankees  
Darold Knowles 53 Washington Senators  
Casey Cox 52 Washington Senators 17
Moe Drabowsky 52 Kansas City Royals  
Eddie Fisher 52 California Angels  
Lindy McDaniel 51 New York Yankees 20
Dan Osinski 51 Chicago White Sox  
Pat Dobson 49 Detroit Tigers 22
Bob Miller 48 Minnesota Twins 23
Bob Humphreys 47 Washington Senators 24
Mike Paul 47 Cleveland Indians  



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.

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.