Games : 1968 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:

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1968 Games Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ted Abernathy 78 Cincinnati Reds 1
Phil Regan 73 Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Chicago Cubs  
Clay Carroll 68 Atlanta Braves 3
Cincinnati Reds  
Ron Taylor 58 New York Mets 4
Frank Linzy 57 San Francisco Giants 5
Ron Kline 56 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Cal Koonce 55 New York Mets 7
Jim Brewer 54 Los Angeles Dodgers 8
Turk Farrell 54 Philadelphia Phillies  
Cecil Upshaw 52 Atlanta Braves 10
Jack Billingham 50 Los Angeles Dodgers 11
Ron Willis 48 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Joe Hoerner 47 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Bob Lee 44 Cincinnati Reds 14
Gary Wagner 44 Philadelphia Phillies  
Tom Dukes 43 Houston Astros 16
Roy Face 43 Pittsburgh Pirates  
George Culver 42 Cincinnati Reds 18
Jack Lamabe 42 Chicago Cubs  
Chris Short 42 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jim Ray 41 Houston Astros 21
Danny Coombs 40 Houston Astros 22
Fergie Jenkins 40 Chicago Cubs  
John Buzhardt 39 Houston Astros 24
Claude Osteen 39 Los Angeles Dodgers  



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).

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?