Home Runs : 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:

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1969 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Willie McCovey 45 San Francisco Giants 1
Hank Aaron 44 Atlanta Braves 2
Lee May 38 Cincinnati Reds 3
Tony Perez 37 Cincinnati Reds 4
Jimmy Wynn 33 Houston Astros 5
Dick Allen 32 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Bobby Bonds 32 San Francisco Giants  
Ron Santo 29 Chicago Cubs 8
Willie Stargell 29 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Rusty Staub 29 Montreal Expos  
Tommie Agee 26 New York Mets 11
Johnny Bench 26 Cincinnati Reds  
Nate Colbert 24 San Diego Padres 13
Ernie Banks 23 Chicago Cubs 14
Orlando Cepeda 22 Atlanta Braves 15
Mack Jones 22 Montreal Expos  
Jim Hickman 21 Chicago Cubs 17
Bobby Tolan 21 Cincinnati Reds  
Billy Williams 21 Chicago Cubs  
Ollie Brown 20 San Diego Padres 20
Larry Hisle 20 Philadelphia Phillies  
Roberto Clemente 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Andy Kosco 19 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Randy Hundley 18 Chicago Cubs 24
Coco Laboy 18 Montreal Expos  



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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.