Top 25 Strikeouts in 1969 in the National League

Strikeouts : 1969 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1969 Strikeouts Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

Fergie Jenkins 273 Chicago Cubs 1

Bob Gibson 269 St. Louis Cardinals 2

Bill Singer 247 Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Don Wilson 235 Houston Astros 4

Gaylord Perry 233 San Francisco Giants 5

Larry Dierker 232 Houston Astros 6

Don Sutton 217 Los Angeles Dodgers 7

Bob Veale 213 Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Steve Carlton 210 St. Louis Cardinals 9

Tom Seaver 208 New York Mets 10

Juan Marichal 205 San Francisco Giants 11

Tom Griffin 200 Houston Astros 12

Phil Niekro 193 Atlanta Braves 13

Bill Stoneman 185 Montreal Expos 14

Claude Osteen 183 Los Angeles Dodgers 15

Bill Hands 181 Chicago Cubs 16

Dick Selma 181 San Diego Padres

Chicago Cubs

Grant Jackson 180 Philadelphia Phillies 18

Jerry Koosman 180 New York Mets

Ken Holtzman 176 Chicago Cubs 20

Dock Ellis 173 Pittsburgh Pirates 21

Denny Lemaster 173 Houston Astros

Bob Moose 165 Pittsburgh Pirates 23

Ron Reed 160 Atlanta Braves 24

Jim Bunning 157 Pittsburgh Pirates 25

Los Angeles Dodgers

Name Strikeouts Team Rank

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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?

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.

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