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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1969 Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bobby Bonds 120 San Francisco Giants 1
Pete Rose 120 Cincinnati Reds  
Jimmy Wynn 113 Houston Astros 3
Don Kessinger 109 Chicago Cubs 4
Matty Alou 105 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Bobby Tolan 104 Cincinnati Reds 6
Tony Perez 103 Cincinnati Reds 7
Billy Williams 103 Chicago Cubs  
Willie McCovey 101 San Francisco Giants 9
Hank Aaron 100 Atlanta Braves 10
Felix Millan 98 Atlanta Braves 11
Tommie Agee 97 New York Mets 12
Lou Brock 97 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ron Santo 97 Chicago Cubs  
Joe Morgan 94 Houston Astros 15
Cleon Jones 92 New York Mets 16
Willie Stargell 89 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Rusty Staub 89 Montreal Expos  
Roberto Clemente 87 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Alex Johnson 86 Cincinnati Reds 20
Lee May 85 Cincinnati Reds 21
Johnny Bench 83 Cincinnati Reds 22
Curt Flood 80 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Maury Wills 80 Montreal Expos  
Los Angeles Dodgers  
Dick Allen 79 Philadelphia Phillies 25



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.

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.

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?