Runs Batted In : 1969 National League Top 25

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"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1969 Runs Batted In Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Willie McCovey 126 San Francisco Giants 1
Ron Santo 123 Chicago Cubs 2
Tony Perez 122 Cincinnati Reds 3
Lee May 110 Cincinnati Reds 4
Ernie Banks 106 Chicago Cubs 5
Joe Torre 101 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Hank Aaron 97 Atlanta Braves 7
Billy Williams 95 Chicago Cubs 8
Bobby Tolan 93 Cincinnati Reds 9
Willie Stargell 92 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Roberto Clemente 91 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Johnny Bench 90 Cincinnati Reds 12
Bobby Bonds 90 San Francisco Giants  
Denis Menke 90 Houston Astros  
Dick Allen 89 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Orlando Cepeda 88 Atlanta Braves 16
Alex Johnson 88 Cincinnati Reds  
Jimmy Wynn 87 Houston Astros 18
Coco Laboy 83 Montreal Expos 19
Doug Rader 83 Houston Astros  
Pete Rose 82 Cincinnati Reds 21
Deron Johnson 80 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Mack Jones 79 Montreal Expos 23
Rusty Staub 79 Montreal Expos  
Tommie Agee 76 New York Mets 25



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.

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).

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.