The very first baseball season of division play, 1969, resulted in what might be considered by many to be two of the best pennant races in Major League baseball history.
The remaining five teams were separated by as few as one-and-one-half games in the standings on August 18, despite the Houston Astros having lost 20 of its first 24 games.
Had a team from another division won the wild card, a one-game playoff would have decided the division champion. The Rockies defeated the Padres, 9–8, in 13 innings.
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Aaron finished in third place for the N.L.
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