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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Season standings  




2.2  Record vs. opponents  




2.3  Notable transactions  




2.4  Opening Day lineup  




2.5  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  




3.2  Pitching  






4 Statistical leaders  


4.1  Batting  




4.2  Pitching  






5 Awards and honors  




6 Farm system  




7 References  




8 External links  













1969 Boston Red Sox season






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1969 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record87–75 (.537)
Divisional place3rd (22GB)
OwnerTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managerDick O'Connell
Managers
  • Eddie Popowski (5–4)
    • TelevisionWHDH-TV, Ch. 5
    RadioWHDH-AM 850
    (Ken Coleman, Ned Martin, Johnny Pesky)
    StatsESPN.com
    BB-reference
    ← 1968 Seasons 1970 →

    The 1969 Boston Red Sox season was the 69th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. With the American League (AL) now split into two divisions, the Red Sox finished third in the newly established American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses, 22 games behind the Baltimore Orioles, who went on to win the AL championship.

    Dick Williams, who had managed the team to the 1967 AL pennant, was fired on September 23;[1] coach Eddie Popowski led the team for the final nine games of the season.

    Offseason

    [edit]

    Regular season

    [edit]
    Record by month[4]
    Month Record Cumulative AL East Ref.
    Won Lost Won Lost Position GB
    April 11 9 11 9 2nd 3+1⁄2 [5]
    May 18 7 29 16 2nd 3 [6]
    June 14 15 43 31 2nd 11 [7]
    July 14 15 57 46 3rd 15 [8]
    August 13 15 70 61 3rd 19+1⁄2 [9]
    September 17 13 87 74 3rd 21 [10]
    October 0 1 87 75 3rd 22 [11]

    Season standings

    [edit]
  • t
  • e
    • AL East
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Baltimore Orioles 109 53 .673 — 60‍–‍21 49‍–‍32
    Detroit Tigers 90 72 .556 19 46‍–‍35 44‍–‍37
    Boston Red Sox 87 75 .537 22 46‍–‍35 41‍–‍40
    Washington Senators 86 76 .531 23 47‍–‍34 39‍–‍42
    New York Yankees 80 81 .497 28½ 48‍–‍32 32‍–‍49
    Cleveland Indians 62 99 .385 46½ 33‍–‍48 29‍–‍51

    Record vs. opponents

    [edit]
    1969 American League records
  • t
  • e

    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
    Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEP WSH
    Baltimore — 10–8 6–6 9–3 13–5 11–7 11–1 8–4 11–7 8–4 9–3 13–5
    Boston 8–10 — 8–4 5–7 12–6 10–8 10–2 7–5 11–7 4–8 6–6 6–12
    California 6–6 4–8 — 9–9 8–4 5–7 9–9 7–11 3–9 6–12 9–9–1 5–7
    Chicago 3–9 7–5 9–9 — 8–4 3–9 8–10 5–13 3–9 8–10 10–8 4–8
    Cleveland 5–13 6–12 4–8 4–8 — 7–11 7–5 5–7 9–8 5–7 7–5 3–15
    Detroit 7–11 8–10 7–5 9–3 11–7 — 8–4 6–6 10–8 7–5 10–2 7–11
    Kansas City 1–11 2–10 9–9 10–8 5–7 4–8 — 8–10 5–7–1 8–10 10–8 7–5
    Minnesota 4–8 5–7 11–7 13–5 7–5 6–6 10–8 — 10–2 13–5 12–6 6–6
    New York 7–11 7–11 9–3 9–3 8–9 8–10 7–5–1 2–10 — 6–6 7–5 10–8
    Oakland 4–8 8–4 12–6 10–8 7–5 5–7 10–8 5–13 6–6 — 13–5 8–4
    Seattle 3–9 6–6 9–9–1 8–10 5–7 2–10 8–10 6–12 5–7 5–13 — 7–5
    Washington 5–13 12–6 7–5 8–4 15–3 11–7 5–7 6–6 8–10 4–8 5–7 —


    Notable transactions

    [edit]

    Opening Day lineup

    [edit]
     7 Reggie Smith CF
     2 Mike Andrews 2B
     8 Carl Yastrzemski     LF
    40 Ken Harrelson 1B
    25 Tony Conigliaro RF
     5 George Scott 3B
     6 Rico Petrocelli SS
    35 Russ Gibson C
    16 Jim Lonborg P

    Source:[13]

    Roster

    [edit]
    1969 Boston Red Sox
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders Managers

    Coaches

    Player stats

    [edit]

    Batting

    [edit]

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

    Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
    Carl Yastrzemski 162 603 96 154 28 2 40 111 15 101 .255 .507
    George Scott 152 549 63 139 14 5 16 52 4 61 .253 .384
    Reggie Smith 143 543 87 168 29 7 25 93 7 54 .309 .527
    Rico Petrocelli 154 535 92 159 32 2 40 97 3 98 .297 .589
    Tony Conigliaro 141 506 57 129 21 3 20 82 2 48 .255 .427
    Mike Andrews 121 464 79 136 26 2 15 59 1 71 .293 .455
    Dalton Jones 111 336 50 74 18 3 3 33 1 39 .220 .318
    Russ Gibson 85 287 21 72 9 1 3 27 1 15 .251 .321
    Syd O'Brien 100 263 47 64 10 5 9 29 2 15 .243 .422
    Ducky Schofield 94 226 30 58 9 3 2 20 0 29 .257 .350
    Joe Lahoud 101 218 32 41 5 0 9 21 2 40 .188 .335
    Jerry Moses 53 135 13 41 9 1 4 17 0 5 .304 .474
    Tom Satriano 47 127 9 24 2 0 0 11 0 22 .189 .205
    Billy Conigliaro 32 80 14 23 6 2 4 7 1 9 .288 .563
    Don Lock 53 58 8 13 1 0 1 2 0 11 .224 .293
    George Thomas 29 51 9 18 3 1 0 8 0 3 .353 .451
    Joe Azcue 19 51 7 11 2 0 0 3 0 4 .216 .255
    Ken Harrelson 10 46 6 10 1 0 3 8 0 4 .217 .435
    Tony Muser 2 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .111 .111
    Carlton Fisk 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
    Luis Alvarado 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
    Pitcher Totals 162 397 23 46 9 0 3 20 2 28 .116 .161
    Team Totals 162 5494 743 1381 234 37 197 701 41 658 .251 .415

    Source:[13]

    Pitching

    [edit]

    Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

    Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
    Ray Culp 17 8 3.81 32 32 0 227.0 195 103 96 79 172
    Mike Nagy 12 2 3.11 33 28 0 196.2 183 84 68 106 84
    Sonny Siebert 14 10 3.80 43 22 5 163.1 151 93 69 68 127
    Jim Lonborg 7 11 4.51 29 23 0 143.2 148 78 72 65 100
    Lee Stange 6 9 3.68 41 15 3 137.0 137 70 56 56 59
    Vicente Romo 7 9 3.18 52 11 11 127.1 116 51 45 50 89
    Sparky Lyle 8 3 2.54 71 0 17 102.2 91 33 29 48 93
    Ray Jarvis 5 6 4.75 29 12 1 100.1 105 59 53 43 36
    Bill Landis 5 5 5.25 45 5 1 82.1 82 53 48 49 50
    Bill Lee 1 3 4.50 20 1 0 52.0 56 27 26 28 45
    Ken Brett 2 3 5.26 8 8 0 39.1 41 24 23 22 23
    Ron Kline 0 1 4.76 16 0 1 17.0 24 11 9 17 7
    Gary Wagner 1 3 6.06 6 1 0 16.1 18 11 11 15 9
    Mike Garman 1 0 4.38 2 2 0 12.1 13 6 6 10 10
    Dick Ellsworth 0 0 3.75 2 2 0 12.0 16 5 5 4 4
    Fred Wenz 1 0 5.73 8 0 0 11.0 9 7 7 10 11
    Garry Roggenburk 0 1 8.38 7 0 0 9.2 13 9 9 5 8
    Juan Pizarro 0 1 6.00 6 0 2 9.0 14 7 6 6 4
    José Santiago 0 0 3.52 10 0 0 7.2 11 5 3 4 4
    Team Totals 87 75 3.92 162 162 41 1466.2 1423 736 639 685 935

    Source:[14]

    Statistical leaders

    [edit]
    Rico Petrocelli
    Category Player Statistic
    Youngest player Mike Garman 19
    Oldest player Ron Kline 37
    Wins Above Replacement Rico Petrocelli 10.0

    Source:[14]

    Batting

    [edit]
    Abbr. Category Player Statistic
    G Games played Carl Yastrzemski 162
    PA Plate appearances Carl Yastrzemski 707
    AB At bats Carl Yastrzemski 603
    R Runs scored Carl Yastrzemski 96
    H Hits Reggie Smith 168
    2B Doubles Rico Petrocelli 32
    3B Triples Reggie Smith 7
    HR Home runs Rico Petrocelli 40
    Carl Yastrzemski
    RBI Runs batted in Carl Yastrzemski 111
    SB Stolen bases Carl Yastrzemski 15
    CS Caught stealing Reggie Smith 13
    BB Base on balls Carl Yastrzemski 101
    SO Strikeouts Tony Conigliaro 111
    BA Batting average Reggie Smith .309
    OBP On-base percentage Rico Petrocelli .403
    SLG Slugging percentage Rico Petrocelli .589
    OPS On-base plus slugging Rico Petrocelli .992
    OPS+ Adjusted OPS Rico Petrocelli 168
    TB Total bases Rico Petrocelli 315
    GIDP Grounded into double play George Scott 15
    HBP Hit by pitch Mike Andrews 5
    SH Sacrifice hits Mike Andrews 10
    SF Sacrifice flies Reggie Smith 8
    IBB Intentional base on balls Rico Petrocelli 13

    Source:[14]

    Pitching

    [edit]
    Abbr. Category Player Statistic
    W Wins Ray Culp 17
    L Losses Jim Lonborg 11
    W-L % Winning percentage Mike Nagy .857 (12–2)
    ERA Earned run average Mike Nagy 3.11
    G Games pitched Sparky Lyle 71
    GS Games started Ray Culp 32
    GF Games finished Sparky Lyle 44
    CG Complete games Ray Culp 9
    SHO Shutouts Ray Culp 2
    SV Saves Sparky Lyle 17
    IP Innings pitched Ray Culp 227
    SO Strikeouts Ray Culp 172
    WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched Ray Culp 1.207

    Source:[14]

    Awards and honors

    [edit]

    Farm system

    [edit]
    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Louisville Colonels International League Eddie Kasko
    AA Pittsfield Red Sox Eastern League Billy Gardner
    A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Matt Sczesny
    A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Rac Slider
    A Greenville Red Sox Western Carolinas League Bill Slack
    A-Short Season Jamestown Falcons New York–Penn League Jackie Moore

    Source:[15][16]

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ "Red Sox Fire Dick Williams As Manager". North Adams Transcript. North Adams, Massachusetts. AP. September 23, 1969. p. 1. Retrieved October 11, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  • ^ Joe Foy Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com
  • ^ a b Bill Kelso page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ "The 1969 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  • ^ "Events of Wednesday, April 30, 1969".
  • ^ "Events of Saturday, May 31, 1969".
  • ^ "Events of Monday, June 30, 1969".
  • ^ "Events of Thursday, July 31, 1969".
  • ^ "Events of Sunday, August 31, 1969".
  • ^ "Events of Tuesday, September 30, 1969".
  • ^ "Events of Wednesday, October 1, 1969".
  • ^ a b Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference
  • ^ "Boston Red Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 4". Retrosheet. April 8, 1969. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  • ^ a b c "1969 Boston Red Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  • ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  • ^ Boston Red Sox Guide for Press TV Radio. 1969. p. 2. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
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