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Contents

   



(Top)
  


1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Season standings  




2.2  Record vs. opponents  




2.3  Notable transactions  




2.4  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  


3.1.1  Starters by position  




3.1.2  Other batters  






3.2  Pitching  


3.2.1  Starting pitchers  




3.2.2  Other pitchers  




3.2.3  Relief pitchers  








4 Farm system  




5 Awards and honors  




6 Notes  




7 References  













1969 Detroit Tigers season






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1969 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTiger Stadium
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersJohn Fetzer
General managersJim Campbell
ManagersMayo Smith
TelevisionWJBK
(George Kell, Larry Osterman)
RadioWJR
(Ernie Harwell, Ray Lane)
← 1968 Seasons 1970 →

The 1969 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished a distant second in the newly established American League East with a record of 90–72, 19 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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  • 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

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    1969 American League records
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    • 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

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    Roster

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    1969 Detroit Tigers
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders

    Other batters

    		Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats

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    Batting

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    Starters by position

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    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
    C Bill Freehan 143 489 128 .262 16 49
    1B Norm Cash 143 483 135 .280 22 74
    2B Dick McAuliffe 74 262 71 .262 11 33
    SS Tom Tresh 94 331 74 .224 13 37
    3B Don Wert 132 423 95 .225 14 50
    LF Willie Horton 141 508 133 .262 28 91
    CF Jim Northrup 148 543 160 .295 25 66
    RF Al Kaline 131 456 124 .272 21 69

    Other batters

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    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
    Mickey Stanley 149 592 139 .235 16 70
    Tom Matchick 94 298 72 .242 0 32
    Jim Price 72 192 45 .234 9 28
    Ike Brown 70 170 39 .229 5 12
    Gates Brown 60 93 19 .204 1 6
    Dick Tracewski 66 79 11 .139 0 4
    César Gutiérrez 17 49 12 .245 0 0
    Dave Campbell 32 39 4 .103 0 2
    Ron Woods 17 15 4 .267 1 3
    Wayne Redmond 5 3 0 .000 0 0

    Pitching

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    Starting pitchers

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    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Denny McLain 42 325.0 24 9 2.80 181
    Mickey Lolich 37 280.2 19 11 3.14 271
    Earl Wilson 35 214.2 12 10 3.31 150

    Other pitchers

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    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Mike Kilkenny 39 128.1 8 6 3.37 97
    Pat Dobson 49 105.0 5 10 3.60 64
    John Hiller 40 99.1 4 4 3.99 74
    Joe Sparma 23 92.2 6 8 4.76 41
    Bob Reed 8 14.2 0 0 1.84 9

    Relief pitchers

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    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G W L SV ERA SO
    Don McMahon 34 3 5 11 3.89 38
    Fred Lasher 32 2 1 0 3.07 26
    Tom Timmermann 31 4 3 1 2.75 42
    Daryl Patterson 18 0 2 0 2.82 12
    Dick Radatz 11 2 2 0 3.38 18
    Gary Taylor 7 0 1 0 5.23 3
    Fred Scherman 4 1 0 0 6.75 3
    Norm McRae 3 0 0 0 6.00 3

    Farm system

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    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Jack Tighe
    AA Montgomery Rebels Southern League Frank Carswell
    A Rocky Mount Leafs Carolina League Al Federoff
    A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Len Okrie
    A-Short Season Batavia Trojans New York–Penn League Bob Dustal
    Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Bill Lajoie

    Awards and honors

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    Notes

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    1. ^ Dick DragoatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Dennis RibantatBaseball Reference
  • ^ John YoungatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Tom TreshatBaseball Reference
  • ^ César GutiérrezatBaseball Reference
  • ^ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".

    • References

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