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class="new" title="1969 in weightlifting (page does not exist)">Weightlifting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_squash_sport&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1969 in squash sport (page does not exist)">Squash</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_table_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1969 in table tennis (page does not exist)">Table tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1969 in tennis (page does not exist)">Tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_triathlon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1969 in triathlon (page does not exist)">Triathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_volleyball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1969 in volleyball (page does not exist)">Volleyball</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr></tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Expansion">Expansion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Four <a href="/wiki/Expansion_teams" class="mw-redirect" title="Expansion teams">expansion teams</a> joined <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> for this season: the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Pilots" title="Seattle Pilots">Seattle Pilots</a>, and the first MLB team in Canada, the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a>. To accommodate the additional teams, the two leagues were split into two divisions of East and West. For the first time, extra post-season playoff series were added prior to the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a>, at this juncture best-of-five series between the East and West division leaders in each league. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Champions">Champions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_League_Baseball">Major League Baseball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Major League Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1969 Major League Baseball season">1969 Major League Baseball season</a></div> <p>The most notable part of the 1969 season were the <a href="/wiki/1969_New_York_Mets_season" title="1969 New York Mets season">Miracle Mets</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1969_World_Series" title="1969 World Series">World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> over <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> (4–1); <a href="/wiki/Donn_Clendenon" title="Donn Clendenon">Donn Clendenon</a>, MVP</li></ul> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">League Championship Series<br />(<a href="/wiki/1969_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1969 American League Championship Series">ALCS</a>, <a href="/wiki/1969_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1969 National League Championship Series">NLCS</a>) </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)"><a href="/wiki/1969_World_Series" title="1969 World Series">World Series</a> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">East </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1969_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1969 Baltimore Orioles season">Baltimore</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">West </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1969_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="1969 Minnesota Twins season">Minnesota</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">AL </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Baltimore </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">NL </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>NY Mets</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">East </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1969_New_York_Mets_season" title="1969 New York Mets season">NY Mets</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">West </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1969_Atlanta_Braves_season" title="1969 Atlanta Braves season">Atlanta</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a>, July 23 at <a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Memorial_Stadium" title="Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium">Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium</a>: National League, 9–3; <a href="/wiki/Willie_McCovey" title="Willie McCovey">Willie McCovey</a>, MVP</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_champions">Other champions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1969_College_World_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="1969 College World Series">College World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_University" title="Arizona State University">Arizona State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Japan_Series" title="1969 Japan Series">Japan Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> over <a href="/wiki/Orix_BlueWave" class="mw-redirect" title="Orix BlueWave">Hankyu Braves</a> (4–2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Big_League_World_Series" title="1969 Big League World Series">Big League World Series</a>: Mojave Desert LL, Barstow, California</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Little_League_World_Series" title="1969 Little League World Series">Little League World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Senior_League_World_Series" title="1969 Senior League World Series">Senior League World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Campanella" title="Roy Campanella">Roy Campanella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Coveleski" title="Stan Coveleski">Stan Coveleski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waite_Hoyt" title="Waite Hoyt">Waite Hoyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Musial" title="Stan Musial">Stan Musial</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/MLB_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Most Valuable Player Award">Most Valuable Player</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harmon_Killebrew" title="Harmon Killebrew">Harmon Killebrew</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a>, 3B (AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_McCovey" title="Willie McCovey">Willie McCovey</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a>, 1B (NL)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Cuellar" title="Mike Cuellar">Mike Cuellar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Denny_McLain" title="Denny McLain">Denny McLain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> (AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Tom Seaver</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> (NL)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/MLB_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Piniella" title="Lou Piniella">Lou Piniella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>, OF (AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Sizemore" title="Ted Sizemore">Ted Sizemore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>, 2B (NL)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Award" title="Gold Glove Award">Gold Glove Award</a></b> <ul><li>(P) <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kaat" title="Jim Kaat">Jim Kaat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> (<a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">AL</a>); <a href="/wiki/Bob_Gibson" title="Bob Gibson">Bob Gibson</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">NL</a>)</li> <li>(C) <a href="/wiki/Bill_Freehan" title="Bill Freehan">Bill Freehan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bench" title="Johnny Bench">Johnny Bench</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> (NL)</li> <li>(1B) <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pepitone" title="Joe Pepitone">Joe Pepitone</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Wes_Parker" title="Wes Parker">Wes Parker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> (NL)</li> <li>(2B) <a href="/wiki/Davey_Johnson" title="Davey Johnson">Davey Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Mill%C3%A1n" title="Félix Millán">Félix Millán</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> (NL)</li> <li>(3B) <a href="/wiki/Brooks_Robinson" title="Brooks Robinson">Brooks Robinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Clete_Boyer" title="Clete Boyer">Clete Boyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> (NL)</li> <li>(SS) <a href="/wiki/Mark_Belanger" title="Mark Belanger">Mark Belanger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Don_Kessinger" title="Don Kessinger">Don Kessinger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> (NL)</li> <li>(OF) <a href="/wiki/Paul_Blair_(baseball)" title="Paul Blair (baseball)">Paul Blair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Clemente" title="Roberto Clemente">Roberto Clemente</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> (NL)</li> <li>(OF) <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Stanley" title="Mickey Stanley">Mickey Stanley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Curt_Flood" title="Curt Flood">Curt Flood</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> (NL)</li> <li>(OF) <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Carl Yastrzemski</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> (NL)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="MLB_statistical_leaders">MLB statistical leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: MLB statistical leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Statistic </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">AVG</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rod_Carew" title="Rod Carew">Rod Carew</a> MIN</td> <td>.332</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a> CIN</td> <td>.348 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">HR</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harmon_Killebrew" title="Harmon Killebrew">Harmon Killebrew</a> MIN</td> <td>49</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_McCovey" title="Willie McCovey">Willie McCovey</a> SF</td> <td>45 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">RBI</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harmon_Killebrew" title="Harmon Killebrew">Harmon Killebrew</a> MIN</td> <td>140</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_McCovey" title="Willie McCovey">Willie McCovey</a> SF</td> <td>126 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">Wins</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denny_McLain" title="Denny McLain">Denny McLain</a> DET</td> <td>24</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Tom Seaver</a> NYM</td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Bosman" title="Dick Bosman">Dick Bosman</a> WSH</td> <td>2.19</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Juan_Marichal" title="Juan Marichal">Juan Marichal</a> SF</td> <td>2.10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">Ks</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_McDowell" title="Sam McDowell">Sam McDowell</a> CLE</td> <td>279</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ferguson_Jenkins" title="Ferguson Jenkins">Ferguson Jenkins</a> CHC</td> <td>273 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">save</a> is introduced as an official statistic this year. <a href="/wiki/Ron_Perranoski" title="Ron Perranoski">Ron Perranoski</a> lead the majors with 31.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/12px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/16px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><b><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">Cardinals</a></b></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" title="File:Usa edcp relief location map.png">class=notpageimage| </a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Locations of teams for the 1969 <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> season<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ButtonGreen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/8px-ButtonGreen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/12px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/ButtonGreen.svg/16px-ButtonGreen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/National_League_West" title="National League West">West</a>   <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ButtonBlue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/8px-ButtonBlue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/12px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/ButtonBlue.svg/16px-ButtonBlue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/National_League_East" title="National League East">East</a></div></div></div></div> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nippon_Professional_Baseball_final_standings">Nippon Professional Baseball final standings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Nippon Professional Baseball final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_League_final_standings">Central League final standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Central League final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="60%" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="35%"><a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">G</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Tie_(draw)" title="Tie (draw)">T</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">GB</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> </th> <td>130</td> <td>73</td> <td>51</td> <td>6</td> <td>.589</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers">Hanshin Tigers</a> </th> <td>130</td> <td>68</td> <td>59</td> <td>3</td> <td>.535</td> <td>6.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Taiyo_Whales" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiyo Whales">Taiyo Whales</a> </th> <td>130</td> <td>61</td> <td>61</td> <td>8</td> <td>.500</td> <td>11.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a> </th> <td>130</td> <td>59</td> <td>65</td> <td>6</td> <td>.476</td> <td>14.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows" title="Tokyo Yakult Swallows">Sankei Atoms</a> </th> <td>130</td> <td>58</td> <td>69</td> <td>3</td> <td>.457</td> <td>16.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Toyo_Carp" title="Hiroshima Toyo Carp">Hiroshima Toyo Carp</a> </th> <td>130</td> <td>56</td> <td>70</td> <td>4</td> <td>.444</td> <td>18.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pacific_League_final_standings">Pacific League final standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Pacific League final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="60%" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="35%"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">G</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Tie_(draw)" title="Tie (draw)">T</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">GB</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Hankyu_Braves" class="mw-redirect" title="Hankyu Braves">Hankyu Braves</a> </th> <td>130</td> <td>76</td> <td>50</td> <td>4</td> <td>.603</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Kintetsu_Buffaloes" class="mw-redirect" title="Kintetsu Buffaloes">Kintetsu Buffaloes</a> </th> <td>130</td> <td>73</td> <td>51</td> <td>6</td> <td>.589</td> <td>2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Lotte_Orions" class="mw-redirect" title="Lotte Orions">Lotte Orions</a> </th> <td>130</td> <td>69</td> <td>54</td> <td>7</td> <td>.561</td> <td>5.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Toei_Flyers" class="mw-redirect" title="Toei Flyers">Toei Flyers</a> </th> <td>130</td> <td>57</td> <td>70</td> <td>3</td> <td>.449</td> <td>19.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Nishitetsu_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Nishitetsu Lions">Nishitetsu Lions</a> </th> <td>130</td> <td>51</td> <td>75</td> <td>4</td> <td>.405</td> <td>25.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Nankai_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Nankai Hawks">Nankai Hawks</a> </th> <td>130</td> <td>50</td> <td>76</td> <td>4</td> <td>.397</td> <td>26.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 2 – In response to major-league owners' continued refusal to increase their contributions to the players' pension fund commensurately with their television broadcast revenues, the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Players_Association" title="Major League Baseball Players Association">Major League Baseball Players Association</a> urges players not to sign any new contracts.</li> <li>January 21 – <a href="/wiki/Stan_Musial" title="Stan Musial">Stan Musial</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roy_Campanella" title="Roy Campanella">Roy Campanella</a> are voted into the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a> by <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Writers%27_Association_of_America" title="Baseball Writers' Association of America">BBWAA</a> members.</li> <li>January 22 – The <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> trade first baseman <a href="/wiki/Donn_Clendenon" title="Donn Clendenon">Donn Clendenon</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Alou" title="Jesús Alou">Jesús Alou</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> for outfielder <a href="/wiki/Rusty_Staub" title="Rusty Staub">Rusty Staub</a>. But Clendenon refuses to report because of a personality clash with Astro manager <a href="/wiki/Harry_Walker" title="Harry Walker">Harry Walker</a> that dates to their tenure together with the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> between 1965 and 1967. On April 8, the Expos send pitchers <a href="/wiki/Jack_Billingham" title="Jack Billingham">Jack Billingham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Skip_Guinn" title="Skip Guinn">Skip Guinn</a> and $100,000 to Houston to replace Clendenon in the trade.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bowie_Kuhn_1982.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Bowie_Kuhn_1982.jpg/180px-Bowie_Kuhn_1982.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Bowie_Kuhn_1982.jpg/270px-Bowie_Kuhn_1982.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Bowie_Kuhn_1982.jpg/360px-Bowie_Kuhn_1982.jpg 2x" data-file-width="677" data-file-height="887" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bowie_Kuhn" title="Bowie Kuhn">Bowie Kuhn</a> in 1982</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>February 2 – Pitchers <a href="/wiki/Stan_Coveleski" title="Stan Coveleski">Stan Coveleski</a> and <a href="/wiki/Waite_Hoyt" title="Waite Hoyt">Waite Hoyt</a> are voted into the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a> by the Special Veterans Committee.</li> <li>February 4 – <a href="/wiki/Bowie_Kuhn" title="Bowie Kuhn">Bowie Kuhn</a>, 42, attorney for the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League's</a> law firm, becomes the fifth permanent <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioner of Baseball">Commissioner of Baseball</a> following a two-month-long search process. His term will continue through September 30, 1984, and especially be identified with changing player-owner relations and labor strife. Kuhn will be posthumously elected to the Hall of Fame in 2008.</li> <li>February 17 – Spring training opens without 400 players who have decided to boycott it over the pension-fund impasse.</li> <li>February 21 – Hall of Fame hitter <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> returns to uniform as manager of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)" title="Washington Senators (1961–1971)">Washington Senators</a>. Enticed by new owner <a href="/wiki/Bob_Short" title="Bob Short">Bob Short</a>, Williams leads the 1969 Senators to the only winning season they will enjoy in their 11-year history.</li> <li>February 26 – The boycott ends when owners accept most of the players' terms.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 1 – <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mickey Mantle</a> announces his retirement.</li> <li>March 16 – A <a href="/wiki/Viasa_Flight_742" title="Viasa Flight 742">plane crash</a> in <a href="/wiki/Maracaibo,_Venezuela" class="mw-redirect" title="Maracaibo, Venezuela">Maracaibo, Venezuela</a> kills 155 people including first baseman <a href="/w/index.php?title=Carlos_Santeliz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carlos Santeliz (page does not exist)">Carlos Santeliz</a>, the Venezuelan League Rookie of the Year, on his way to the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Braves</a>' spring training camp. Another fatality is pitcher <a href="/wiki/N%C3%A9stor_Ch%C3%A1vez" title="Néstor Chávez">Látigo Chávez</a>, en route to the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">Giants</a>' camp. Chávez (1–0) was 12–5 with Double-A Waterbury in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_League_(1938%E2%80%932020)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern League (1938–2020)">Eastern League</a> (<a href="/wiki/1967_in_baseball" title="1967 in baseball">1967</a>), including seven shutouts. Pitcher <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Torrealba" title="Pablo Torrealba">Pablo Torrealba</a> was also scheduled to take the flight, but missed it and took a later one.</li> <li>March 17 – The <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> announce a one-for-one trade of All-Stars, with the Braves swapping <a href="/wiki/Joe_Torre" title="Joe Torre">Joe Torre</a> for the Cardinals' <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Cepeda" title="Orlando Cepeda">Orlando Cepeda</a>. Torre, 28, will convert from catcher to third base and win the <a href="/wiki/1971_in_baseball" title="1971 in baseball">1971</a> <a href="/wiki/National_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National League Most Valuable Player Award">National League Most Valuable Player Award</a>; Cepeda, 31, is only two years removed from his <a href="/wiki/1967_in_baseball" title="1967 in baseball">1967</a> NL MVP season. Both will become members of the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a>, although Torre (a nine-time All-Star and .297 lifetime hitter with 252 homers as a player) will be selected to recognize his managerial career.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 8 <ul><li>At <a href="/wiki/Shea_Stadium" title="Shea Stadium">Shea Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dan_McGinn" title="Dan McGinn">Dan McGinn</a> hits the first <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home run</a> in <a href="/wiki/Montr%C3%A9al_Expos" class="mw-redirect" title="Montréal Expos">Montréal Expos</a> history, a solo shot against <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Tom Seaver</a>.</li> <li>At <a href="/wiki/Anaheim_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Anaheim Stadium">Anaheim Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hegan" title="Mike Hegan">Mike Hegan</a> hits the first home run in <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Pilots" title="Seattle Pilots">Seattle Pilots</a> history, a two-run shot against <a href="/wiki/Jim_McGlothlin" title="Jim McGlothlin">Jim McGlothlin</a>.</li> <li>At <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Stadium" title="San Diego Stadium">San Diego Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ed_Spiezio" title="Ed Spiezio">Ed Spiezio</a> hits the first <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home run</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> history, a solo shot against <a href="/wiki/Don_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Don Wilson (baseball)">Don Wilson</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a>.</li> <li>At <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Stadium_(Kansas_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal Stadium (Kansas City)">Municipal Stadium</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>, in their inaugural game, defeat the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> 4–3 in 12 innings. Two pitching stars on the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> team that won the <a href="/wiki/1966_World_Series" title="1966 World Series">1966 World Series</a> pitch for the Royals in this game: <a href="/wiki/Wally_Bunker" title="Wally Bunker">Wally Bunker</a> throws the very first pitch, and <a href="/wiki/Moe_Drabowsky" title="Moe Drabowsky">Moe Drabowsky</a> wins the game in relief. The Royals' first batter, <a href="/wiki/Lou_Piniella" title="Lou Piniella">Lou Piniella</a>, gets the first hit for the franchise, leading off the game with a double, and scores their first run on <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Adair" title="Jerry Adair">Jerry Adair</a>'s single one batter later.</li> <li>At <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> open their wild 1969 season in dramatic fashion, as <a href="/wiki/Willie_Smith_(outfielder)" title="Willie Smith (outfielder)">Willie Smith</a> smacks a pinch-hit, two-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to defeat the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> 7–6.</li></ul></li> <li>April 9 – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Williams_(left_fielder)" class="mw-redirect" title="Billy Williams (left fielder)">Billy Williams</a> hits four consecutive doubles to tie the Major League record during an 11–3 win over the Phillies at Wrigley Field. The Cubs score seven runs in the seventh inning.</li> <li>April 10 – At Shea Stadium, <a href="/wiki/Tommie_Agee" title="Tommie Agee">Tommie Agee</a> hits a tremendous home run halfway up in the left field upper deck, a feat that will never matched in the stadium's 45-year history.</li> <li>April 11 – <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a> successfully inaugurates Major League Baseball at <a href="/wiki/Sick%27s_Stadium" title="Sick's Stadium">Sick's Stadium</a>‚ as pitcher <a href="/wiki/Gary_Bell_(baseball)" title="Gary Bell (baseball)">Gary Bell</a> defeats the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> 7–0. The <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Seattle Pilots</a> attract 17‚850 today and will draw just 678‚000 for the season. U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Henry_M._Jackson" title="Henry M. Jackson">Henry "Scoop" Jackson</a> throws out the first ball and will do the same in the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> opener‚ in <a href="/wiki/1977_in_baseball" title="1977 in baseball">1977</a>.</li> <li>April 12 – At Detroit, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">Yankees</a>' <a href="/wiki/Mel_Stottlemyre" title="Mel Stottlemyre">Mel Stottlemyre</a> allows just one hit, a 4th-inning double to <a href="/wiki/Jim_Northrup_(baseball)" title="Jim Northrup (baseball)">Jim Northrup</a>, and beats <a href="/wiki/Denny_McLain" title="Denny McLain">Denny McLain</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> 4–0. For the 3rd time in two years, Northrup saves the Tigers from being the victims of a <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a>.</li> <li>April 13 – At the <a href="/wiki/Oakland%E2%80%93Alameda_County_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum">Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Fiore_(baseball,_born_1944)" title="Mike Fiore (baseball, born 1944)">Mike Fiore</a> hits the first <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home run</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> history, a solo shot against <a href="/wiki/Blue_Moon_Odom" title="Blue Moon Odom">Blue Moon Odom</a>.</li> <li>April 14 – The <a href="/wiki/Montr%C3%A9al_Expos" class="mw-redirect" title="Montréal Expos">Montréal Expos</a> open at home with an 8–7 win over the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> at <a href="/wiki/Jarry_Park_Stadium" title="Jarry Park Stadium">Parc Jarry</a>.</li> <li>April 17 – At <a href="/wiki/Connie_Mack_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Connie Mack Stadium">Connie Mack Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Stoneman" title="Bill Stoneman">Bill Stoneman</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Montr%C3%A9al_Expos" class="mw-redirect" title="Montréal Expos">Montréal Expos</a> <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hits</a> the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> 7–0. The game is only the ninth in Expos history, and only the fifth start in Stoneman's Major League career.</li> <li>April 19 – The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> trade <a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">outfielder</a> <a href="/wiki/Ken_Harrelson" title="Ken Harrelson">Ken Harrelson</a>, the reigning <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">RBI</a> champion, to the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> with <a href="/wiki/Pitchers" class="mw-redirect" title="Pitchers">pitchers</a> <a href="/wiki/Juan_Pizarro_(baseball)" title="Juan Pizarro (baseball)">Juan Pizarro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dick_Ellsworth" title="Dick Ellsworth">Dick Ellsworth</a> for pitchers <a href="/wiki/Vicente_Romo" title="Vicente Romo">Vicente Romo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Siebert" title="Sonny Siebert">Sonny Siebert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">catcher</a> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Azcue" title="Joe Azcue">Joe Azcue</a>; a stunned Harrelson, however, refuses to report to Cleveland, citing his extensive business interests in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>. After meetings with <a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">general manager </a> <a href="/wiki/Gabe_Paul" title="Gabe Paul">Gabe Paul</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">manager</a> <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Dark" title="Alvin Dark">Alvin Dark</a>, Harrelson relents and joins the Indian lineup on April 24 against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> at <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Stadium" title="Cleveland Stadium">Cleveland Stadium</a>.</li> <li>April 25 – The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> trade <a href="/wiki/Joe_Niekro" title="Joe Niekro">Joe Niekro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Ross" title="Gary Ross">Gary Ross</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Libran" class="mw-redirect" title="Francisco Libran">Francisco Libran</a> to the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> for <a href="/wiki/Dick_Selma" title="Dick Selma">Dick Selma</a>.</li> <li>April 27 – The <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)" title="Washington Senators (1961–1971)">Washington Senators</a> score six runs in the fourth inning—highlighted by pitcher <a href="/wiki/Frank_Bertaina" title="Frank Bertaina">Frank Bertaina</a>'s three-run homer—and make those runs stand up in a 6–5 triumph over the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> at <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Stadium" title="Cleveland Stadium">Cleveland Municipal Stadium</a>. The Indians, a <a href="/wiki/First_division_(baseball)" title="First division (baseball)">first division</a> team in <a href="/wiki/1968_in_baseball" title="1968 in baseball">1968</a>, have lost 15 of their first 16 games of 1969.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 1 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a>, held hitless the day before by <a href="/wiki/Jim_Maloney" title="Jim Maloney">Jim Maloney</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>, answer back as <a href="/wiki/Don_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Don Wilson (baseball)">Don Wilson</a> pitches a 4–0 no-hitter, with 13 strikeouts, over the Reds. Houston ties a National League record with just one assist in Wilson's second career no-hitter. In his previous start against Cincinnati, on April 22, Wilson gave up six runs in five innings in a 14–0 loss. The back-to-back no-hitters are only the second in Major League history, the feat having been accomplished just the year before by <a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Gaylord Perry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Washburn" title="Ray Washburn">Ray Washburn</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_L%C3%B3pez" title="Al López">Al López</a>, 60, hands over the managerial reins of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> (8–9 in 1969) to <a href="/wiki/Don_Gutteridge" title="Don Gutteridge">Don Gutteridge</a>, a longtime coach. His retirement gives López a career record of 1,410–1,004 (.584) with two <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> <a href="/wiki/Pennant_(sports)" title="Pennant (sports)">pennants</a> in 17 seasons as skipper of the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> (1951–1956) and the White Sox (1957–1965, 1968–1969). That record, plus his 1,919 games caught over 19 seasons as one of MLB's premier catchers of the 1930s and 1940s, earns López a <a href="/wiki/1977_in_baseball" title="1977 in baseball">1977</a> berth in the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>May 4 – At <a href="/wiki/Anaheim_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Anaheim Stadium">Anaheim Stadium</a>, in only the 25th game in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> history, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Oliver" title="Bob Oliver">Bob Oliver</a> goes 6-for-6 with a home run and a double in the Royals' 15–1 drubbing of the <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a>. Oliver becomes the first player to <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_single-game_hits_leaders" title="List of Major League Baseball single-game hits leaders">collect six hits in one game</a> since <a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Alou" title="Jesús Alou">Jesús Alou</a> did so for the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> on July 10, <a href="/wiki/1964_in_baseball" title="1964 in baseball">1964</a>, and the first American League player to do so since <a href="/wiki/Floyd_Robinson" title="Floyd Robinson">Floyd Robinson</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> on July 22, <a href="/wiki/1962_in_baseball" title="1962 in baseball">1962</a>.</li> <li>May 12 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Gibson" title="Bob Gibson">Bob Gibson</a> of the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> becomes the seventh pitcher in National League history to <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_baseball_(S)#strike_out_the_side" class="mw-redirect" title="Glossary of baseball (S)">strike out the side</a> on nine pitches, his victims being <a href="/wiki/Len_Gabrielson_(outfielder)" class="mw-redirect" title="Len Gabrielson (outfielder)">Len Gabrielson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Popovich" title="Paul Popovich">Paul Popovich</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Miller_(first_baseman)" title="John Miller (first baseman)">John Miller</a> in the seventh inning of a game against the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>. Gibson enjoys his feat as part of a 6–2 victory for St. Louis.</li> <li>May 13 – <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Banks" title="Ernie Banks">Ernie Banks</a> of the <a href="/wiki/1969_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="1969 Chicago Cubs season">Chicago Cubs</a> reaches the 1,500 <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">runs batted in</a> milestone while driving in seven runs in a 19–0 shellacking of the expansion <a href="/wiki/1969_San_Diego_Padres_season" title="1969 San Diego Padres season">San Diego Padres</a>. Hard-throwing right-hander <a href="/wiki/Dick_Selma" title="Dick Selma">Dick Selma</a> earns the victory as the Cubs tie a modern-day record for the most one-sided <a href="/wiki/Shutouts_in_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Shutouts in baseball">shutout</a> in National League history.</li> <li>May 18 – Tying a major league record, the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> steal five bases in the third inning against the Detroit battery of <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Lolich" title="Mickey Lolich">Mickey Lolich</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Freehan" title="Bill Freehan">Bill Freehan</a>. Four of the steals occur during a single <a href="/wiki/Harmon_Killebrew" title="Harmon Killebrew">Harmon Killebrew</a> at-bat, and two of the steals, by <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Tovar" title="César Tovar">César Tovar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rod_Carew" title="Rod Carew">Rod Carew</a>, are of home plate.</li> <li>May 26 – In the throes of a ten-game losing streak, and sitting in last place in the <a href="/wiki/AL_West" class="mw-redirect" title="AL West">AL West</a> at 11–28, the <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a> fire <a href="/wiki/Bill_Rigney" title="Bill Rigney">Bill Rigney</a>, the only manager the team has had since its debut in 1961. <a href="/wiki/Lefty_Phillips" title="Lefty Phillips">Lefty Phillips</a>, former pitching coach of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>, replaces him.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 11 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maury_Wills" title="Maury Wills">Maury Wills</a> returns to <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, site of his breakthrough stardom (1959–1966), when the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> send him to the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Dodgers</a> with ace <a href="/wiki/Pinch_hitter" title="Pinch hitter">pinch hitter</a> <a href="/wiki/Manny_Mota" title="Manny Mota">Manny Mota</a> for <a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">first baseman</a> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Fairly" title="Ron Fairly">Ron Fairly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Utility_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Utility (baseball)">utility</a> <a href="/wiki/Infielder" title="Infielder">infielder</a> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Popovich" title="Paul Popovich">Paul Popovich</a>. Wills, 36, will regain his old <a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">shortstop</a> job through 1971 and steal 69 bases in 456 games in his second Dodger tour, which ends October 4, 1972.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Expos</a> immediately deal <a href="/wiki/Paul_Popovich" title="Paul Popovich">Popovich</a> to his original team, the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>, in exchange for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lamabe" title="Jack Lamabe">Jack Lamabe</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Adolfo_Phillips" title="Adolfo Phillips">Adolfo Phillips</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lahoud" title="Joe Lahoud">Joe Lahoud</a>, second-year <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> outfielder, clouts three home runs (his first long balls of 1969) in a 13–5 rout of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> at <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Stadium" title="Metropolitan Stadium">Metropolitan Stadium</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>June 14 – At <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> lash 25 hits and put up three separate five-run innings in a 21–7 beat down of the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Red Sox</a>. Young Oakland outfielder <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">Reggie Jackson</a> goes five for six, including his 21st and 22nd homers of the season, and knocks in ten runs.</li> <li>June 15 – The <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> deal <a href="/wiki/Donn_Clendenon" title="Donn Clendenon">Donn Clendenon</a> to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Steve_Renko" title="Steve Renko">Steve Renko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Collins_(baseball)" title="Kevin Collins (baseball)">Kevin Collins</a> and two minor leaguers.</li> <li>June 19 – <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> manager <a href="/wiki/Leo_Durocher" title="Leo Durocher">Leo Durocher</a>, 63, weds for the fourth time, marrying 40-year-old Lynne Walker Goldblatt.</li> <li>June 21 – The <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> enter the tenth inning tied 3–3. Tying a <a href="/wiki/1928_in_baseball" title="1928 in baseball">1928</a> <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> record, the Twins score eleven runs in the top of the inning, and beat Oakland 14–4.</li> <li>June 22 – The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Cubs</a> score four runs in the ninth inning to defeat the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> 7–6 in the first game of a doubleheader at <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a>. The decisive blow is <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hickman_(1960s_outfielder)" title="Jim Hickman (1960s outfielder)">Jim Hickman's</a> two-run walk-off homer.</li> <li>June 26 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hickman_(1960s_outfielder)" title="Jim Hickman (1960s outfielder)">Jim Hickman</a>'s home run in the tenth inning defeats the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> 7–5 at Wrigley Field. On the spur of the moment <a href="/wiki/Ron_Santo" title="Ron Santo">Ron Santo</a> leaped in the air and clicked his heels 3 times on the way to the clubhouse. The victory dance became a hit with euphoric Cub fans.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 4 – At the customary half-way point in MLB's first four-division season, the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> (52–28) lead the surprising <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> (44–34) by seven games in the <a href="/wiki/NL_East" class="mw-redirect" title="NL East">National League East</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> (47–32) lead the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> (45–32) by a game in the <a href="/wiki/NL_West" class="mw-redirect" title="NL West">NL West</a>; the rampaging <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> (55–24) enjoy a ten-game advantage over the defending <a href="/wiki/1968_World_Series" title="1968 World Series">world-champion</a> <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> (43–32) in the <a href="/wiki/AL_East" class="mw-redirect" title="AL East">American League East</a>; and the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> (44–34) and <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> (42–32) are in a two-team race, virtually tied for the top spot in the <a href="/wiki/AL_West" class="mw-redirect" title="AL West">AL West</a>.</li> <li>July 8 – With three runs in the ninth inning, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> 4–3, cutting Chicago's lead in the National League East to four games. Chicago's <a href="/wiki/Ron_Santo" title="Ron Santo">Ron Santo</a> rips into center fielder <a href="/wiki/Donald_Young_(baseball)" title="Donald Young (baseball)">Don Young</a> for two misplays in the outfield; Santo apologizes the next day for criticizing Young, who had left early and didn't take the team bus. Santo is later booed in his first game back at <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a>.</li> <li>July 9 – With one out in the ninth inning, the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>' <a href="/wiki/Jim_Qualls" title="Jim Qualls">Jim Qualls</a> lines a <a href="/wiki/Single_(baseball)" title="Single (baseball)">single</a> to left center to break up <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Tom Seaver</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Perfect_game_(baseball)" title="Perfect game (baseball)">perfect game</a> bid. The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>' 4–0 victory over the Cubs at <a href="/wiki/Shea_Stadium" title="Shea Stadium">Shea Stadium</a> would go down in history as "Tom Seaver's Imperfect Game".</li> <li>July 13 – In the third meeting between the two brothers, the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a>' <a href="/wiki/Joe_Niekro" title="Joe Niekro">Joe Niekro</a> defeats <a href="/wiki/Phil_Niekro" title="Phil Niekro">Phil Niekro</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a>, 1–0. The triumph gives Joe a 2–1 <a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">record</a> over his <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Cooperstown</a>-bound elder brother.</li> <li>July 17 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kaat" title="Jim Kaat">Jim Kaat</a> improves to 10–6 with an 8–5 victory for the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> despite committing three errors. The Hall-of-Fame southpaw is in the midst of a streak of 16 consecutive <a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Award" title="Gold Glove Award">Gold Glove Awards</a> for his fielding (1962–1977).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 23 – At <a href="/wiki/R.F.K._Memorial_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="R.F.K. Memorial Stadium">R.F.K. Memorial Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_McCovey" title="Willie McCovey">Willie McCovey</a> hits two home runs as the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> beats the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> 9–3, for its seventh straight <a href="/wiki/1969_MLB_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="1969 MLB All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a> win. McCovey is named MVP, with his two homers tying an All-Star Game record set by <a href="/wiki/Arky_Vaughan" title="Arky Vaughan">Arky Vaughan</a> (<a href="/wiki/1941_in_baseball" title="1941 in baseball">1941</a>), <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> (<a href="/wiki/1946_in_baseball" title="1946 in baseball">1946</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Al_Rosen" title="Al Rosen">Al Rosen</a> (<a href="/wiki/1954_in_baseball" title="1954 in baseball">1954</a>). The game is postponed by one day after heavy rains in the <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> area. When the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">AL</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Don_Mincher" title="Don Mincher">Don Mincher</a> pinch-hit in the fourth inning, he became a trivia answer: the only <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Pilots" title="Seattle Pilots">Seattle Pilot</a> to appear in an <a href="/wiki/All-Star" class="mw-redirect" title="All-Star">All-Star</a> game.</li> <li>July 26 – <a href="/wiki/Randy_Hundley" title="Randy Hundley">Randy Hundley</a> drives in all three Cub runs, including a walk-off single in the 11th inning, to lead the Cubs to a 3–2 win over the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> at Wrigley Field.</li> <li>July 27 - In the most one-sided shutout in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> history, the Os defeat the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>, 17–0, at <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(Baltimore)" class="mw-redirect" title="Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)">Memorial Stadium</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hardin" title="Jim Hardin">Jim Hardin</a> pitches a two-hit shutout, walking none, and hits a three-run home run in the bottom of the fourth off of <a href="/wiki/Gary_Bell_(baseball)" title="Gary Bell (baseball)">Gary Bell</a> to make it 13–0. The Orioles will plate four more runs and belt out 20 hits. <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Knoop" title="Bobby Knoop">Bobby Knoop</a> has both hits for the White Sox. Hardin retires the last 20 batters in a row that he faces. In Baltimore's 100th game of the season, they are 69–31 and lead the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> by 12½ games in the newly formed <a href="/wiki/American_League_East" title="American League East">American League East</a>.</li> <li>July 29 – <a href="/wiki/Willie_McCovey" title="Willie McCovey">Willie McCovey</a> hits his 300th career home run helping the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>, 4–2.</li> <li>July 30 – After losing the first game of a <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(baseball)" title="Doubleheader (baseball)">doubleheader</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> 16–3 at <a href="/wiki/Shea_Stadium" title="Shea Stadium">Shea Stadium</a>, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> trail 7–0 in the third inning of the nightcap when Houston's <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Edwards_(baseball)" title="Johnny Edwards (baseball)">Johnny Edwards</a> gets a <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">base hit</a> to <a href="/wiki/Left_field" class="mw-redirect" title="Left field">left field</a>. Outfielder <a href="/wiki/Cleon_Jones" title="Cleon Jones">Cleon Jones</a>, an All-Star who will hit .340 in 1969, is slow to retrieve the ball and then makes a "lackadaisical" throw (according to <a href="/wiki/Retrosheet" title="Retrosheet">Retrosheet</a>) back to the infield.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The result is a <a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">double</a> that makes the score 8–0. Mets manager <a href="/wiki/Gil_Hodges" title="Gil Hodges">Gil Hodges</a> emerges from the dugout, walks past <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a> on the mound and all the way to left field to confer with Jones. Then Hodges returns to the dugout, with Jones following a few paces behind him, and replaces Jones in left with <a href="/wiki/Ron_Swoboda" title="Ron Swoboda">Ron Swoboda</a>. Jones will be kept out of the lineup for the next two games and used only as a <a href="/wiki/Pinch_hitter" title="Pinch hitter">pinch hitter</a> in the two contests after that. Newspapers report that Jones was benched for failure to hustle, with Hodges deciding to do so publicly to show that he will not tolerate lack of effort on his team, even from its star player.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 1 – <a href="/wiki/Willie_Davis_(baseball)" title="Willie Davis (baseball)">Willie Davis</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> begins his 31-game hit streak. Coming into today's game against the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> at <a href="/wiki/Busch_Memorial_Stadium" title="Busch Memorial Stadium">Busch Memorial Stadium</a>, Davis is hitting .260 — but by the time the streak ends on September 4 Willie's <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">average</a> is .318. He hits .459 during the streak and breaks the Dodgers' franchise record of 29 games set by <a href="/wiki/Zack_Wheat" title="Zack Wheat">Zack Wheat</a>. The 31-game hit streak is the third-longest in <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> history and as of 2023 remains the Dodgers' record.</li> <li>August 5 – The <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>' <a href="/wiki/Willie_Stargell" title="Willie Stargell">Willie Stargell</a> hits the first home run completely out of <a href="/wiki/Dodger_Stadium" title="Dodger Stadium">Dodger Stadium</a>. <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Alan_Foster_(baseball)" title="Alan Foster (baseball)">Alan Foster</a> surrenders the 506-foot blast. To date, it's the longest home run in Dodger Stadium history. (Stargell will hit another homer out of Dodger Stadium, off <a href="/wiki/Andy_Messersmith" title="Andy Messersmith">Andy Messersmith</a> in <a href="/wiki/1973_in_baseball" title="1973 in baseball">1973</a>.) The mammoth home run comes in the seventh inning and breaks a 3–3 tie, a three-run home run by <a href="/wiki/Andy_Kosco" title="Andy Kosco">Andy Kosco</a> having tied the game for the Dodgers in the bottom of the sixth; Pittsburgh scores seven more runs in the ninth inning and defeats Los Angeles 11–3.</li> <li>August 6 – The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> (44–64 and fifth in the six-team <a href="/wiki/National_League_East" title="National League East">National League East</a>), fire second-year manager <a href="/wiki/Bob_Skinner" title="Bob Skinner">Bob Skinner</a>. Coach <a href="/wiki/George_Myatt" title="George Myatt">George Myatt</a> takes over on an interim basis through season's end.</li> <li>August 10 <ul><li>Citing damage to his right shoulder, <a href="/wiki/Don_Drysdale" title="Don Drysdale">Don Drysdale</a> retires from the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>. He is the last player still playing for the Dodgers who also played in Brooklyn.</li> <li>At Baltimore, the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Orioles</a>' <a href="/wiki/Mike_Cuellar" title="Mike Cuellar">Mike Cuellar</a> allows only one hit, a top-of-the-ninth single to <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Tovar" title="César Tovar">César Tovar</a>, and beats the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> 2–0. For the second time this season, Tovar saves the Twins from being no-hit against Baltimore. He broke up a no-hitter by Dave McNally in the ninth inning during a game in May.</li></ul></li> <li>August 13 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Montr%C3%A9al_Expos" class="mw-redirect" title="Montréal Expos">Montréal</a> reliever <a href="/wiki/Roy_Face" title="Roy Face">Roy Face</a> gives up the last of his record 21 extra-inning <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a>, an 11th-inning <a href="/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)" title="Grand slam (baseball)">grand slam</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>' <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bench" title="Johnny Bench">Johnny Bench</a>. Cincinnati wins 8–3 in Montréal.</li> <li>Only four days after coming off the disabled list, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Palmer" title="Jim Palmer">Jim Palmer</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hits</a> the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> 8–0 at <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(Baltimore)" class="mw-redirect" title="Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)">Memorial Stadium</a>. The home plate umpire is <a href="/wiki/Lou_DiMuro" title="Lou DiMuro">Lou DiMuro</a>, whose son <a href="/wiki/Mike_DiMuro" title="Mike DiMuro">Mike</a> would call balls and strikes for <a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay%27s_perfect_game" title="Roy Halladay's perfect game">Roy Halladay's perfect game</a> May 29, <a href="/wiki/2010_in_baseball" title="2010 in baseball">2010</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>August 14 – In the <a href="/wiki/National_League_East_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="National League East Division">National League East Division</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> lead the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> by 8½ games and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> by 9½ games.</li> <li>August 19 – At <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Holtzman" title="Ken Holtzman">Ken Holtzman</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hits</a> the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> 3–0 with no strikeouts. Only one other pitcher in major league history, <a href="/wiki/Sad_Sam_Jones" title="Sad Sam Jones">Sad Sam Jones</a> in <a href="/wiki/1923_in_baseball" title="1923 in baseball">1923</a>, has hurled a no-hitter without the benefit of a strikeout. Holtzman survives a scare in the seventh as <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a>'s fly ball to deep left field leading off the inning appears to be going over the wall for a home run; however, a stiff wind cuts into the ball and enables <a href="/wiki/Billy_Williams_(left_fielder)" class="mw-redirect" title="Billy Williams (left fielder)">Billy Williams</a> to catch it at the warning track. Aaron grounds out to Cubs' second baseman <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Beckert" title="Glenn Beckert">Glenn Beckert</a> for the game's final out.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 8 – The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> open a crucial two-game series against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> at <a href="/wiki/Shea_Stadium" title="Shea Stadium">Shea Stadium</a>. Cubs starter <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hands" title="Bill Hands">Bill Hands</a> knocks down the Mets' leadoff batter <a href="/wiki/Tommie_Agee" title="Tommie Agee">Tommie Agee</a> in the first inning. <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Koosman" title="Jerry Koosman">Jerry Koosman</a> hits the next Cubs batter he faces, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Santo" title="Ron Santo">Ron Santo</a>, in the hand, breaking it. Agee hits a two-run <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home run</a> in the third, and the Mets win 3–2.</li> <li>September 9 – During the Mets' 7–1 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Shea, a <a href="/wiki/Black_cat" title="Black cat">black cat</a> jumps on the field and runs past Ron Santo in the on-deck circle.</li> <li>September 10 – A loss by the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>, and a doubleheader sweep by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>, gives the Mets their first lead of the <a href="/wiki/National_League_East_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="National League East Division">National League East Division</a>. The Mets will not relinquish their lead from this point, as the Cubs suffer a legendary collapse.</li> <li>September 15 – The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>' <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a> strikes out a record 19 <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> in a losing effort, as the Mets defeat the Cards 4–3 at <a href="/wiki/Busch_Stadium" title="Busch Stadium">Busch Stadium</a>.</li> <li>September 18 – Despite leading the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> to an 80–69 record, the franchise's best showing in at least two decades, manager <a href="/wiki/Hank_Bauer" title="Hank Bauer">Hank Bauer</a> is replaced by <a href="/wiki/John_McNamara_(baseball)" title="John McNamara (baseball)">John McNamara</a> at the team's helm. It is owner <a href="/wiki/Charles_O._Finley" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles O. Finley">Charles O. Finley</a>'s ninth managerial change in nine years, and Bauer's second enforced departure from the job (he had skippered Finley's Athletics from June 19, 1961 through 1962).</li> <li>September 20 – At <a href="/wiki/Shea_Stadium" title="Shea Stadium">Shea Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Moose" title="Bob Moose">Bob Moose</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hits</a> the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> 4–0.</li> <li>September 21 – At <a href="/wiki/Candlestick_Park" title="Candlestick Park">Candlestick Park</a>, the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> 4–3 in 10 innings as <a href="/wiki/Maury_Wills" title="Maury Wills">Maury Wills</a> commits an error on <a href="/wiki/Jim_Davenport" title="Jim Davenport">Jim Davenport</a>'s ground ball, allowing <a href="/wiki/Willie_McCovey" title="Willie McCovey">Willie McCovey</a> to score the winning run. Ironically, this game marks Dodger <a href="/wiki/Bill_Buckner" title="Bill Buckner">Bill Buckner</a>'s major league debut; Buckner, who grounds out to second baseman <a href="/wiki/Ron_Hunt" title="Ron Hunt">Ron Hunt</a> while pinch-hitting for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jim_Brewer_(baseball)" title="Jim Brewer (baseball)">Jim Brewer</a> in the ninth inning, will become well known for <a href="/wiki/Mookie_Wilson" title="Mookie Wilson">Mookie Wilson</a>'s ground ball going through his legs in Game 6 of the <a href="/wiki/1986_World_Series" title="1986 World Series">1986 World Series</a>.</li> <li>September 22 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a> hits his 600th career home run helping the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> 4–2.</li> <li>The Minnesota Twins survived a ninth-inning scare as they beat the Kansas City Royals 4–3 to clinch the American League West title on Harmon Killebrew's 47th home run and <a href="/wiki/Cesar_Tovar" class="mw-redirect" title="Cesar Tovar">Cesar Tovar</a>'s two run-scoring singles.</li></ul></li> <li>September 23 – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Williams" title="Dick Williams">Dick Williams</a> is fired as manager of the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> less than two years after leading them to their <a href="/wiki/1967_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1967 Boston Red Sox season">1967 "Impossible Dream" pennant</a>. The 1969 Red Sox are 82–71, third in the <a href="/wiki/American_League_East" title="American League East">American League East</a>, and 24 games behind Baltimore. Coach <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Popowski" title="Eddie Popowski">Eddie Popowski</a> becomes temporary pilot. Later that day, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Carl Yastrzemski</a> hits his 200th career home run, helping the Red Sox beat the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> 8–3.</li> <li>September 24 – After seven losing seasons, the New York Mets clinch the <a href="/wiki/National_League_East_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="National League East Division">National League East Division</a> title as Donn Clendenon hit two home runs in a 6–0 Mets win over <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a> and the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>. The Mets have won 38 out of their 49 games dating from August 14. The Cubs will finish the season eight games behind the Mets, and not win the division until exactly <a href="/wiki/1984_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1984 Major League Baseball season">15 years from this day</a>.</li> <li>September 25 – The <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> (84–73 and third in the <a href="/wiki/NL_East" class="mw-redirect" title="NL East">NL East</a>) dismiss their second-year manager, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Shepard" title="Larry Shepard">Larry Shepard</a>. Coach <a href="/wiki/Alex_Grammas" title="Alex Grammas">Alex Grammas</a> takes the helm as temporary skipper for the season's final five games.</li> <li>September 26 – Veteran minor leaguer <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lucchesi" title="Frank Lucchesi">Frank Lucchesi</a> is appointed manager of the 1970 <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>. Lucchesi, 43, is promoted to his first MLB job after developing players for 14 years in the Phils' farm system, and winning a division title with the <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a> <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Emeralds" title="Eugene Emeralds">Eugene Emeralds</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 2 – The <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Pilots" title="Seattle Pilots">Seattle Pilots</a> finish what will be their only season in the <a href="/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle, Washington">Emerald City</a> with a 3–1 loss to the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> at <a href="/wiki/Sick%27s_Stadium" title="Sick's Stadium">Sick's Stadium</a>. The city of Seattle would not host another MLB team until the birth of the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Mariners</a> in <a href="/wiki/1977_in_baseball" title="1977 in baseball">1977</a>.</li> <li>October 4 – The <a href="/wiki/American_League_Championship_Series" title="American League Championship Series">American League</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_League_Championship_Series" title="National League Championship Series">National League Championship Series</a> begin, the first such series to feature the respective leagues' division champions. The <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> will sweep the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> in three games for the <a href="/wiki/1969_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1969 American League Championship Series">AL pennant</a>; the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> will do the same against the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> for the <a href="/wiki/1969_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1969 National League Championship Series">NL crown</a>.</li> <li>October 7 – The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> trade <a href="/wiki/Curt_Flood" title="Curt Flood">Curt Flood</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> in a seven-player deal that also sends <a href="/wiki/Tim_McCarver" title="Tim McCarver">Tim McCarver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Byron_Browne_(baseball)" title="Byron Browne (baseball)">Byron Browne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Hoerner" title="Joe Hoerner">Joe Hoerner</a> to the Phillies and <a href="/wiki/Dick_Allen" title="Dick Allen">Dick Allen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cookie_Rojas" title="Cookie Rojas">Cookie Rojas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Johnson_(baseball)" title="Jerry Johnson (baseball)">Jerry Johnson</a> to the Cardinals. Flood, however, refuses to report to the Phillies and instead <a href="/wiki/Flood_v._Kuhn" title="Flood v. Kuhn">challenges</a> baseball's <a href="/wiki/Reserve_clause" title="Reserve clause">reserve clause</a> in a lawsuit that eventually reaches the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Supreme Court">Supreme Court</a>. He will sit out the entire <a href="/wiki/1970_in_baseball" title="1970 in baseball">1970</a> season.</li> <li>October 8 – After firing <a href="/wiki/Dave_Bristol" title="Dave Bristol">Dave Bristol</a> as manager despite an 89–73 season, the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> hire <a href="/wiki/Sparky_Anderson" title="Sparky Anderson">Sparky Anderson</a> to replace him. During the next seven seasons, Anderson, who will make his major league managerial debut in <a href="/wiki/1970_in_baseball" title="1970 in baseball">1970</a>, will guide the team known as the "Big Red Machine" to five <a href="/wiki/National_League_West" title="National League West">National League West</a> titles, four National League pennants, and back-to-back World Series titles in <a href="/wiki/1975_World_Series" title="1975 World Series">1975</a> and <a href="/wiki/1976_World_Series" title="1976 World Series">1976</a>.</li> <li>October 9 – The <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> rehire <a href="/wiki/Danny_Murtaugh" title="Danny Murtaugh">Danny Murtaugh</a> as their manager for what will be his third of four terms as Pirates skipper. This stint will see the Pirates win the <a href="/wiki/1970_in_baseball" title="1970 in baseball">1970</a> <a href="/wiki/National_League_East" title="National League East">National League East</a> title for their first postseason berth since winning the <a href="/wiki/1960_World_Series" title="1960 World Series">1960 World Series</a> (with Murtaugh at the helm), as well as winning the <a href="/wiki/1971_World_Series" title="1971 World Series">1971 World Series</a>.</li> <li>October 13 – In the first of many firings in his career, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> manager <a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a> is sacked by owner <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Griffith" title="Calvin Griffith">Calvin Griffith</a> after his Twins are swept in the <a href="/wiki/American_League_Championship_Series" title="American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a>.</li> <li>October 15 – <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> manager <a href="/wiki/Earl_Weaver" title="Earl Weaver">Earl Weaver</a> is warned during Game 4 of the <a href="/wiki/1969_World_Series" title="1969 World Series">1969 World Series</a> by <a href="/wiki/Umpire" title="Umpire">umpire</a> <a href="/wiki/Shag_Crawford" title="Shag Crawford">Shag Crawford</a> not to argue balls and strikes. After receiving this warning, Weaver follows Crawford to home plate, and immediately is ejected. The Mets would win 2–1 in 10 innings for a 3–1 lead in the World Series.</li> <li>October 16 – The <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> are ahead 3–0 in Game 5 of the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> at <a href="/wiki/Shea_Stadium" title="Shea Stadium">Shea Stadium</a> when <a href="/wiki/Dave_McNally" title="Dave McNally">Dave McNally</a> strikes <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> batter <a href="/wiki/Cleon_Jones" title="Cleon Jones">Cleon Jones</a> in the foot with a pitch. However, <a href="/wiki/Home_plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Home plate">home plate</a> <a href="/wiki/Umpire_(baseball)" title="Umpire (baseball)">umpire</a> <a href="/wiki/Lou_DiMuro" title="Lou DiMuro">Lou DiMuro</a> ruled that the ball missed Jones. Mets manager <a href="/wiki/Gil_Hodges" title="Gil Hodges">Gil Hodges</a> emerges from the dugout to argue and shows DiMuro the shoe-polish-smudged ball. DiMuro reverses his call, and awards Jones first base. The following batter, <a href="/wiki/Donn_Clendenon" title="Donn Clendenon">Donn Clendenon</a>, hits a two-run home run to pull the Mets within a run of Baltimore. (The homer is Clendenon's third of the Series). Following an <a href="/wiki/Al_Weis" title="Al Weis">Al Weis</a> solo home run in the seventh to tie the game, the Mets score two in the eighth for a 5–3 lead. <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Koosman" title="Jerry Koosman">Jerry Koosman</a> pitches a complete game for the Mets, who win the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> in five games. Clendenon is named World Series MVP.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 5 – Two right-handed pitchers change teams when the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> trade <a href="/wiki/George_Culver" title="George Culver">George Culver</a> to the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> for <a href="/wiki/Ray_Washburn" title="Ray Washburn">Ray Washburn</a>.</li> <li>November 12 – <a href="/wiki/Harmon_Killebrew" title="Harmon Killebrew">Harmon Killebrew</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> is voted the <a href="/wiki/American_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American League Most Valuable Player Award">American League's Most Valuable Player</a> after he led the league with 49 <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a>, 140 <a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">RBI</a>, and a .430 <a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">on-base percentage</a>.</li> <li>November 17 – The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> deal outfielder <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Callison" title="Johnny Callison">Johnny Callison</a>, 30, a four-time former <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">NL All-Star</a>, and pitcher <a href="/wiki/Larry_Colton" title="Larry Colton">Larry Colton</a> (""<a href="/wiki/PTBNL" class="mw-redirect" title="PTBNL">PTBNL</a>") to the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Dick_Selma" title="Dick Selma">Dick Selma</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Gamble" title="Oscar Gamble">Oscar Gamble</a>.</li> <li>November 20 – <a href="/wiki/Willie_McCovey" title="Willie McCovey">Willie McCovey</a> of the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> is voted <a href="/wiki/National_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National League Most Valuable Player Award">National League Most Valuable Player</a> after he led the league with 45 <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a>, 126 <a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">RBI</a>, and a .453 <a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">on-base percentage</a> and .656 slugging percentage.</li> <li>November 21 – The <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> send <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Cardenal" title="José Cardenal">José Cardenal</a> to the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> for fellow outfielder <a href="/wiki/Vada_Pinson" title="Vada Pinson">Vada Pinson</a>.</li> <li>November 24 – A busy offseason of managerial changes in the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> concludes when <a href="/wiki/Dave_Bristol" title="Dave Bristol">Dave Bristol</a>, fired by the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> in October, replaces <a href="/wiki/Joe_Schultz_Jr." title="Joe Schultz Jr.">Joe Schultz</a> at the helm of the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Pilots" title="Seattle Pilots">Seattle Pilots</a>; earlier, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Kasko" title="Eddie Kasko">Eddie Kasko</a> was named <a href="/wiki/Dick_Williams" title="Dick Williams">Dick Williams</a>' permanent successor with the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> (October 2); <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Metro" title="Charlie Metro">Charlie Metro</a> replaced <a href="/wiki/Joe_Gordon" title="Joe Gordon">Joe Gordon</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> (October 8); and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Rigney" title="Bill Rigney">Bill Rigney</a>, dismissed by the <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a> in May, took over the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> (October 22, nine days after <a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a>'s firing). <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland</a> owner <a href="/wiki/Charles_O._Finley" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles O. Finley">Charles O. Finley</a> didn't wait for the off-season, having switched pilots September 18.</li> <li>November 25 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> outfielder <a href="/wiki/Lou_Piniella" title="Lou Piniella">Lou Piniella</a>, who hit .282 with 11 home runs and 68 RBI, is named American League Rookie of the Year over pitcher <a href="/wiki/Mike_Nagy_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Nagy (baseball)">Mike Nagy</a> (12–2, 3.11 ERA), outfielder <a href="/wiki/Carlos_May" title="Carlos May">Carlos May</a> (.281, 18, 62) and pitcher <a href="/wiki/Ken_Tatum" title="Ken Tatum">Ken Tatum</a> (7–2, 1.36).</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> trade hard-hitting outfielder <a href="/wiki/Alex_Johnson" title="Alex Johnson">Alex Johnson</a> (.315, 17 HR, 88 RBI) and utility infielder <a href="/wiki/Chico_Ruiz" title="Chico Ruiz">Chico Ruiz</a> to the <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a> for pitchers <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Borb%C3%B3n" title="Pedro Borbón">Pedro Borbón</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vern_Geishert" title="Vern Geishert">Vern Geishert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jim_McGlothlin" title="Jim McGlothlin">Jim McGlothlin</a>. Johnson will win the 1970 <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting title</a> (.329) but, in 1971, frequent clashes with Angel management lead to a long suspension, a successful arbitration case, and his trade from the team.</li></ul></li> <li>November 28 – Second baseman <a href="/wiki/Ted_Sizemore" title="Ted Sizemore">Ted Sizemore</a> becomes the seventh <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Dodgers</a> player to be named the NL Rookie of the Year. Sizemore joins <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a> (<a href="/wiki/1947_in_baseball" title="1947 in baseball">1947</a>), <a href="/wiki/Don_Newcombe" title="Don Newcombe">Don Newcombe</a> (<a href="/wiki/1949_in_baseball" title="1949 in baseball">1949</a>), <a href="/wiki/Joe_Black" title="Joe Black">Joe Black</a> (<a href="/wiki/1952_in_baseball" title="1952 in baseball">1952</a>), <a href="/wiki/Junior_Gilliam" class="mw-redirect" title="Junior Gilliam">Junior Gilliam</a> (<a href="/wiki/1953_in_baseball" title="1953 in baseball">1953</a>), <a href="/wiki/Frank_Howard_(baseball)" title="Frank Howard (baseball)">Frank Howard</a> (<a href="/wiki/1960_in_baseball" title="1960 in baseball">1960</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Lefebvre" title="Jim Lefebvre">Jim Lefebvre</a> (<a href="/wiki/1965_in_baseball" title="1965 in baseball">1965</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 3 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> acquire future five-time <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">American League All-Star</a> and 3x <a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Award" title="Gold Glove Award">Gold Glove Award</a> winning centerfielder <a href="/wiki/Amos_Otis" title="Amos Otis">Amos Otis</a>, 22, and pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bob_Johnson_(pitcher)" title="Bob Johnson (pitcher)">Bob Johnson</a> from the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> for third baseman <a href="/wiki/Joe_Foy" title="Joe Foy">Joe Foy</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> trade veteran outfielder <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Alou" title="Felipe Alou">Felipe Alou</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jim_Nash_(baseball)" title="Jim Nash (baseball)">Jim Nash</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> acquire veteran hurler <a href="/wiki/Joe_Sparma" title="Joe Sparma">Joe Sparma</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> for fellow right-hander <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Robertson_(baseball)" title="Jerry Robertson (baseball)">Jerry Robertson</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>December 4 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chub_Feeney" title="Chub Feeney">Chub Feeney</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a>' vice president, succeeds retiring <a href="/wiki/Warren_Giles" title="Warren Giles">Warren Giles</a> as president of the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> send pitcher <a href="/wiki/Pat_Dobson" title="Pat Dobson">Pat Dobson</a> and infielder <a href="/wiki/Dave_Campbell_(infielder)" title="Dave Campbell (infielder)">Dave Campbell</a> to the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Joe_Niekro" title="Joe Niekro">Joe Niekro</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> deal first baseman <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pepitone" title="Joe Pepitone">Joe Pepitone</a>, a seven-year veteran and holdover from the Bombers' early-decade glory days, to the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> for outfielder/first baseman <a href="/wiki/Curt_Blefary" title="Curt Blefary">Curt Blefary</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> obtain center-fielder <a href="/wiki/Boots_Day" title="Boots Day">Boots Day</a> from the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> for southpaw <a href="/wiki/Rich_Nye" title="Rich Nye">Rich Nye</a>.</li> <li>Well-traveled left-hander <a href="/wiki/George_Brunet" title="George Brunet">George Brunet</a> packs his bags again when the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Pilots" title="Seattle Pilots">Seattle Pilots</a> trade him to the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)" title="Washington Senators (1961–1971)">Washington Senators</a> for righty reliever <a href="/wiki/Dave_Baldwin_(baseball)" title="Dave Baldwin (baseball)">Dave Baldwin</a>. Brunet's 30-year <a href="/wiki/Organized_Baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Organized Baseball">Organized Baseball</a> career will include service with 35 teams, including nine MLB clubs.</li></ul></li> <li>December 5 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> trade left-handed hurler <a href="/wiki/Al_Downing_(baseball)" title="Al Downing (baseball)">Al Downing</a> and catcher <a href="/wiki/Frank_Fern%C3%A1ndez_(baseball)" title="Frank Fernández (baseball)">Frank Fernández</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> for infielders <a href="/wiki/Danny_Cater" title="Danny Cater">Danny Cater</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ossie_Chavarr%C3%ADa" title="Ossie Chavarría">Ossie Chavarría</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Athletics</a> also purchase the contract of <a href="/wiki/Mudcat_Grant" title="Mudcat Grant">Mudcat Grant</a> from the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>. Grant, 34, is in the process of converting from a successful <a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">starting pitcher</a> to an effective <a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">reliever</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> trade right-hander <a href="/wiki/Frank_Reberger" title="Frank Reberger">Frank Reberger</a> to the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Ron_Herbel" title="Ron Herbel">Ron Herbel</a>, catcher <a href="/wiki/Bob_Barton" title="Bob Barton">Bob Barton</a> and third baseman <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Etheridge_(baseball)" title="Bobby Etheridge (baseball)">Bobby Etheridge</a>.</li> <li>Five players change teams when the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> send hurlers <a href="/wiki/Ron_Law" title="Ron Law">Ron Law</a> and <a href="/wiki/Horacio_Pi%C3%B1a" title="Horacio Piña">Horacio Piña</a>, and infielder <a href="/wiki/Dave_Nelson" title="Dave Nelson">Dave Nelson</a>, to the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)" title="Washington Senators (1961–1971)">Washington Senators</a> for pitchers <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Higgins" title="Dennis Higgins">Dennis Higgins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barry_Moore_(baseball)" title="Barry Moore (baseball)">Barry Moore</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>December 6 – The MLB Restructuring Committee issues its recommendations, which include strengthening the office of the <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioner of Baseball">Commissioner of Baseball</a>, reducing the power of the league presidents, adopting interleague play, combining the umpire staffs of each circuit, and standardizing league rules to make them consistent. It will take decades for each recommendation to be implemented, and MLB rules will not be made consistent until 2023, when the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> adopts the <a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">designated hitter</a> rule, which debuted in the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> in 1973.</li> <li>December 7 – The <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Pilots" title="Seattle Pilots">Seattle Pilots</a> send pitcher <a href="/wiki/Diego_Segui" class="mw-redirect" title="Diego Segui">Diego Segui</a> and shortstop <a href="/wiki/Ray_Oyler" title="Ray Oyler">Ray Oyler</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> for right-hander <a href="/wiki/George_Lauzerique" title="George Lauzerique">George Lauzerique</a> and infielder <a href="/wiki/Ted_Kubiak" title="Ted Kubiak">Ted Kubiak</a>.</li> <li>December 10 – The <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> deal former 20-game-winner and <a href="/wiki/1964_in_baseball" title="1964 in baseball">1964</a> <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a> recipient <a href="/wiki/Dean_Chance" title="Dean Chance">Dean Chance</a>, fellow right-hander <a href="/wiki/Bob_Miller_(baseball,_born_1939)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Miller (baseball, born 1939)">Bob Miller</a>, third baseman <a href="/wiki/Graig_Nettles" title="Graig Nettles">Graig Nettles</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Ted_Uhlaender" title="Ted Uhlaender">Ted Uhlaender</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> for former 20-game-winner and 1968 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Luis_Tiant" title="Luis Tiant">Luis Tiant</a> and another pitcher, <a href="/wiki/Stan_Williams_(baseball)" title="Stan Williams (baseball)">Stan Williams</a>.</li> <li>December 12 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> send infielder <a href="/wiki/Bob_Heise" title="Bob Heise">Bob Heise</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jim_Gosger" title="Jim Gosger">Jim Gosger</a> to the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Ray_Sadecki" title="Ray Sadecki">Ray Sadecki</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Dave_Marshall_(baseball)" title="Dave Marshall (baseball)">Dave Marshall</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">Giants</a> also send right-hander <a href="/wiki/Bob_Bolin" title="Bob Bolin">Bob Bolin</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Pilots" title="Seattle Pilots">Seattle Pilots</a> for outfielders <a href="/wiki/Dick_Simpson" title="Dick Simpson">Dick Simpson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Whitaker_(baseball)" title="Steve Whitaker (baseball)">Steve Whitaker</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>December 13 – The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> acquire veteran left-hander <a href="/wiki/Gary_Peters_(baseball)" title="Gary Peters (baseball)">Gary Peters</a>, a 2x <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a> champion and 2x <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">American League All-Star</a>, and catcher <a href="/wiki/Don_Pavletich" title="Don Pavletich">Don Pavletich</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> for infielder <a href="/wiki/Syd_O%27Brien" title="Syd O'Brien">Syd O'Brien</a> and pitcher <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Janeski" title="Gerry Janeski">Gerry Janeski</a> ("<a href="/wiki/PTBNL" class="mw-redirect" title="PTBNL">PTBNL</a>").</li> <li>December 30 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Murphy" title="Johnny Murphy">Johnny Murphy</a>, recently crowned winner of the <a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News_Executive_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sporting News Executive of the Year Award">1969 <i>Sporting News</i> Executive of the Year Award</a> and <a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">general manager</a> of the reigning world champion <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>, is hospitalized after suffering a heart attack. He dies on January 14, 1970.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January–March"><span id="January.E2.80.93March"></span>January–March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: January–March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 1 – <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Rivera_(baseball)" title="Roberto Rivera (baseball)">Roberto Rivera</a></li> <li>January 3 – <a href="/wiki/Cris_Col%C3%B3n" title="Cris Colón">Cris Colón</a></li> <li>January 6 – <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Morman" title="Alvin Morman">Alvin Morman</a></li> <li>January 7 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hatcher_(outfielder)" title="Chris Hatcher (outfielder)">Chris Hatcher</a></li> <li>January 8 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Boehringer" title="Brian Boehringer">Brian Boehringer</a></li> <li>January 9 – <a href="/wiki/Domingo_Jean" title="Domingo Jean">Domingo Jean</a></li> <li>January 10 – <a href="/wiki/Takahito_Nomura" title="Takahito Nomura">Takahito Nomura</a></li> <li>January 11 – <a href="/wiki/Manny_Acta" title="Manny Acta">Manny Acta</a></li> <li>January 13 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Foster_(baseball)" title="Kevin Foster (baseball)">Kevin Foster</a></li> <li>January 13 – <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Miller" title="Orlando Miller">Orlando Miller</a></li> <li>January 15 – <a href="/wiki/Delino_DeShields" title="Delino DeShields">Delino DeShields</a></li> <li>January 16 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McGehee" title="Kevin McGehee">Kevin McGehee</a></li> <li>January 19 – <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Palmeiro" title="Orlando Palmeiro">Orlando Palmeiro</a></li> <li>January 21 – <a href="/wiki/Rusty_Greer" title="Rusty Greer">Rusty Greer</a></li> <li>January 22 – <a href="/wiki/Keith_Gordon_(baseball)" title="Keith Gordon (baseball)">Keith Gordon</a></li> <li>January 27 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Plantier" title="Phil Plantier">Phil Plantier</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_2">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 3 – <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw_(baseball)" title="Terry Bradshaw (baseball)">Terry Bradshaw</a></li> <li>February 4 – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Cornett" title="Brad Cornett">Brad Cornett</a></li> <li>February 5 – <a href="/wiki/David_Holdridge" title="David Holdridge">David Holdridge</a></li> <li>February 6 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Wickman" title="Bob Wickman">Bob Wickman</a></li> <li>February 10 – <a href="/wiki/Jayhawk_Owens" title="Jayhawk Owens">Jayhawk Owens</a></li> <li>February 11 – <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Eversgerd" title="Bryan Eversgerd">Bryan Eversgerd</a></li> <li>February 11 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_King_(baseball)" title="Kevin King (baseball)">Kevin King</a></li> <li>February 13 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Mimbs" title="Mike Mimbs">Mike Mimbs</a></li> <li>February 14 – <a href="/wiki/Craig_Bjornson" title="Craig Bjornson">Craig Bjornson</a></li> <li>February 15 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Williams_(baseball)" title="Brian Williams (baseball)">Brian Williams</a></li> <li>February 16 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Costo" title="Tim Costo">Tim Costo</a></li> <li>February 23 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Charles_(baseball)" title="Frank Charles (baseball)">Frank Charles</a></li> <li>February 25 – <a href="/wiki/Huck_Flener" title="Huck Flener">Huck Flener</a></li> <li>February 25 – <a href="/wiki/Les_Norman_(baseball)" title="Les Norman (baseball)">Les Forman</a></li> <li>February 27 – <a href="/wiki/Willie_Banks_(baseball)" title="Willie Banks (baseball)">Willie Banks</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_2">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 1 – <a href="/wiki/Doug_Creek" title="Doug Creek">Doug Creek</a></li> <li>March 4 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Giovanola" title="Ed Giovanola">Ed Giovanola</a></li> <li>March 4 – <a href="/wiki/Lee_Tinsley" title="Lee Tinsley">Lee Tinsley</a></li> <li>March 14 – <a href="/wiki/Jalal_Leach" title="Jalal Leach">Jalal Leach</a></li> <li>March 17 – <a href="/wiki/Scott_Brow" title="Scott Brow">Scott Brow</a></li> <li>March 23 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Turner_(baseball)" title="Chris Turner (baseball)">Chris Turner</a></li> <li>March 25 – <a href="/wiki/Travis_Fryman" title="Travis Fryman">Travis Fryman</a></li> <li>March 25 – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Helfand" title="Eric Helfand">Eric Helfand</a></li> <li>March 25 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Menhart" title="Paul Menhart">Paul Menhart</a></li> <li>March 25 – <a href="/wiki/Scott_Sanders_(baseball)" title="Scott Sanders (baseball)">Scott Sanders</a></li> <li>March 25 – <a href="/wiki/Erik_Schullstrom" title="Erik Schullstrom">Erik Schullstrom</a></li> <li>March 25 – <a href="/wiki/Dan_Wilson_(catcher)" title="Dan Wilson (catcher)">Dan Wilson</a></li> <li>March 28 – <a href="/wiki/Craig_Paquette" title="Craig Paquette">Craig Paquette</a></li> <li>March 30 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Gardner_(baseball)" title="Chris Gardner (baseball)">Chris Gardner</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_2">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 1 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Castillo" title="Frank Castillo">Frank Castillo</a></li> <li>April 2 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Hosey" title="Steve Hosey">Steve Hosey</a></li> <li>April 4 – <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Reyes_(baseball)" title="Carlos Reyes (baseball)">Carlos Reyes</a></li> <li>April 4 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Strittmatter" title="Mark Strittmatter">Mark Strittmatter</a></li> <li>April 6 – <a href="/wiki/Bret_Boone" title="Bret Boone">Bret Boone</a></li> <li>April 7 – <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Bones" title="Ricky Bones">Ricky Bones</a></li> <li>April 8 – <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Dressendorfer" title="Kirk Dressendorfer">Kirk Dressendorfer</a></li> <li>April 8 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Walker_(baseball)" title="Pete Walker (baseball)">Pete Walker</a></li> <li>April 14 – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Ausmus" title="Brad Ausmus">Brad Ausmus</a></li> <li>April 14 – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Pennington" title="Brad Pennington">Brad Pennington</a></li> <li>April 15 – <a href="/wiki/Jeromy_Burnitz" title="Jeromy Burnitz">Jeromy Burnitz</a></li> <li>April 16 – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Takahashi" title="Ken Takahashi">Ken Takahashi</a></li> <li>April 16 – <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Vi%C3%B1a" title="Fernando Viña">Fernando Viña</a></li> <li>April 17 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Ball_(baseball)" title="Jeff Ball (baseball)">Jeff Ball</a></li> <li>April 18 – <a href="/wiki/Angelo_Encarnaci%C3%B3n" title="Angelo Encarnación">Angelo Encarnación</a></li> <li>April 20 – <a href="/wiki/Dan_Smith_(left-handed_pitcher)" title="Dan Smith (left-handed pitcher)">Dan Smith</a></li> <li>April 22 – <a href="/wiki/George_Williams_(catcher)" title="George Williams (catcher)">George Williams</a></li> <li>April 26 – <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Trlicek" title="Ricky Trlicek">Ricky Trlicek</a></li> <li>April 28 – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Myers_(baseball)" title="Jimmy Myers (baseball)">Jimmy Myers</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 1 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Hiatt" title="Phil Hiatt">Phil Hiatt</a></li> <li>May 3 – <a href="/wiki/Dan_Iassogna" title="Dan Iassogna">Dan Iassogna</a></li> <li>May 5 – <a href="/wiki/John_Mallee" title="John Mallee">John Mallee</a></li> <li>May 9 – <a href="/wiki/Desi_Wilson" title="Desi Wilson">Desi Wilson</a></li> <li>May 10 – <a href="/wiki/John_Cummings_(baseball)" title="John Cummings (baseball)">John Cummings</a></li> <li>May 10 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Schourek" title="Pete Schourek">Pete Schourek</a></li> <li>May 13 – <a href="/wiki/Lyle_Mouton" title="Lyle Mouton">Lyle Mouton</a></li> <li>May 15 – <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Irabu" title="Hideki Irabu">Hideki Irabu</a></li> <li>May 16 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Heathcott" title="Mike Heathcott">Mike Heathcott</a></li> <li>May 17 – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Huisman" title="Rick Huisman">Rick Huisman</a></li> <li>May 18 – <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Woodson" title="Kerry Woodson">Kerry Woodson</a></li> <li>May 19 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Leftwich" title="Phil Leftwich">Phil Leftwich</a></li> <li>May 22 – <a href="/wiki/Vaughn_Eshelman" title="Vaughn Eshelman">Vaughn Eshelman</a></li> <li>May 23 – <a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Caraballo" title="Ramón Caraballo">Ramón Caraballo</a></li> <li>May 24 – <a href="/wiki/Rob_Drake" title="Rob Drake">Rob Drake</a></li> <li>May 26 – <a href="/wiki/John_O%27Donoghue_(1990s_pitcher)" title="John O'Donoghue (1990s pitcher)">John O'Donoghue</a></li> <li>May 27 – <a href="/wiki/Todd_Hundley" title="Todd Hundley">Todd Hundley</a></li> <li>May 28 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_DiFelice" title="Mike DiFelice">Mike DiFelice</a></li> <li>May 29 – <a href="/wiki/Toby_Borland" title="Toby Borland">Toby Borland</a></li> <li>May 31 – <a href="/wiki/Rikkert_Faneyte" title="Rikkert Faneyte">Rikkert Faneyte</a></li> <li>May 31 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Van_Egmond" title="Tim Van Egmond">Tim Van Egmond</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_2">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 2 – <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Abbott" title="Kurt Abbott">Kurt Abbott</a></li> <li>June 4 – <a href="/wiki/Robert_P%C3%A9rez_(baseball)" title="Robert Pérez (baseball)">Robert Pérez</a></li> <li>June 7 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Pierce_(baseball)" title="Jeff Pierce (baseball)">Jeff Pierce</a></li> <li>June 10 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Flora" title="Kevin Flora">Kevin Flora</a></li> <li>June 11 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Koelling" title="Brian Koelling">Brian Koelling</a></li> <li>June 16 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Young_(baseball)" title="Kevin Young (baseball)">Kevin Young</a></li> <li>June 21 – <a href="/wiki/Donovan_Osborne" title="Donovan Osborne">Donovan Osborne</a></li> <li>June 25 – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Woodall" title="Brad Woodall">Brad Woodall</a></li> <li>June 26 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Myers_(baseball)" title="Mike Myers (baseball)">Mike Myers</a></li> <li>June 26 – <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Myers" title="Rodney Myers">Rodney Myers</a></li> <li>June 28 – <a href="/wiki/Todd_Revenig" title="Todd Revenig">Todd Revenig</a></li> <li>June 29 – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Alberro" title="José Alberro">José Alberro</a></li> <li>June 29 – <a href="/wiki/George_Glinatsis" title="George Glinatsis">George Glinatsis</a></li> <li>June 29 – <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Mart%C3%ADnez_(shortstop)" title="Pablo Martínez (shortstop)">Pablo Martínez</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_2">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 2 – <a href="/wiki/So_Taguchi" title="So Taguchi">So Taguchi</a></li> <li>July 6 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Darwin" title="Jeff Darwin">Jeff Darwin</a></li> <li>July 8 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Ayala" title="Bobby Ayala">Bobby Ayala</a></li> <li>July 8 – <a href="/wiki/Rosario_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Rosario Rodríguez">Rosario Rodríguez</a></li> <li>July 8 – <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Young" title="Ernie Young">Ernie Young</a></li> <li>July 10 – <a href="/wiki/Marty_Cordova" title="Marty Cordova">Marty Cordova</a></li> <li>July 11 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Carlson_(umpire)" title="Mark Carlson (umpire)">Mark Carlson</a></li> <li>July 14 – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Hern%C3%A1ndez_(infielder)" title="José Hernández (infielder)">José Hernández</a></li> <li>July 21 – <a href="/wiki/Denny_Harriger" title="Denny Harriger">Denny Harriger</a></li> <li>July 23 – <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Matos" title="Francisco Matos">Francisco Matos</a></li> <li>July 23 – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Mercedes" title="Henry Mercedes">Henry Mercedes</a></li> <li>July 24 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Wolf" title="Jim Wolf">Jim Wolf</a></li> <li>July 26 – <a href="/wiki/Greg_Colbrunn" title="Greg Colbrunn">Greg Colbrunn</a></li> <li>July 29 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Williams_(baseball)" title="Mike Williams (baseball)">Mike Williams</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_2">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 1 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Jarvis" title="Kevin Jarvis">Kevin Jarvis</a></li> <li>August 1 – <a href="/wiki/Brent_Knackert" title="Brent Knackert">Brent Knackert</a></li> <li>August 2 – <a href="/wiki/Dae-Sung_Koo" class="mw-redirect" title="Dae-Sung Koo">Dae-Sung Koo</a></li> <li>August 3 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Dixon_(baseball)" title="Steve Dixon (baseball)">Steve Dixon</a></li> <li>August 4 – <a href="/wiki/Troy_O%27Leary" title="Troy O'Leary">Troy O'Leary</a></li> <li>August 5 – <a href="/wiki/Marcos_Armas" title="Marcos Armas">Marcos Armas</a></li> <li>August 6 – <a href="/wiki/Keith_Mitchell_(baseball)" title="Keith Mitchell (baseball)">Keith Mitchell</a></li> <li>August 7 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Kowitz" title="Brian Kowitz">Brian Kowitz</a></li> <li>August 7 – <a href="/wiki/Stan_Spencer" title="Stan Spencer">Stan Spencer</a></li> <li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Montgomery_(baseball)" title="Ray Montgomery (baseball)">Ray Montgomery</a></li> <li>August 9 – <a href="/wiki/Troy_Percival" title="Troy Percival">Troy Percival</a></li> <li>August 13 – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Fern%C3%A1ndez_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alex Fernández (baseball)">Alex Fernández</a></li> <li>August 19 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Franco" title="Matt Franco">Matt Franco</a></li> <li>August 19 – <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Jimenez_(baseball)" title="Miguel Jimenez (baseball)">Miguel Jimenez</a></li> <li>August 20 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Holzemer" title="Mark Holzemer">Mark Holzemer</a></li> <li>August 21 – <a href="/wiki/And%C3%BAjar_Cede%C3%B1o" title="Andújar Cedeño">Andújar Cedeño</a></li> <li>August 22 – <a href="/wiki/Hip%C3%B3lito_Pichardo" title="Hipólito Pichardo">Hipólito Pichardo</a></li> <li>August 26 – <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Bottalico" title="Ricky Bottalico">Ricky Bottalico</a></li> <li>August 26 – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Grundt" title="Ken Grundt">Ken Grundt</a></li> <li>August 31 – <a href="/wiki/Nate_Minchey" title="Nate Minchey">Nate Minchey</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_2">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 2 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Thomas_(baseball)" title="Mike Thomas (baseball)">Mike Thomas</a></li> <li>September 3 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Thobe" title="Tom Thobe">Tom Thobe</a></li> <li>September 7 – <a href="/wiki/Darren_Bragg" title="Darren Bragg">Darren Bragg</a></li> <li>September 7 – <a href="/wiki/Brent_Cookson" title="Brent Cookson">Brent Cookson</a></li> <li>September 7 – <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Quirico" title="Rafael Quirico">Rafael Quirico</a></li> <li>September 11 – <a href="/wiki/Shannon_Penn" title="Shannon Penn">Shannon Penn</a></li> <li>September 11 – <a href="/wiki/Eduardo_P%C3%A9rez" title="Eduardo Pérez">Eduardo Pérez</a></li> <li>September 12 – <a href="/wiki/Hilly_Hathaway" title="Hilly Hathaway">Hilly Hathaway</a></li> <li>September 13 – <a href="/wiki/Russ_Davis" title="Russ Davis">Russ Davis</a></li> <li>September 14 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Durant_(baseball)" title="Mike Durant (baseball)">Mike Durant</a></li> <li>September 15 – <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Perry" title="Herbert Perry">Herbert Perry</a></li> <li>September 19 – <a href="/wiki/Marc_Ronan" title="Marc Ronan">Marc Ronan</a></li> <li>September 21 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Christiansen" title="Jason Christiansen">Jason Christiansen</a></li> <li>September 21 – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Shelton_(baseball)" title="Ben Shelton (baseball)">Ben Shelton</a></li> <li>September 22 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Barry_(baseball)" title="Jeff Barry (baseball)">Jeff Barry</a></li> <li>September 22 – <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Devarez" title="César Devarez">César Devarez</a></li> <li>September 23 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Cirillo" title="Jeff Cirillo">Jeff Cirillo</a></li> <li>September 25 – <a href="/wiki/Oscar_M%C3%BA%C3%B1oz_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Oscar Múñoz (baseball)">Oscar Múñoz</a></li> <li>September 25 – <a href="/wiki/David_Weathers" title="David Weathers">David Weathers</a></li> <li>September 25 – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Womack" title="Tony Womack">Tony Womack</a></li> <li>September 26 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Looney" title="Brian Looney">Brian Looney</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_2">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 2 – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Newman_(baseball)" title="Alan Newman (baseball)">Alan Newman</a></li> <li>October 2 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Walbeck" title="Matt Walbeck">Matt Walbeck</a></li> <li>October 6 – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Person" title="Robert Person">Robert Person</a></li> <li>October 9 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Jordan_(baseball)" title="Kevin Jordan (baseball)">Kevin Jordan</a></li> <li>October 11 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Luebbers" title="Larry Luebbers">Larry Luebbers</a></li> <li>October 12 – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Valent%C3%ADn" title="José Valentín">José Valentín</a></li> <li>October 12 – <a href="/wiki/Derrick_White_(baseball)" title="Derrick White (baseball)">Derrick White</a></li> <li>October 13 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Crabtree" title="Tim Crabtree">Tim Crabtree</a></li> <li>October 13 – <a href="/wiki/Damian_Miller" title="Damian Miller">Damian Miller</a></li> <li>October 14 – <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Ortiz_(baseball)" title="Héctor Ortiz (baseball)">Héctor Ortiz</a></li> <li>October 16 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Ruebel" title="Matt Ruebel">Matt Ruebel</a></li> <li>October 17 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Tremie" title="Chris Tremie">Chris Tremie</a></li> <li>October 18 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_McNeely" title="Jeff McNeely">Jeff McNeely</a></li> <li>October 19 – <a href="/wiki/Lance_Dickson" title="Lance Dickson">Lance Dickson</a></li> <li>October 20 – <a href="/wiki/Juan_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(baseball)" title="Juan González (baseball)">Juan González</a></li> <li>October 21 – <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Smith_(baseball)" title="Chuck Smith (baseball)">Chuck Smith</a></li> <li>October 22 – <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Carrasco" title="Héctor Carrasco">Héctor Carrasco</a></li> <li>October 22 – <a href="/wiki/Ariel_Prieto" title="Ariel Prieto">Ariel Prieto</a></li> <li>October 24 – <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Rhodes" title="Arthur Rhodes">Arthur Rhodes</a></li> <li>October 25 – <a href="/wiki/Keith_Garagozzo" title="Keith Garagozzo">Keith Garagozzo</a></li> <li>October 25 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Thomas_(baseball)" title="Larry Thomas (baseball)">Larry Thomas</a></li> <li>October 26 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Sweeney" title="Mark Sweeney">Mark Sweeney</a></li> <li>October 28 – <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Bullinger" title="Kirk Bullinger">Kirk Bullinger</a></li> <li>October 31 – <a href="/wiki/Oreste_Marrero" title="Oreste Marrero">Oreste Marrero</a></li> <li>October 31 – <a href="/wiki/Damon_Mashore" title="Damon Mashore">Damon Mashore</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_2">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 3 – <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Robinson_(baseball)" title="Kenny Robinson (baseball)">Kenny Robinson</a></li> <li>November 6 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Wengert" title="Don Wengert">Don Wengert</a></li> <li>November 7 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Fleming_(baseball)" title="Dave Fleming (baseball)">Dave Fleming</a></li> <li>November 8 – <a href="/wiki/Shane_Halter" title="Shane Halter">Shane Halter</a></li> <li>November 9 – <a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Miranda" title="Ángel Miranda">Ángel Miranda</a></li> <li>November 11 – <a href="/wiki/Damion_Easley" title="Damion Easley">Damion Easley</a></li> <li>November 13 – <a href="/wiki/Rigo_Beltr%C3%A1n" title="Rigo Beltrán">Rigo Beltrán</a></li> <li>November 16 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose_Jr." title="Pete Rose Jr.">Pete Rose (Jr.)</a></li> <li>November 17 – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Weber_(baseball)" title="Ben Weber (baseball)">Ben Weber</a></li> <li>November 19 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Dreyer" title="Steve Dreyer">Steve Dreyer</a></li> <li>November 21 – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Griffey_Jr." title="Ken Griffey Jr.">Ken Griffey Jr.</a></li> <li>November 23 – <a href="/wiki/Doug_Brady" title="Doug Brady">Doug Brady</a></li> <li>November 23 – <a href="/wiki/David_McCarty" title="David McCarty">David McCarty</a></li> <li>November 26 – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Militello" title="Sam Militello">Sam Militello</a></li> <li>November 27 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Eddy" title="Chris Eddy">Chris Eddy</a></li> <li>November 27 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Laker" title="Tim Laker">Tim Laker</a></li> <li>November 28 – <a href="/wiki/Robb_Nen" title="Robb Nen">Robb Nen</a></li> <li>November 29 – <a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Mariano Rivera</a></li> <li>November 30 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Lewis_(baseball)" title="Mark Lewis (baseball)">Mark Lewis</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_2">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 2 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Sisco" title="Steve Sisco">Steve Sisco</a></li> <li>December 3 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Morgan_(baseball)" title="Kevin Morgan (baseball)">Kevin Morgan</a></li> <li>December 9 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Fyhrie" title="Mike Fyhrie">Mike Fyhrie</a></li> <li>December 9 – <a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Garc%C3%ADa_(1990s_pitcher)" title="Ramón García (1990s pitcher)">Ramón García</a></li> <li>December 10 – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Ahearne" title="Pat Ahearne">Pat Ahearne</a></li> <li>December 10 – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Zuber" title="Jon Zuber">Jon Zuber</a></li> <li>December 13 – <a href="/wiki/Doug_Saunders_(baseball)" title="Doug Saunders (baseball)">Doug Saunders</a></li> <li>December 14 – <a href="/wiki/Scott_Hatteberg" title="Scott Hatteberg">Scott Hatteberg</a></li> <li>December 14 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Nilsson" title="Dave Nilsson">Dave Nilsson</a></li> <li>December 16 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Wood_(baseball)" title="Jason Wood (baseball)">Jason Wood</a></li> <li>December 17 – <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Pemberton" title="Rudy Pemberton">Rudy Pemberton</a></li> <li>December 18 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Randa" title="Joe Randa">Joe Randa</a></li> <li>December 29 – <a href="/wiki/Scott_Ruffcorn" title="Scott Ruffcorn">Scott Ruffcorn</a></li> <li>December 30 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Gajkowski" title="Steve Gajkowski">Steve Gajkowski</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_2">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 5 – <a href="/wiki/Tiny_Osborne" title="Tiny Osborne">Tiny Osborne</a>, 75, 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), 215 lb (98 kg) pitcher who worked in 142 games for the Chicago Cubs (1922–1924) and Brooklyn Robins (1924–1925); father of <a href="/wiki/Bobo_Osborne" title="Bobo Osborne">Bobo Osborne</a>.</li> <li>January 5 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Pratt" title="Larry Pratt">Larry Pratt</a>, 81, catcher for Boston (American League) in 1914, then Brooklyn and Newark (both of the "outlaw" Federal League) in 1915.</li> <li>January 6 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Cheney" title="Larry Cheney">Larry Cheney</a>, 82, three-time 20-game winning pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1911–1915), Brooklyn Robins (1915–1919), Boston Braves (1919) and Philadelphia Phillies (1919); led National League hurlers with 26 victories in 1912.</li> <li>January 6 – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Olmsted" title="Hank Olmsted">Hank Olmsted</a>, 89, pitcher for the 1905 Boston Americans.</li> <li>January 6 – <a href="/wiki/Clint_Rogge" title="Clint Rogge">Clint Rogge</a>, 79, pitcher who as a rookie won 17 games for the 1915 Pittsburgh Rebels of the Federal League; later, hurled in six contests for 1921 Cincinnati Reds.</li> <li>January 6 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Viox" title="Jim Viox">Jim Viox</a>, 78, Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman who played in 506 games from 1912 to 1916.</li> <li>January 7 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lobe" title="Bill Lobe">Bill Lobe</a>, 56, minor-league catcher who spent nine years (1951–1959) as bullpen coach of the Cleveland Indians.</li> <li>January 18 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Kennedy_(baseball)" title="Ray Kennedy (baseball)">Ray Kennedy</a>, 73, second baseman turned executive and scout; general manager of Pittsburgh Pirates (1946), farm system director of Pirates (1947–1948) and Detroit Tigers (1949–1951), and player personnel director of Kansas City Athletics (1955); appeared in one MLB game as a player for the St. Louis Browns (1916).</li> <li>January 21 – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Terwilliger" title="Dick Terwilliger">Dick Terwilliger</a>, 62, pitcher who threw three scoreless innings of relief in his lone MLB appearance on August 18, 1932, as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals.</li> <li>January 23 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Bridwell" title="Al Bridwell">Al Bridwell</a>, 85, shortstop whose apparent game-winning single for the New York Giants in a 1908 contest led to the controversial play in which baserunner <a href="/wiki/Fred_Merkle" title="Fred Merkle">Fred Merkle</a> was eventually called out for not touching second base.</li> <li>January 27 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Schweitzer" title="Al Schweitzer">Al Schweitzer</a>, 86, reserve outfielder for 1908–1911 St. Louis Browns.</li> <li>January 29 – <a href="/wiki/Dolly_King" title="Dolly King">Dolly King</a>, 55, star Long Island University athlete and outfielder for the Homestead Grays and New York Black Yankees of the Negro National League in 1944; also played professional basketball.</li> <li>January 30 – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Bennett_(baseball)" title="Sam Bennett (baseball)">Sam Bennett</a>, 84, catcher/outfielder for Dayton and St. Louis of the Negro National League over five seasons spanning 1920 to 1925.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_3">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 1 – <a href="/wiki/Razor_Ledbetter" title="Razor Ledbetter">Razor Ledbetter</a>, 74, pitcher who threw a scoreless inning of relief in his lone MLB appearance as a Detroit Tiger on April 16, 1915.</li> <li>February 2 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Schmandt" title="Ray Schmandt">Ray Schmandt</a>, 73, backup first- and second baseman for 1915 St. Louis Browns and 1918–1922 Brooklyn Robins; appeared in 1920 World Series.</li> <li>February 5 – <a href="/wiki/Hack_Spencer" title="Hack Spencer">Hack Spencer</a>, 83, St. Louis Browns pitcher who worked in one game on April 18, 1912.</li> <li>February 13 – <a href="/wiki/Shags_Horan" title="Shags Horan">Shags Horan</a>, 73, reserve outfielder who appeared in 22 games for 1924 New York Yankees.</li> <li>February 16 – <a href="/wiki/Mul_Holland" title="Mul Holland">Mul Holland</a>, 66, pitcher who had trials with three National League clubs during three seasons spanning 1926 to 1929.</li> <li>February 18 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Zeller" title="Jack Zeller">Jack Zeller</a>, 85, executive and scout; general manager of the Detroit Tigers from 1938 to 1945; later, director of scouting of the Boston Braves.</li> <li>February 19 – <a href="/wiki/Doc_White" title="Doc White">Doc White</a>, 89, Chicago White Sox pitcher (1903–1913) whose record of five consecutive shutouts (September 12–30, 1904) was broken by <a href="/wiki/Don_Drysdale" title="Don Drysdale">Don Drysdale</a> in 1968; led 1906 American League in ERA (1.52) and a member of the World Series champion "Hitless Wonders", going 1–1 in the 1906 World Series against the crosstown Cubs; won 27 games, tops in the AL, in 1907.</li> <li>February 23 – <a href="/wiki/Bubbles_Hargrave" title="Bubbles Hargrave">Bubbles Hargrave</a>, 76, catcher who hit .310 lifetime in 852 career games for the Chicago Cubs (1913–1915), Cincinnati Reds (1921–1928) and New York Yankees (1930); National League batting champion (.353) in 1926, first catcher to win a batting title in post-1901 era.</li> <li>February 23 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Swift_(1930s_pitcher)" title="Bill Swift (1930s pitcher)">Bill Swift</a>, 60, pitcher who posted a 95–82 (3.58) record in 336 MLB games for four clubs, principally the Pittsburgh Pirates, between 1932 and 1943.</li> <li>February 25 – <a href="/wiki/Russ_Wrightstone" title="Russ Wrightstone">Russ Wrightstone</a>, 75, versatile infielder/outfielder (primarily a third- and first baseman) who appeared in 929 games for 1920–1928 Philadelphia Phillies and 1928 New York Giants.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_3">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 10 – <a href="/wiki/Max_Rosenfeld" title="Max Rosenfeld">Max Rosenfeld</a>, 66, outfielder who got into 42 games with Brooklyn of the National League between 1931 and 1933.</li> <li>March 12 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Engel" title="Joe Engel">Joe Engel</a>, 76, left-handed pitcher who appeared in 102 MLB games, 99 of them for the Washington Senators, between 1912 and 1920, then longtime Washington scout and operator of the <a href="/wiki/Chattanooga_Lookouts" title="Chattanooga Lookouts">Chattanooga Lookouts</a>, the Senators' top farm team; namesake of <a href="/wiki/Engel_Stadium" title="Engel Stadium">Engel Stadium</a>.</li> <li>March 14 – <a href="/wiki/Heinie_Zimmerman" title="Heinie Zimmerman">Heinie Zimmerman</a>, 82, third baseman who played 1,456 games for Chicago Cubs (1907–1916) and New York Giants (1916–1919) who won the NL triple crown in 1912; barred from baseball in 1919 for his role in fixing games.</li> <li>March 16 – <a href="/wiki/William_Bell_(baseball)" title="William Bell (baseball)">William Bell</a>, 71, All-Star pitcher of the Negro leagues who posted the highest career winning percentage (114–52, .687) in Black baseball; managed Newark of Negro National League over three separate one-year terms (1936, 1938, 1948).</li> <li>March 16 – <a href="/wiki/N%C3%A9stor_Ch%C3%A1vez" title="Néstor Chávez">Néstor Chávez</a>, 21, pitcher who played for the 1967 San Francisco Giants.</li> <li>March 16 – <a href="/wiki/Andy_Rush" title="Andy Rush">Andy Rush</a>, 79, pitcher who made four appearances for 1925 Brooklyn Robins.</li> <li>March 17 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Mains" title="Jim Mains">Jim Mains</a>, 46, native of Maine who pitched in one game for the wartime Philadelphia Athletics on August 22, 1943.</li> <li>March 17 – <a href="/wiki/Poindexter_Williams" title="Poindexter Williams">Poindexter Williams</a>, 71, catcher who played for six teams in the Negro National League, primarily the Birmingham Black Barons, between 1921 and 1933; also managed Birmingham and Louisville of the NNL.</li> <li>March 18 – <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Almeida_(baseball)" title="Rafael Almeida (baseball)">Rafael Almeida</a>, 81, Cuban third baseman who played in 102 games for the 1911–1913 Cincinnati Reds; one of first three Cuban-born players in MLB during its post-1901 era.</li> <li>March 18 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Bradley_(baseball)" title="Jack Bradley (baseball)">Jack Bradley</a>, 75, who appeared in two games as a catcher and pinch hitter for the 1916 Cleveland Indians.</li> <li>March 19 – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Swindell" title="Josh Swindell">Josh Swindell</a>, 83, pitcher who twirled in four games for the 1911 Cleveland Naps.</li> <li>March 19 – <a href="/wiki/Lonnie_Torian" title="Lonnie Torian">Lonnie Torian</a>, 73, pitcher for the 1920 St. Louis Giants of the Negro National League.</li> <li>March 20 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Clark_(outfielder,_born_1887)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Clark (outfielder, born 1887)">Jim Clark</a>, 81, outfielder who played 16 games for 1911–1912 St. Louis Cardinals.</li> <li>March 21 – <a href="/wiki/Everett_Booe" title="Everett Booe">Everett Booe</a>, 77, outfielder who appeared in 125 games for Pittsburgh of the National League (1913) and Indianapolis and Buffalo of the Federal League (1914).</li> <li>March 21 – <a href="/wiki/Pinky_Higgins" title="Pinky Higgins">Pinky Higgins</a>, 59, third baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers for 14 years between 1930 and 1946; held American League record for career games at that position; three-time All-Star; later manager (1955–1959 and 1960–1962) and general manager (1963–1965) of the Red Sox.</li> <li>March 22 – <a href="/wiki/Floyd_Speer" title="Floyd Speer">Floyd Speer</a>, 56, relief pitcher who worked in a total of three games for the wartime 1943–1944 Chicago White Sox.</li> <li>March 23 – <a href="/wiki/Oris_Hockett" title="Oris Hockett">Oris Hockett</a>, 59, outfielder for 1938–1939 Brooklyn Dodgers and 1941–1945 Cleveland Indians, appearing in 551 career games; 1944 American League All-Star.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_3">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 2 – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Cardoni" title="Ben Cardoni">Ben Cardoni</a>, 48, pitcher who was winless in six decisions and 36 career games for the 1943–1945 Boston Braves.</li> <li>April 2 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Force" title="Bill Force">Bill Force</a>, 73, pitcher who appeared in 186 games between 1921 and 1929 for the Detroit Stars and Baltimore Black Sox of the Negro leagues.</li> <li>April 3 – <a href="/wiki/Charley_Stanceu" title="Charley Stanceu">Charley Stanceu</a>, 53, pitcher who worked in 39 career games for the New York Yankees (1941 and 1946) and Philadelphia Phillies (1946).</li> <li>April 4 – <a href="/wiki/Les_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Les Wilson (baseball)">Les Wilson</a>, 83, outfielder who played for the 1911 Boston Red Sox.</li> <li>April 4 – <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Ward" title="Chuck Ward">Chuck Ward</a>, 74, shortstop for 1917 Pittsburgh Pirates and utility infielder for 1918–1922 Brooklyn Robins.</li> <li>April 7 – <a href="/wiki/Si_Rosenthal" class="mw-redirect" title="Si Rosenthal">Si Rosenthal</a>, 65, outfielder who played for the Red Sox from 1925 to 1926.</li> <li>April 8 – <a href="/wiki/Win_Noyes" title="Win Noyes">Win Noyes</a>, 79, pitcher in 49 MLB games for the Boston Braves (1913), Philadelphia Athletics (1917, 1919) and Chicago White Sox (1919).</li> <li>April 9 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Scanlan_(baseball)" title="Frank Scanlan (baseball)">Frank Scanlan</a>, 78, Philadelphia Phillies southpaw and former Notre Dame baseballer, who pitched in six MLB games during August and September of 1909; brother of <a href="/wiki/Doc_Scanlan" title="Doc Scanlan">Doc Scanlan</a>.</li> <li>April 10 – <a href="/wiki/Scotty_Robb" title="Scotty Robb">Scotty Robb</a>, 60, one of few mid-century umpires employed by both major leagues; worked in 662 National League games and two All-Star games between August 28, 1947 and May 4, 1952, when he resigned; then joined American League arbiter crew and officiated in 207 contests from May 13, 1952 to June 28, 1953.</li> <li>April 11 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Kaiser" title="Al Kaiser">Al Kaiser</a>, 82, outfielder in 155 games for Chicago and Boston of the National League (1911–1912) and Indianapolis of the Federal League (1914).</li> <li>April 13 – <a href="/wiki/William_Walsingham_Jr." title="William Walsingham Jr.">William Walsingham Jr.</a>, 59, front-office executive; vice president of St. Louis Cardinals (1942–1955) and executive VP of Baltimore Orioles (1957–1958).</li> <li>April 19 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Cassady" title="Harry Cassady">Harry Cassady</a>, 88, outfielder who played briefly for the 1904 Pittsburgh Pirates and 1905 Washington Senators.</li> <li>April 19 – <a href="/wiki/Rip_Collins_(catcher)" title="Rip Collins (catcher)">Bob "Rip" Collins</a>, 59, catcher who appeared in 50 career games for the Chicago Cubs (1940) and New York Yankees (1944).</li> <li>April 21 – <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Palm" title="Clarence Palm">Clarence Palm</a>, 61, catcher in the Negro leagues whose career spanned 1927 to 1946; member of champion 1928 St. Louis Stars.</li> <li>April 23 – <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Moncewicz" title="Freddie Moncewicz">Freddie Moncewicz</a>, 65, backup shortstop for the 1928 Boston Red Sox.</li> <li>April 27 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Taylor_(1930s_first_baseman)" title="Harry Taylor (1930s first baseman)">Harry Taylor</a>, 61, first baseman who played 10 games with the 1932 Chicago Cubs.</li> <li>April 28 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Burg" title="Joe Burg">Joe Burg</a>, 86, third baseman/shortstop who appeared in 13 late-season games for the 1910 Boston Doves of the National League.</li> <li>April 29 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Monroe" title="Ed Monroe">Ed Monroe</a>, 74, pitcher who made ten appearances for the 1917–1918 New York Yankees.</li> <li>April 30 – <a href="/wiki/Colonel_Snover" title="Colonel Snover">Colonel Snover</a>, 73, left-hander who pitched in two games for New York Giants in September 1919.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_3">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 1 – <a href="/wiki/Gary_Wilson_(second_baseman)" title="Gary Wilson (second baseman)">Gary Wilson</a>, 90, second baseman for the 1902 Boston Americans.</li> <li>May 2 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Larkin" title="Steve Larkin">Steve Larkin</a>, 58, pitcher who appeared in two games during May 1934 for the Detroit Tigers.</li> <li>May 5 – <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Cicotte" title="Eddie Cicotte">Eddie Cicotte</a>, 84, pitcher who won 208 games for the Tigers, Red Sox and White Sox, but was thrown out of baseball as one of the eight "Black Sox" involved in fixing the 1919 World Series; he was the first of the eight to come forward, confessing his involvement and testifying before the grand jury.</li> <li>May 7 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Mack" title="Ray Mack">Ray Mack</a>, 52, light-hitting second baseman for Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs who played in 791 games from 1938 to 1944 and 1946–1947.</li> <li>May 15 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Shaughnessy" title="Frank Shaughnessy">Frank "Shag" Shaughnessy</a>, 86, U.S.-born outfielder and Notre Dame graduate who played in nine American League games for Washington (1905) and Philadelphia (1908) and coached for the 1928 Detroit Tigers; pivotal figure in both the U.S. and Canada in minor league baseball (manager between 1909 and 1936, inventor of the <a href="/wiki/Shaughnessy_playoff_system" title="Shaughnessy playoff system">"Shaughnessy playoffs"</a> in 1936, and president of the International League from 1936 to 1960); also an influential gridiron football coach, and general manager of hockey's original Ottawa Senators; posthumously elected in 1983 to Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.</li> <li>May 17 – <a href="/wiki/Pants_Rowland" title="Pants Rowland">Pants Rowland</a>, 91, manager of the 1917 World Series champion Chicago White Sox, later president of the Pacific Coast League from 1944 to 1954, then longtime vice president of Chicago Cubs.</li> <li>May 19 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Tobin" title="Jim Tobin">Jim Tobin</a>, 56, good-hitting knuckleball pitcher who hurled in 287 career games for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Bees/Braves, and Detroit Tigers between 1937 and 1945; threw no-hitter against Brooklyn on April 27, 1944; batted .230 with 17 homers and 102 RBI in 796 career at bats; hit three homers in a game for Boston on May 13, 1942, and made 109 career appearances as a pinch hitter in addition to his mound duties.</li> <li>May 20 – <a href="/wiki/Lee_Allen_(baseball)" title="Lee Allen (baseball)">Lee Allen</a>, 54, historian at the Baseball Hall of Fame since 1959, former sportswriter.</li> <li>May 20 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Pickett_(pitcher)" title="Charlie Pickett (pitcher)">Charlie Pickett</a>, 86, pitcher who worked in two games for the St. Louis Cardinals in June 1910.</li> <li>May 21 – <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Burns" title="Dennis Burns">Dennis Burns</a>, 70, pitcher who worked in 41 games for the 1923–1924 Philadelphia Athletics.</li> <li>May 25 – <a href="/wiki/James_Riley_(ice_hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Riley (ice hockey)">Jim Riley</a>, 74, Canadian infielder who played in six total MLB games for the St. Louis Browns (1921) and Washington Senators (1923); the only athlete in sports history to play both Major League Baseball and in the National Hockey League.</li> <li>May 26 – <a href="/wiki/Harland_Rowe" title="Harland Rowe">Harland Rowe</a>, 73, third baseman who played 17 games for 1916 Philadelphia Athletics.</li> <li>May 27 – <a href="/wiki/Lou_Jackson" title="Lou Jackson">Lou Jackson</a>, 33, outfielder who played 34 total games for the 1958–1959 Chicago Cubs and 1964 Baltimore Orioles; achieved success in Nippon Professional Baseball, smashing 68 home runs over three seasons (1966–1968).</li> <li>May 28 – <a href="/wiki/Gus_Getz" title="Gus Getz">Gus Getz</a>, 79, infielder for five big league clubs, principally Boston and Brooklyn of the National League, over seven seasons between 1909 and 1918.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_3">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 3 – <a href="/wiki/Cobe_Jones" title="Cobe Jones">Cobe Jones</a>, 61, shortstop who got into 26 games for the 1929–1930 Pittsburgh Pirates; later, a scout.</li> <li>June 10 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Fuchs" title="Charlie Fuchs">Charlie Fuchs</a>, 55, World War II-era pitcher who hurled in 47 games for the Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns and Brooklyn Dodgers between 1941 and 1944.</li> <li>June 17 – <a href="/wiki/Byron_Houck" title="Byron Houck">Byron Houck</a>, 77, pitched in 118 major league games; as a member of 1912–1913 Philadelphia Athletics, he went 14–6 for the 1913 World Series champs, then jumped to the "outlaw" Federal League, where he hurled for the 1914 Brooklyn Tip-Tops; returned to the American League in 1918 as a St. Louis Brown.</li> <li>June 24 – <a href="/wiki/John_Perrin_(American_sportsman)" title="John Perrin (American sportsman)">John Perrin</a>, 71, right fielder for 1921 Boston Red Sox; later a fullback/quarterback for the NFL Hartford Blues.</li> <li>June 28 – <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Gee" title="Sammy Gee">Sammy Gee</a>, 41, shortstop who appeared in 13 games for the 1948 New York Cubans of the Negro National League.</li> <li>June 29 – <a href="/wiki/Ted_McGrew" title="Ted McGrew">Ted McGrew</a>, 89, minor league player and manager, National League umpire (1930–1931, 1933–1934), then a longtime scout for numerous MLB teams.</li> <li>June 30 – <a href="/wiki/Milt_Gray" title="Milt Gray">Milt Gray</a>, 55, catcher who appeared in two May 1937 games for the Washington Senators.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_3">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 2 – <a href="/wiki/Art_Scharein" title="Art Scharein">Art Scharein</a>, 64, infielder who played 205 games for the 1932–1934 St. Louis Browns.</li> <li>July 2 – <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Woods_(baseball)" title="Clarence Woods (baseball)">Clarence Woods</a>, 77, pitcher for the 1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers of the Federal League.</li> <li>July 3 – <a href="/wiki/Hunky_Shaw" title="Hunky Shaw">Hunky Shaw</a>, 84, minor league third baseman/outfielder who went hitless in his only MLB at bat as a pinch hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 16, 1908.</li> <li>July 3 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Spratt" title="Harry Spratt">Harry Spratt</a>, 80, infielder for Boston (National League) in 1911 and 1912.</li> <li>July 4 – <a href="/wiki/Lew_Drill" title="Lew Drill">Lew Drill</a>, 92, catcher/outfielder for Washington, Baltimore and Detroit of the American League (1902–1905), appearing in 293 games.</li> <li>July 5 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Hemingway" title="Ed Hemingway">Ed Hemingway</a>, 76, reserve second- and third baseman for the 1914 St. Louis Browns, 1917 New York Giants and 1918 Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>July 8 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Carrigan" title="Bill Carrigan">Bill Carrigan</a>, nicknamed "Rough", 85, player-manager (1913–1916) and backup catcher (1906, 1908–1916) for the Boston Red Sox' world champions in 1912, 1915 and 1916; later returned as pilot of terrible Red Sox teams between 1927 and 1929.</li> <li>July 8 – <a href="/wiki/Red_Rolfe" title="Red Rolfe">Red Rolfe</a>, 60, third baseman for New York Yankees (1931 and 1934–1942), and member of five World Series champions; three-time AL All-Star; manager of Detroit Tigers from 1949 to July 4, 1952; the Dartmouth College alumnus was also an Ivy League baseball coach (Yale) and athletics director (Dartmouth).</li> <li>July 13 – <a href="/wiki/Pat_French" title="Pat French">Pat French</a>, 75, outfielder and pinch hitter in three games for the 1917 Philadelphia Athletics.</li> <li>July 16 – <a href="/wiki/Doc_Waldbauer" title="Doc Waldbauer">Doc Waldbauer</a>, 77, pitcher who worked in two games for the Washington Senators in September 1917.</li> <li>July 19 – <a href="/wiki/Otto_Vogel" title="Otto Vogel">Otto Vogel</a>, 69, outfielder who appeared in 111 games for 1923–1924 Chicago Cubs.</li> <li>July 19 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Williams_(1930s_pitcher)" title="Al Williams (1930s pitcher)">Al Williams</a>, 55, pitcher who appeared in 46 total games for 1937–1938 Philadelphia Athletics.</li> <li>July 23 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Mahaffey" title="Roy Mahaffey">Roy Mahaffey</a>, 65, pitcher in 224 games—197 for the Athletics—for three MLB clubs over nine seasons between 1926 and 1936; member of Philadelphia's 1930 World Series champions.</li> <li>July 27 – <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Elliott_(baseball)" title="Glenn Elliott (baseball)">Glenn Elliott</a>, 49, southpaw reliever who pitched in 34 games for the 1947–1949 Boston Braves; scout for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1960 until his death.</li> <li>July 29 – <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Sydnor" title="Douglas Sydnor">Douglas Sydnor</a>, 49, World War II-era outfielder who appeared in 13 Negro National League games in 1943 and 1944.</li> <li>July 30 – <a href="/wiki/Flint_Rhem" title="Flint Rhem">Flint Rhem</a>, 68, pitcher who won 20 games (losing 7) for the 1926 world champion St. Louis Cardinals and went 105–97 over 12 National League seasons (1924–1928 and 1930–1936) with Cardinals, Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_3">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 5 – <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Caldwell" title="Ralph Caldwell">Ralph Caldwell</a>, 85, southpaw who pitched in 13 career games for the 1904–1905 Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>August 5 – <a href="/wiki/Verdo_Elmore" title="Verdo Elmore">Verdo Elmore</a>, 69, outfielder who played in seven games for the 1924 St. Louis Browns.</li> <li>August 9 – <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Myatt" title="Glenn Myatt">Glenn Myatt</a>, 72, lefty-swinging catcher who appeared in 1,004 games between 1920 and 1936 for four MLB clubs, principally the Cleveland Indians.</li> <li>August 11 – <a href="/wiki/William_Marriott_(baseball)" title="William Marriott (baseball)">William Marriott</a>, 75, third baseman who played in 265 total games for the Chicago Cubs (1917, 1920–1921), Boston Braves (1925) and Brooklyn Robins (1926–1927).</li> <li>August 15 – <a href="/wiki/Howie_Williamson" title="Howie Williamson">Howie Williamson</a>, 64, minor-league outfielder who made ten pinch hitting appearances for 1928 St. Louis Cardinals.</li> <li>August 17 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Shellenback" title="Frank Shellenback">Frank Shellenback</a>, 70, spitball pitcher who played for 1918–1919 Chicago White Sox and won 295 games in the Pacific Coast League; as a minor-league manager, he signed teenager <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> to his first pro contract; later a longtime pitching coach.</li> <li>August 19 – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Carrasquel" title="Alex Carrasquel">Álejandro Carrasquel</a>, 57, Venezuelan pitcher who posted a 50–39 (3.73) record in 258 games for the Washington Senators (1939–1945) and Chicago White Sox (1949); uncle of <a href="/wiki/Chico_Carrasquel" title="Chico Carrasquel">Chico Carrasquel</a>.</li> <li>August 19 – <a href="/wiki/John_Hollison" title="John Hollison">John Hollison</a>, 99, southpaw who pitched in one game for the Chicago Colts of the National League on August 13, 1892.</li> <li>August 30 – <a href="/wiki/Stew_Bolen" title="Stew Bolen">Stew Bolen</a>, 66, left-hander who went 3–13 (6.09 ERA) in 41 career games with the 1926–1927 St. Louis Browns and 1931–1932 Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>August 30 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_McKeithan" title="Tim McKeithan">Tim McKeithan</a>, 62, pitcher who worked in a total of ten games over parts of three seasons (1932–1934) with Philadelphia Athletics.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_3">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 2 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_West_(baseball)" title="Jim West (baseball)">Jim West</a>, 64, three-time All-Star first baseman for seven clubs (primarily the Baltimore Elite Giants, Philadelphia Stars and Birmingham Black Barons) representing three different Negro leagues between 1930 and 1948.</li> <li>September 3 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Culp" title="Bill Culp">Bill Culp</a>, 82, who pitched in four games for the 1910 Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>September 5 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_O%27Neill_(pitcher)" title="Harry O'Neill (pitcher)">Harry O'Neill</a>, 72, Canadian pitcher who appeared in four MLB games for the 1922–1923 Philadelphia Athletics.</li> <li>September 10 – <a href="/wiki/Jap_Barbeau" title="Jap Barbeau">Billy Barbeau</a>, 87, third baseman who played 199 MLB games for the 1905–1906 Cleveland Naps, 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates and 1909–1910 St. Louis Cardinals.</li> <li>September 11 – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Carter" title="Dick Carter">Dick Carter</a>, 53, third-base coach of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1959 to May 30, 1960; previously, scouted for Phils and played and managed in their farm system.</li> <li>September 12 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Schorr" title="Ed Schorr">Ed Schorr</a>, 77, pitcher for the 1915 Chicago Cubs.</li> <li>September 14 – <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Tavener" title="Jackie Tavener">Jackie Tavener</a>, 71, shortstop who played all or parts of six seasons between 1921 and 1929 for the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians.</li> <li>September 18 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Grace_(baseball)" title="Joe Grace (baseball)">Joe Grace</a>, 55, outfielder who appeared in 484 games over six seasons between 1938 and 1947 with the St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators.</li> <li>September 28 – <a href="/wiki/Norm_McMillan" title="Norm McMillan">Norm McMillan</a>, 73, infielder for four MLB clubs in six seasons spanning 1922 to 1929; most notably, the regular third baseman for pennant-winning 1929 Chicago Cubs; started all five games of 1929 World Series, going two for 20 with two walks.</li> <li>September 29 – <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Leach" title="Tommy Leach">Tommy Leach</a>, 91, third baseman and center fielder, primarily for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who led the NL in runs twice and home runs once.</li> <li>September 30 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Galvin_(baseball)" title="Jim Galvin (baseball)">Jim Galvin</a>, 62, minor league catcher who played briefly for the 1930 Boston Red Sox, seeing action in two pinch-hitting assignments; later, a police detective in Atlanta, Georgia.</li> <li>September 30 – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Thompson_(baseball)" title="Hank Thompson (baseball)">Hank Thompson</a>, 43, third baseman who was the third black player in MLB history as a member of the 1947 St. Louis Browns; in 1949, he and <a href="/wiki/Monte_Irvin" title="Monte Irvin">Monte Irvin</a> broke the New York Giants' color line; member of Giants' 1954 World Series champions.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_3">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 2 – <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Cobbledick" title="Gordon Cobbledick">Gordon Cobbledick</a>, 70, sportswriter for the <i>Cleveland Plain Dealer</i> from 1928 to 1964.</li> <li>October 2 – <a href="/wiki/Danny_O%27Connell" title="Danny O'Connell">Danny O'Connell</a>, 42, infielder who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Braves, New York/San Francisco Giants and Washington Senators across ten MLB seasons from 1950 to 1962.</li> <li>October 6 – <a href="/wiki/Desmond_Beatty" title="Desmond Beatty">Desmond Beatty</a>, 76, shortstop/third baseman in two games for the 1914 New York Giants.</li> <li>October 6 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Crumpler" title="Roy Crumpler">Roy Crumpler</a>, 73, left-handed pitcher who appeared in five career games for the 1920 Detroit Tigers and 1925 Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>October 8 – <a href="/wiki/Willie_Ramsdell" title="Willie Ramsdell">Willie "The Knuck" Ramsdell</a>, 53, knuckleballer who pitched in 111 career games for Brooklyn Dodgers (1947–1948, 1950), Cincinnati Reds (1950–1951) and Chicago Cubs (1952); led National League in games lost (17) in 1951.</li> <li>October 9 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Hoak" title="Don Hoak">Don Hoak</a>, 41, fiery third baseman on 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers and 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates World Series championship teams; played 11 seasons in National League for five clubs; selected to 1957 NL All-Star team; managed Triple-A Columbus Jets during 1969 season.</li> <li>October 9 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Lucas_(baseball)" title="Ray Lucas (baseball)">Ray Lucas</a>, 61, pitcher who worked in 22 total games for the 1929–1931 New York Giants and 1933–1934 Brooklyn Dodgers.</li> <li>October 13 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Huston" title="Harry Huston">Harry Huston</a>, 85, catcher in two games for the 1906 Philadelphia Phillies; University of Kansas alumnus who, at age 21, served as head football coach of Southwestern College, also in Kansas.</li> <li>October 16 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Boerner" title="Larry Boerner">Larry Boerner</a>, 64, pitcher who posted an 0–4 (5.02) record in 21 games for the 1932 Boston Red Sox.</li> <li>October 21 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Richmond_(baseball)" title="Ray Richmond (baseball)">Ray Richmond</a>, 73, St. Louis Browns pitcher who appeared in eight total games in 1920–1921.</li> <li>October 23 – <a href="/wiki/Monk_Dubiel" title="Monk Dubiel">Monk Dubiel</a>, 51, pitcher who appeared in 187 career games for 1944–1945 New York Yankees, 1948 Philadelphia Phillies and 1949–1952 Chicago Cubs.</li> <li>October 24 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Bentley_(baseball)" title="Jack Bentley (baseball)">Jack Bentley</a>, 74, left-handed pitcher and first baseman who posted a 46–33 (4.01) record on the mound and a .291 batting average in 584 at bats at the plate for the Washington Senators (1913–1916), New York Giants (1923–1926 and 1927), and Philadelphia Phillies (1926); in 1923, he batted .427 (38 for 89 in 52 games, including batting .476 in 22 plate appearances as a pinch hitter) and went 13–8 (4.48) for NL champion Giants; had a brilliant minor-league career with Baltimore Orioles (1919–1922).</li> <li>October 26 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Blackburn_(baseball)" title="Jim Blackburn (baseball)">Jim Blackburn</a>, 45, World War II combat veteran and Prisoner of War who pitched for postwar Cincinnati Reds, making 18 career appearances during the 1948 and 1951 seasons.</li> <li>October 27 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Jamieson" title="Charlie Jamieson">Charlie Jamieson</a>, 76, standout outfielder for Cleveland Indians (1919–1932) and two other AL cubs; batted .303 lifetime in 1,779 games, eclipsing .300 mark ten times and leading Junior Circuit in hits (222) in 1923; member of Cleveland's 1920 World Series champions.</li> <li>October 28 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Callahan" title="Dave Callahan">Dave Callahan</a>, 81, outfielder who played 19 MLB games for the 1910–1911 Cleveland Naps; stole 445 bases during his 17-year career in minor leagues.</li> <li>October 28 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Rullo" title="Joe Rullo">Joe Rullo</a>, 53, second baseman who appeared in 51 total MLB games for wartime 1943–1944 Philadelphia Athletics.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_3">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 1 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mellana" title="Joe Mellana">Joe Mellana</a>, 64, third baseman and pinch runner who played in four games for 1927 Philadelphia Athletics.</li> <li>November 1 – <a href="/wiki/George_Winn" title="George Winn">George Winn</a>, 72, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (1919) and Cleveland Indians (1922–1923).</li> <li>November 4 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_King_(baseball)" title="Charlie King (baseball)">Charlie King</a>, 56, who pitched for the Pittsburgh Crawfords and Philadelphia Stars of the Negro National League in 1937–1938.</li> <li>November 5 – <a href="/wiki/Hardin_Barry" title="Hardin Barry">Hardin Barry</a>, 78, who pitched in three contests for the 1912 Philadelphia Athletics.</li> <li>November 7 – <a href="/wiki/Chick_Galloway" title="Chick Galloway">Chick Galloway</a>, 73, shortstop who played 1,076 games for the 1919–1927 Athletics and 1928 Detroit Tigers.</li> <li>November 10 – <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Duff" title="Cecil Duff">Cecil Duff</a>, 72, pitcher who appeared in three games for the 1922 Chicago White Sox.</li> <li>November 10 – <a href="/wiki/George_Foss_(baseball)" title="George Foss (baseball)">George Foss</a>, 72, pinch hitter and third baseman for the 1921 Washington Senators.</li> <li>November 10 – <a href="/wiki/Augie_Swentor" title="Augie Swentor">Augie Swentor</a>, 69, third baseman who went 0-for-1 as a pinch hitter for the White Sox on September 12, 1922, his only MLB appearance.</li> <li>November 12 – <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Hurley" title="Eddie Hurley">Eddie Hurley</a>, 61, American League umpire from 1947 to 1965; officiated in 2,826 regular-season contests, four World Series and three All-Star games; was behind the plate in St. Louis on August 19, 1951, when <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gaedel" title="Eddie Gaedel">Eddie Gaedel</a> came to bat in <a href="/wiki/Bill_Veeck" title="Bill Veeck">Bill Veeck</a>'s famous stunt; led AL umpires in ejections three times over a 19-year career.</li> <li>November 11 – <a href="/wiki/Stump_Edington" title="Stump Edington">Stump Edington</a>, 78, 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) outfielder who batted .302 in 53 at bats for the 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates in his lone MLB opportunity.</li> <li>November 14 – <a href="/wiki/Curt_Roberts" title="Curt Roberts">Curt Roberts</a>, 40, first black player in Pittsburgh Pirates history (debuting April 13, 1954); second baseman who played in 171 games over three seasons (1954–1956) with Bucs.</li> <li>November 15 – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Southworth" title="Billy Southworth">Billy Southworth</a>, 76, Hall of Fame manager who won 1,044 regular-season games as skipper of the St. Louis Cardinals (1929 and 1940–1945) and Boston Braves (1946–1951); captured World Series titles in 1942 and 1944 and National League pennants with St. Louis (1943) and Boston (1948); his .597 career <a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">winning percentage</a> is second, all-time, to <a href="/wiki/Joe_McCarthy_(manager)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe McCarthy (manager)">Joe McCarthy</a>; in his playing days, an outfielder who appeared in 1,192 games in 13 seasons for five teams between 1913 and 1929, and batted .297.</li> <li>November 16 – <a href="/wiki/Vin_Campbell" title="Vin Campbell">Vin Campbell</a>, 81, outfielder who played 546 games during a career spent with the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, and two Federal League clubs (Indianapolis and Newark) over six seasons between 1908 and 1915.</li> <li>November 20 – <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Baumann" title="Paddy Baumann">Paddy Baumann</a>, 83, second baseman and third baseman who got into 299 games for the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees between 1911 and 1917.</li> <li>November 20 – <a href="/wiki/Elmer_Wilson" title="Elmer Wilson">Elmer Wilson</a>, 74, second baseman for St. Louis (1925) and Dayton (1926) of the Negro National League.</li> <li>November 24 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Gallivan" title="Phil Gallivan">Phil Gallivan</a>, 62, pitcher who appeared in 54 career games for the Brooklyn Robins (1931) and Chicago White Sox (1932, 1934).</li> <li>November 24 – <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Morales_P%C3%A9rez" title="Pablo Morales Pérez">Pablo Morales</a>, 64, Venezuelan professional baseball executive for more than three decades, and former owner of the <a href="/wiki/Leones_del_Caracas" title="Leones del Caracas">Leones del Caracas</a> club.</li> <li>November 26 – <a href="/wiki/Emil_Kush" title="Emil Kush">Emil Kush</a>, 53, pitcher who won 21 of 33 decisions for the Chicago Cubs (1941–1942 and 1946–1949).</li> <li>November 27 – <a href="/wiki/Clem_Llewellyn" title="Clem Llewellyn">Clem Llewellyn</a>, 74, who pitched one scoreless inning in relief for the New York Yankees on June 18, 1922; University of North Carolina alumnus who became a lawyer and county judge after baseball.</li> <li>November 29 – <a href="/wiki/Bun_Hayes" title="Bun Hayes">Bun Hayes</a>, 66, pitcher for five Negro leagues clubs, primarily the Baltimore Black Sox, from 1928 to 1930 and 1932–1935.</li> <li>November 30 – <a href="/wiki/Connie_Creeden" title="Connie Creeden">Connie Creeden</a>, 54, outfielder whose only MLB appearances came as a pinch hitter in five games for the 1943 Boston Braves.</li> <li>November 30 – <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Eayrs" title="Eddie Eayrs">Eddie Eayrs</a>, 79, outfielder/southpaw pitcher and Brown University graduate who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1913), Boston Braves (1920–1921) and Brooklyn Robins (1921).</li> <li>November – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Horne" title="Billy Horne">Billy Horne</a>, 53, nicknamed "Little Grumbler", All-Star second baseman and shortstop who played for three Negro leagues clubs between 1938 and 1946.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_3">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 3 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Roy Wilson (baseball)">Roy Wilson</a>, 83, left-hander who pitched in one game for the Chicago White Sox on April 18, 1928.</li> <li>December 5 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Rabbitt" title="Joe Rabbitt">Joe Rabbitt</a>, 69, outfielder/pinch runner in two contests for the 1922 Cleveland Indians.</li> <li>December 7 – <a href="/wiki/Lefty_O%27Doul" title="Lefty O'Doul">Lefty O'Doul</a>, 72, left fielder who batted .349 with 1,140 hits in his 970-game career; won two National League batting titles—1929 (.398) and 1932 (.368)—after converting from pitching; his 254 hits led Senior Circuit in 1929 and is tied (with <a href="/wiki/Bill_Terry" title="Bill Terry">Bill Terry</a>) for most hits in a season in NL annals; winningest manager in Pacific Coast League history, and earned additional fame as the "father" of professional baseball in Japan.</li> <li>December 10 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Cunningham_(baseball)" title="Mike Cunningham (baseball)">Mike Cunningham</a>, 87, pitcher who made five appearances for the 1906 Philadelphia Athletics.</li> <li>December 10 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Tobin" title="Jack Tobin">Jack Tobin</a>, 77, diminutive — 142 lb (64 kg) — but hard-hitting right fielder who batted .309 and amassed 1,906 hits over a 13-year career (1914–1916 and 1918–1927) spent mostly with St. Louis Browns; led American League in triples (18) in 1921; later a Browns' coach.</li> <li>December 11 – <a href="/wiki/Ollie_Fuhrman" title="Ollie Fuhrman">Ollie Fuhrman</a>, 83, catcher who hit .333 for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1922.</li> <li>December 13 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kibble" title="Jack Kibble">Jack Kibble</a>, 77, switch-hitting third baseman who appeared in five games for the Cleveland Naps in September 1912.</li> <li>December 14 – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnnie_Scroggins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Johnnie Scroggins (page does not exist)">Johnnie Scroggins</a>, 47, pitcher for the 1947 Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League.</li> <li>December 23 – <a href="/wiki/Ted_Menze" title="Ted Menze">Ted Menze</a>, 72, outfielder and pinch hitter in two games for the St. Louis Cardinals in September 1918.</li> <li>December 30 – <a href="/wiki/Herman_Howard" title="Herman Howard">Herman Howard</a>, 59, left-handed pitcher in the Negro leagues from 1937 to 1940 and in 1946.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_baseball&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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