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(1969)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1969</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relocated</th><td class="infobox-data">1970 (to <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a>; became the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">None</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">American League pennant</th><td class="infobox-data">None</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">AL West division titles</th><td class="infobox-data">None</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">World Series championships</th><td class="infobox-data">None</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Colors</th><td class="infobox-data">Royal blue, gold, white<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><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#012169; color:white;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FED141; color:black;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mascot</th><td class="infobox-data">None</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Retired numbers</th><td class="infobox-data">None</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ownership</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_R._Daley" title="William R. Daley">William R. Daley</a> & <a href="/wiki/Dewey_Soriano" title="Dewey Soriano">Dewey Soriano</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manager</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Schultz_Jr." title="Joe Schultz Jr.">Joe Schultz Jr.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">General Manager</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Milkes" title="Marvin Milkes">Marvin Milkes</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Seattle Pilots</b> were an American <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> team based in <a href="/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle, Washington">Seattle, Washington</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1969 Major League Baseball season">1969 Major League Baseball season</a>. During their single-season existence, the Pilots played their home games at <a href="/wiki/Sick%27s_Stadium" title="Sick's Stadium">Sick's Stadium</a> and were a member of the <a href="/wiki/American_League_West" title="American League West">West Division</a> of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>'s <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>. On April 1, 1970, the franchise moved to <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee,_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee, Wisconsin">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a>, and became the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mjthp20_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mjthp20-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formation">Formation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seattle_Pilots&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1969_Seattle_Pilots_Team_Photo2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/71/1969_Seattle_Pilots_Team_Photo2.jpg/250px-1969_Seattle_Pilots_Team_Photo2.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/71/1969_Seattle_Pilots_Team_Photo2.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="372" data-file-height="268" /></a><figcaption>Team photo</figcaption></figure> <p>The lead man for the franchise ownership, Pacific Northwest Sports, Inc. (PNSI), was <a href="/wiki/Dewey_Soriano" title="Dewey Soriano">Dewey Soriano</a>, a former Rainiers <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> and <a href="/wiki/General_Manager_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="General Manager (baseball)">general manager</a> and former president of the Pacific Coast League.<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 team's nickname of "Pilots" came from Soriano's part-time job as a <a href="/wiki/Maritime_pilot" title="Maritime pilot">harbor pilot</a> and the city's association with the <a href="/wiki/Aerospace_manufacturer" title="Aerospace manufacturer">aviation</a> industry.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team colors were <a href="/wiki/Royal_blue" title="Royal blue">royal blue</a> and <a href="/wiki/Golden_yellow" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden yellow">gold</a> (with accessory red in the logo: <a href="/wiki/Ship%27s_wheel" title="Ship's wheel">helm</a> and baseball seams). </p><p>Seattle had long been a hotbed for <a href="/wiki/Minor_league_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor league baseball">minor league baseball</a> and was home to the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Rainiers" title="Seattle Rainiers">Seattle Rainiers</a>, one of the pillars of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a> (PCL). At the time, Seattle was the third-biggest metropolitan area on the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="West Coast of the United States">West Coast</a>. The then-<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> (now Guardians) briefly considered a move to Seattle in 1964 but opted to stay in the city. In 1967, <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Finley" title="Charlie Finley">Charles Finley</a> looked to move his <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> to Seattle, but ended up moving the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Athletics</a> to <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a> instead. There was no real competition from other professional teams at the time in the city. While Seattle had landed the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA)'s <a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">SuperSonics</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>) in 1967, the NBA was not as popular as baseball was at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> would come to the city in 1976 with the addition of the expansion <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Seahawks" title="Seattle Seahawks">Seahawks</a>, followed by the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a> in 2021 with the addition of the expansion <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Kraken" title="Seattle Kraken">Kraken</a>. </p><p>In an ominous sign of things to come, Soriano found himself short of cash after making little effort to find locally-based partners. He had to ask <a href="/wiki/William_R._Daley" title="William R. Daley">William R. Daley</a>, who owned the Indians during the time they flirted with moving to Seattle, to underwrite much of the purchase price. In return, Soriano sold Daley 47% of the stock. Daley became the team's largest shareholder and chairman of the board, while Soriano remained team president.<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A couple of factors were beyond the Pilots' control. They were originally not set to start play until <a href="/wiki/1971_in_baseball" title="1971 in baseball">1971</a> along with the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>. However, the date was moved up to <a href="/wiki/1969_in_baseball" title="1969 in baseball">1969</a> under pressure from <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Symington" title="Stuart Symington">Stuart Symington</a> of <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>. Professional baseball had been played in Kansas City in one form or another from <a href="/wiki/1883_in_baseball" title="1883 in baseball">1883</a> until the A's left for <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> after the <a href="/wiki/1967_in_baseball" title="1967 in baseball">1967</a> season, and Symington would not accept the prospect of Kansas City having to wait three years for baseball to return there.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The American League would not allow only one new team to enter the league, as the resulting odd number of teams would unbalance the schedule. That meant that Kansas City and Seattle had to be admitted together. </p><p>Despite Soriano having been president of the PCL, he had to pay the PCL $1 million to compensate for the loss of one of its longest-standing and most successful franchises. After <a href="/wiki/King_County,_Washington" title="King County, Washington">King County</a> voters approved a bond for a <a href="/wiki/Stadium#Types" title="Stadium">domed stadium</a> (what would become the <a href="/wiki/Kingdome" title="Kingdome">Kingdome</a>) in February 1968 with 62% in favor,<sup id="cite_ref-saowtvy_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-saowtvy-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-adfsea_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adfsea-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ssartpk_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ssartpk-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sfpsgr_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sfpsgr-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Seattle Pilots were officially born.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sptrtr_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sptrtr-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a> executive <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Milkes" title="Marvin Milkes">Marvin Milkes</a> was hired as general manager,<sup id="cite_ref-sptrtr_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sptrtr-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Schultz" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Schultz">Joe Schultz</a>, a coach with the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> champion <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, became <a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">manager</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mjthp20_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mjthp20-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Team_issues">Team issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seattle_Pilots&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Team issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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href="/wiki/Wordmark" title="Wordmark">wordmarks</a> for the Seattle Pilots</div></div></div></div></div> <p>With expansion to twelve teams in each league came a realignment into two divisions. Unlike the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>, the AL owners voted to align strictly based on geography. On paper, the newly-formed <a href="/wiki/American_League_West" title="American League West">American League West</a> was by far the weaker division, as it consisted of the two expansion teams and the four clubs that had finished sixth through ninth place in the 1968 campaign. The <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> were the only AL West team that had a winning record in 1968, finishing 82-80. </p><p>Due to the favorable alignment, Schultz and Milkes both optimistically predicted that the Pilots could finish third in the new division.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the Pilots experienced the typical struggles of a first-year expansion team. They won their first game, and then their home opener three days later, but only won five more times in the first month. Nevertheless, the Pilots stayed within striking distance of .500 for much of the spring, and were only six games out of the AL West lead as late as June 28. But a disastrous 9–20 July ended even a faint hope of any kind of contention, though they were still in third place as late as August. However, a 6–22 August sent them into the AL West basement for good. The team finished the <a href="/wiki/1969_Seattle_Pilots_season" title="1969 Seattle Pilots season">season</a> with a record of 64–98, 33 games behind division winner <a href="/wiki/1969_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="1969 Minnesota Twins season">Minnesota</a> and five games behind their expansion brethren, the <a href="/wiki/1969_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1969 Kansas City Royals season">Royals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fsal1969_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fsal1969-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only <a href="/wiki/1969_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1969 Cleveland Indians season">Cleveland</a> had a worse record in the American League. On the plus side, they did finish 12 games ahead of the two National League expansion teams, <a href="/wiki/1969_Montreal_Expos_season" title="1969 Montreal Expos season">Montreal</a> and <a href="/wiki/1969_San_Diego_Padres_season" title="1969 San Diego Padres season">San Diego</a>, both of whom lost 110 games. </p><p>However, the team's poor play was the least of its troubles. The most obvious problem was Sick's Stadium. The longtime home of the Rainiers, it had once been considered one of the best ballparks in minor league baseball.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in 1964, the Rainiers sold the stadium to the city, which was more interested in building a freeway on the stadium site than maintaining it. Indeed, both the Indians and A's had balked at moving to Seattle because of Sick's rapid deterioration.<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While a condition of awarding the Pilots to Seattle was that Sicks' had to be expanded to 30,000 seats, work did not really begin in earnest until January 1969. Only 18,000-19,500 seats (depending on the source) were ready by <a href="/wiki/Opening_Day" title="Opening Day">Opening Day</a> because of numerous delays.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SABR_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The scoreboard was not even ready until the night before the season opener. By June there were finally 25,000 seats in place. Water pressure was almost nonexistent after the seventh inning, especially with crowds above 8,000.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Pilots had a total attendance of 677,944 people for the season, 20th out of 24 teams in Major League Baseball, and their average attendance per game, 8,268, was also 20th.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seattle finished above fellow cellar dweller teams like the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, and the expansion <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a>. The other two expansion teams outdrew the Pilots, with the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> having 902,414 attend their games while the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> finished 10th in attendance with 1,212,608. The highest attendance for a Pilots home game was 23,657, on August 3 against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lowest attendance for a Pilot home game was on April 29, their 17th game, when a reported 1,954 fans showed up to watch them play the California Angels.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Pilots lost several hundred thousand dollars their first and only season.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team's new stadium was slated to be built at the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Center" title="Seattle Center">Seattle Center</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ssmld_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ssmld-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but a petition by stadium opponents ground the project to a halt.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project was later moved to <a href="/wiki/SoDo,_Seattle" title="SoDo, Seattle">south of downtown</a> and developed for the <a href="/wiki/Kingdome" title="Kingdome">Kingdome</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sfpsgr_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sfpsgr-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additionally, the Pilots were severely underfinanced. The Sorianos were forced to bring Daley into their group after making almost no effort to court Seattle-based partners. However, the American League did not even consider any other prospective owners. When league president <a href="/wiki/Joe_Cronin" title="Joe Cronin">Joe Cronin</a> scouted out the city in 1967, his only interview was with Soriano. Despite their straitened financial condition, the Sorianos balked at corporate support, a critical factor even in those days for sports franchises.<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relocation">Relocation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seattle_Pilots&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Relocation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the end of the season, the Pilots were gasping. However, Daley refused to put up more financing. It was obvious that they would not survive long enough to move into their new park without new ownership.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also obvious that the timetable for a new stadium would have to be significantly advanced, as Sicks' Stadium was inadequate even for temporary use. </p><p>It turned out both the league and commissioner's offices were concerned about the Pilots' viability as well. As early as June, an MLB memo envisaged the Pilots moving to Milwaukee.<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the offseason, Soriano made contact with car salesman and former <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves_(1953%E2%80%9369)" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee Braves (1953–69)">Milwaukee Braves</a> minority owner <a href="/wiki/Bud_Selig" title="Bud Selig">Bud Selig</a>, who was leading the effort to bring major league baseball back to Milwaukee. They met in secret for over a month towards the end of the season, and during <a href="/wiki/1969_World_Series#Game_1" title="1969 World Series">Game 1 of the World Series</a>, Soriano agreed to sell the Pilots to Selig for $10.8 million.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Selig would then move the team to Milwaukee. However, the remaining owners of the Pilots turned it down in the face of pressure from Washington's two senators, <a href="/wiki/Warren_Magnuson" title="Warren Magnuson">Warren Magnuson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Henry_M._Jackson" title="Henry M. Jackson">Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson</a>, as well as state attorney general <a href="/wiki/Slade_Gorton" title="Slade Gorton">Slade Gorton</a>. </p><p>Local theater chain owner Fred Danz, restaurateur Dave Cohn, and <a href="/wiki/Westin_Hotels" class="mw-redirect" title="Westin Hotels">Westin Hotels</a> head <a href="/wiki/Edward_Carlson" title="Edward Carlson">Eddie Carlson</a> came forward with an offer to buy out the Sorianos and reduce Daley's stake to 30 percent. The $10 million deal received preliminary approval in December. However, the deal fizzled when it emerged that three months earlier, the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_California" title="Bank of California">Bank of California</a> had called in a $4 million loan (or $3.5 million, depending on the source) it made to the Soriano-Daley group to finance the purchase of the franchise. No one in the American League knew that the loan had even existed. Faced with having to raise more money than expected, Danz walked away.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SABR_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1970, Carlson put together a nonprofit group, modeled loosely on the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers,_Inc." title="Green Bay Packers, Inc.">ownership structure</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>, to buy the team.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the other American League owners rejected the idea almost out of hand. <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> owner <a href="/wiki/John_Allyn" title="John Allyn">John Allyn</a> expressed the concerns of the owners when he said that under Carlson's plan, "no one person, group, or firm" would be responsible for team expenses. The owners also feared it would devalue the other clubs' worth. A slightly modified deal came one vote short of approval.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SABR_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bankruptcy">Bankruptcy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seattle_Pilots&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Bankruptcy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After a winter and spring full of court action, the owners loaned Soriano and Daley $650,000 to send the team to <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">spring training</a> and settle the Pilots' most immediate debts. Under new manager <a href="/wiki/Dave_Bristol" title="Dave Bristol">Dave Bristol</a>, the Pilots arrived for spring training in <a href="/wiki/Tempe,_Arizona" title="Tempe, Arizona">Tempe, Arizona</a> unsure of where they would play. However, Soriano and Daley declared bankruptcy, claiming that the loan was not enough to keep the team alive. The league stripped Soriano and Daley of their authority over the Pilots and took control of the team.<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soon afterward, the league gave tentative approval to sell the Pilots to Selig's Milwaukee group, but final approval was delayed due to the state seeking an injunction to stop the sale. PNSI's bankruptcy filing, however, was intended to <a href="/wiki/Automatic_stay" title="Automatic stay">forestall post-sale legal action</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the bankruptcy hearing a week later, Milkes testified there was not enough money to pay the coaches, players, and office staff. Had Milkes been more than 10 days late in paying the players, they would have all become free agents and the AL would have been reduced to nine teams for the <a href="/wiki/1970_in_baseball" title="1970 in baseball">1970</a> season, which would have left the schedule in chaos.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With this in mind and with no credible alternatives to Selig's offer, <a href="/wiki/Referee_in_Bankruptcy" title="Referee in Bankruptcy">Federal Bankruptcy Referee</a> Sidney C. Volinn declared the Pilots bankrupt on March 31—seven days before Opening Day—clearing the way for them to move to Milwaukee. The team's equipment had been sitting in <a href="/wiki/Provo,_Utah" title="Provo, Utah">Provo, Utah</a>, with the drivers awaiting word on whether to drive toward Seattle or Milwaukee.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Selig intended to change the team's colors to navy and red in honor of the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers_(American_Association)" title="Milwaukee Brewers (American Association)">minor-league Brewers</a> of his youth. Instead, due to the move being finalized at such a late date, the Brewers were stuck using old blue and gold Pilots' uniforms, with the team name replaced. Blue and gold remain the Brewers' colors today although the shades have been darker since 2000. The move also came too late for Topps to change the cards for the 1970 season - so the 1970 Topps set has cards for the Pilots.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ball_Four"><i>Ball Four</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seattle_Pilots&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ball Four"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ball_Four" title="Ball Four">Ball Four</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bouton" title="Jim Bouton">Jim Bouton</a> was a Pilots relief pitcher through most of <a href="/wiki/1969_Seattle_Pilots_season" title="1969 Seattle Pilots season">1969</a>, his contract having been sold to the Seattle Pilots by the <a href="/wiki/1968_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1968 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> in mid-<a href="/wiki/1968_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1968 New York Yankees season">1968</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ibstsea_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ibstsea-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His book <i><a href="/wiki/Ball_Four" title="Ball Four">Ball Four</a></i> is based on a journal that Bouton kept during the 1969 season.<sup id="cite_ref-lexosalp_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lexosalp-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bouton spent most of the season with Seattle, although he was traded to the <a href="/wiki/1969_Houston_Astros_season" title="1969 Houston Astros season">Houston Astros</a> in late August. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lawsuit_and_enfranchisement_of_the_Seattle_Mariners">Lawsuit and enfranchisement of the Seattle Mariners</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seattle_Pilots&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Lawsuit and enfranchisement of the Seattle Mariners"><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">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Seattle_Mariners" title="History of the Seattle Mariners">History of the Seattle Mariners</a></div> <p>In 1970, in the aftermath of the Pilots' purchase and relocation to Milwaukee, the City of Seattle, <a href="/wiki/King_County,_Washington" title="King County, Washington">King County</a>, and the state of Washington (represented by then-<a href="/wiki/State_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="State Attorney General">State Attorney General</a> <a href="/wiki/Slade_Gorton" title="Slade Gorton">Slade Gorton</a>) sued the American League for <a href="/wiki/Breach_of_contract" title="Breach of contract">breach of contract</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-suit_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suit-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Confident that Major League Baseball would return to Seattle within a few years, King County built the multi-purpose Kingdome, which would become home to the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a>'s expansion <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Seahawks" title="Seattle Seahawks">Seattle Seahawks</a> in <a href="/wiki/1976_NFL_season" title="1976 NFL season">1976</a>. The construction of the Kingdome had originally been approved by area voters as a condition of getting the Pilots, but hadn't begun prior to the Pilots leaving for Milwaukee. </p><p>The Pilots lawsuit continued until 1976. At trial, the American League offered to give Seattle an expansion baseball franchise in return for dropping the suit,<sup id="cite_ref-suit_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suit-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and details were ironed out over the next year. To keep the league with an even number of teams, a formal expansion proceeding was held, with a second team, the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Blue Jays</a>, being awarded to the city of <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a> (also allowing both leagues to place a team in Canada, the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> [now the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Nationals" title="Washington Nationals">Washington Nationals</a>] having been established in 1969). The new Seattle team, to begin play in <a href="/wiki/1977_in_baseball" title="1977 in baseball">1977</a>, would be owned by a consortium led by entertainer <a href="/wiki/Danny_Kaye" title="Danny Kaye">Danny Kaye</a>, along with Stanley Golub, Walter Schoenfeld, Lester Smith, James Stillwell, Jr. and James A. Walsh. Seattle's new team would be known as the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Mariners</a>, and would initially incorporate the same blue and gold colors used by the Pilots (since 1993, they have worn teal, navy blue and silver for their color scheme). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Seattle_Pilots_seasons">List of Seattle Pilots seasons</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seattle_Pilots&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: List of Seattle Pilots seasons"><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_Seattle_Pilots_season" title="1969 Seattle Pilots season">1969 Seattle Pilots season</a></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Seattle Pilots season records </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background:#012169; border:2px solid #fed141; color:white; margin-bottom:3px;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background:#012169; border:2px solid #fed141; color:white; margin-bottom:3px;">Record </th> <th scope="col" style="background:#012169; border:2px solid #fed141; color:white; margin-bottom:3px;">Win % </th> <th scope="col" style="background:#012169; border:2px solid #fed141; color:white; margin-bottom:3px;">Place </th> <th scope="col" style="background:#012169; border:2px solid #fed141; color:white; margin-bottom:3px;">Playoffs </th> <th scope="col" style="background:#012169; border:2px solid #fed141; color:white; margin-bottom:3px;">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1969_Seattle_Pilots_season" title="1969 Seattle Pilots season">1969</a> </th> <td>64–98 </td> <td>.395 </td> <td>6th in AL West </td> <td>— </td> <td>The only season in Seattle. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seattle_Pilots&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Milwaukee_Brewers#1969–70:_Roots_in_Seattle" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Milwaukee Brewers">History of the Milwaukee Brewers § Roots in Seattle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers#Seattle_(1969)" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers § Seattle (1969)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Selig_v._United_States" title="Selig v. United States">Selig v. United States</a></i></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=Seattle_Pilots&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMcCalvy2020" class="citation news cs1">McCalvy, Adam (November 19, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/news/why-brewers-colors-blue-yellow">"Why do Brewers wear blue and yellow?"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/MLB.com" title="MLB.com">MLB.com</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/MLB_Advanced_Media" title="MLB Advanced Media">MLB Advanced Media</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 2,</span> 2021</span>. <q>Just like that, the long-held plans to don the Brewers in red and navy were scrapped. 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(<i><a href="/wiki/Ball_Four" title="Ball Four">Ball Four</a></i> excerpt). p. 1, sec. 3.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Pittsburgh+Press&rft.atitle=Jim+Bouton+puts+a+little+extra+on+his+salary+pitch&rft.pages=1%2C+sec.+3&rft.date=1970-06-28&rft.aulast=Bouton&rft.aufirst=Jim&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fid%3D4BwcAAAAIBAJ%26sjid%3D3lAEAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D7244%252C4297637&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeattle+Pilots" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-suit-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-suit_37-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-suit_37-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCour1999" class="citation news cs1">Cour, Jim (June 27, 1999). "Good riddance". <i>The Austin American-Statesman</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Austin+American-Statesman&rft.atitle=Good+riddance&rft.date=1999-06-27&rft.aulast=Cour&rft.aufirst=Jim&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeattle+Pilots" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seattle_Pilots&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Allen, Rick (2020). <i>Inside Pitch: Insiders Reveal How the Ill-Fated Seattle Pilots Got Played into Bankruptcy in One Year</i>. Tacoma, WA: Persistence Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-73-459590-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-73-459590-1">978-1-73-459590-1</a>.</li> <li>Bill Mullins, <i>Becoming Big League: Seattle, the Pilots, and Stadium Politics</i></li> <li>Kenneth Hogan, <i>The 1969 Seattle Pilots: Major League Baseball's One-Year Team</i></li> <li>Carson Van Lindt, <i>The Seattle Pilots Story</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bouton" title="Jim Bouton">Jim Bouton</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ball_Four" title="Ball Four">Ball Four</a></i> (a diary of his season with the Pilots and the Houston Astros)</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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<li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Seattle Pilots</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> (1902–1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators I</a> (1901–1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)" title="Washington Senators (1961–1971)">Washington Senators II</a> (1961–1971)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #CC0000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000088, inset -2px -2px 0 #000088; !important;;;width:1%">Championship play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_League_pennant_winners" title="List of American League pennant winners">Champions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_League_Championship_Series" title="American League Championship Series">Championship Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_League_Division_Series" title="American League Division Series">Division Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Wild_Card_Game#American_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Baseball Wild Card Game">Wild Card Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_League_Wild_Card_winners" title="List of American League Wild Card winners">Wild Card winners</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #CC0000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000088, inset -2px -2px 0 #000088; !important;;;width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">Professional baseball</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Milwaukee_Brewers" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;;background-color: #12284B !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFC52F, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFC52F; !important;;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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!important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;"><div> <ul><li>Established in <b><a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1969 Major League Baseball season"><span style="color:#12284B">1969</span></a></b></li> <li>Formerly the <b>Seattle Pilots</b></li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee"><span style="color:#12284B">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers"><span style="color:#12284B">Franchise</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Milwaukee_Brewers" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Milwaukee 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executives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Category:Milwaukee Brewers">All articles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;;width:1%">Ballparks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sick%27s_Stadium" title="Sick's Stadium">Sick's Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_County_Stadium" title="Milwaukee County Stadium">Milwaukee County Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Family_Field" title="American Family Field">American Family Field</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Spring training: <a href="/wiki/Tempe_Diablo_Stadium" title="Tempe Diablo Stadium">Tempe Diablo Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_City_Stadium" title="Sun City Stadium">Sun City Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compadre_Stadium" title="Compadre Stadium">Compadre Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Family_Fields_of_Phoenix" title="American Family Fields of Phoenix">American Family Fields of Phoenix</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ball_Four" title="Ball Four"><i>Ball Four</i> (Jim Bouton book)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers_ball-in-glove_logo" title="Milwaukee Brewers ball-in-glove logo">Ball-in-glove logo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beer_Barrel_Man" title="Beer Barrel Man">Beer Barrel Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beer_Barrel_Polka" title="Beer Barrel Polka">Beer Barrel Polka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Brewer" title="Bernie Brewer">Bernie Brewer</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Brewer_Fever" title="Brewer Fever">Brewer Fever</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_(dog)" title="Hank (dog)">Hank T. Dog</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._3000" title="Mr. 3000">Mr. 3000</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sausage_Race" title="Sausage Race">Sausage Race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secret_Stadium_Sauce" title="Secret Stadium Sauce">Secret Stadium Sauce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uecker_Monument" title="Uecker Monument">Uecker Monument</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;;width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_National_League_Central_tie-breaker_game" title="2018 National League Central tie-breaker game">2018 NL Central tie-breaker game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_National_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2019 National League Wild Card Game">2019 NL Wild Card Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers_Reverse_World_Series_curse" title="Milwaukee Brewers Reverse World Series curse">Milwaukee Brewers Reverse World Series curse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brewers%E2%80%93Cubs_rivalry" title="Brewers–Cubs rivalry">Chicago Cubs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;;width:1%">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Owner: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Attanasio" title="Mark Attanasio">Mark Attanasio</a></li> <li>President of Baseball Operations: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Arnold_(baseball)" title="Matt Arnold (baseball)">Matt Arnold</a></li> <li>General Manager: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Arnold_(baseball)" title="Matt Arnold (baseball)">Matt Arnold</a></li> <li>Manager: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Murphy_(baseball_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pat Murphy (baseball coach)">Pat Murphy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;;width:1%">League pennants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>American League: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1982_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1982 American League Championship Series">1982</a></li></ul></li> <li>National League: <ul><li>none</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;;width:1%">Division titles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>AL East: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1981_American_League_Division_Series" title="1981 American League Division Series">1981</a> (second half)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1982 Major League Baseball season">1982</a></li></ul></li> <li>NL Central: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_National_League_Division_Series" title="2011 National League Division Series">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_National_League_Division_Series" title="2018 National League Division Series">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_National_League_Division_Series" title="2021 National League Division Series">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_National_League_Wild_Card_Series" title="2023 National League Wild Card Series">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_National_League_Wild_Card_Series" title="2024 National League Wild Card Series">2024</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;;width:1%">Wild Card berths</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>National League: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_National_League_Division_Series" title="2008 National League Division Series">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_National_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2019 National League Wild Card Game">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_National_League_Wild_Card_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 National League Wild Card Game">2020</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Milwaukee_Brewers_minor_league_affiliates" title="List of Milwaukee Brewers minor league affiliates"><span style="color:#12284B">Minor league affiliates</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers_minor_league_players" title="Milwaukee Brewers minor league players">Player overview</a></li> <li>Triple-A: <a href="/wiki/Nashville_Sounds" title="Nashville Sounds">Nashville Sounds</a></li> <li>Double-A: <a href="/wiki/Biloxi_Shuckers" title="Biloxi Shuckers">Biloxi Shuckers</a></li> <li>High-A: <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Timber_Rattlers" title="Wisconsin Timber Rattlers">Wisconsin Timber Rattlers</a></li> <li>Single-A: <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Mudcats" title="Carolina Mudcats">Carolina Mudcats</a></li> <li>Rookie: (<a href="/wiki/Arizona_Complex_League_Brewers" title="Arizona Complex League Brewers">ACL Brewers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Brewers" title="Dominican Summer League Brewers">DSL Brewers 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Brewers" title="Dominican Summer League Brewers">DSL Brewers 2</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;;width:1%">Broadcasting</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Wisconsin">Bally Sports Wisconsin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;">Radio</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WTMJ_(AM)" title="WTMJ (AM)">WTMJ (AM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers_Radio_Network" title="Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network">Radio Network</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Milwaukee_Brewers_broadcasters" title="List of Milwaukee Brewers broadcasters"><span style="color:#12284B">Broadcasters</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Uecker" title="Bob Uecker">Bob Uecker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Levering" title="Jeff Levering">Jeff Levering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Anderson_(sportscaster)" title="Brian Anderson (sportscaster)">Brian Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Schroeder_(baseball)" title="Bill Schroeder (baseball)">Bill Schroeder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophia_Minnaert" title="Sophia Minnaert">Sophia Minnaert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Dillard" title="Tim Dillard">Tim Dillard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;;background-color: #12284B !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFC52F, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFC52F; !important;;"><div id="Seasons_(55)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Seasons (55)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · </span> <a href="/wiki/1969_Seattle_Pilots_season" title="1969 Seattle Pilots season">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1970 Milwaukee Brewers season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1971 Milwaukee Brewers season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1972 Milwaukee Brewers season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1973 Milwaukee Brewers season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1974 Milwaukee Brewers season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1975 Milwaukee Brewers season">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1976 Milwaukee Brewers season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1977 Milwaukee Brewers season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1978 Milwaukee Brewers season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1979 Milwaukee Brewers season">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1980 Milwaukee Brewers season">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1981 Milwaukee Brewers season">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1982 Milwaukee Brewers season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1983 Milwaukee Brewers season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1984 Milwaukee Brewers season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1985 Milwaukee Brewers season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1986 Milwaukee Brewers season">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1987 Milwaukee Brewers season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1988 Milwaukee Brewers season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1989 Milwaukee Brewers season">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1990 Milwaukee Brewers season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1991 Milwaukee Brewers season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1992 Milwaukee Brewers season">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1993 Milwaukee Brewers season">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1994 Milwaukee Brewers season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1995 Milwaukee Brewers season">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1996 Milwaukee Brewers season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1997 Milwaukee Brewers season">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1998 Milwaukee Brewers season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1999 Milwaukee Brewers season">1999</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; 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color: #12284B !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #12284B, inset -2px -2px 0 #12284B; !important;;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="2010 Milwaukee Brewers season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="2011 Milwaukee Brewers season">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="2012 Milwaukee Brewers season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="2013 Milwaukee Brewers season">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="2014 Milwaukee Brewers season">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="2015 Milwaukee Brewers season">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="2016 Milwaukee Brewers season">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="2017 Milwaukee Brewers season">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="2018 Milwaukee Brewers season">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="2019 Milwaukee Brewers season">2019</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC52F !important; 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