1969 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1969 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. In the first season after the American League was split into two divisions, the Orioles won the first-ever American League East title, finishing first with a record of 109 wins and 53 losses, 19 games ahead of the runner-up Detroit Tigers.

1969 Baltimore Orioles
1969 AL East Champions
1969 AL Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record109–53 (.673)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Jerold Hoffberger
General manager(s)Harry Dalton
Manager(s)Earl Weaver
Local televisionWJZ-TV
Local radioWBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Jim Karvellas)
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After the regular season, the Orioles went on to the inaugural American League Championship Series, where they faced the Minnesota Twins. They swept the Twins in the 1969 ALCS, but lost the World Series to the upstart National League champion New York Mets in five games.

The team was managed by Earl Weaver, and played their home games at Memorial Stadium.

Offseason

Spring training

The Baltimore Orioles held Spring training at Miami Stadium in Miami for the 11th season.

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 10953 0.673 60–21 49–32
Detroit Tigers 9072 0.556 19 46–35 44–37
Boston Red Sox 8775 0.537 22 46–35 41–40
Washington Senators 8676 0.531 23 47–34 39–42
New York Yankees 8081 0.497 28½ 48–32 32–49
Cleveland Indians 6299 0.385 46½ 33–48 29–51

Record vs. opponents

1969 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA WSH
Baltimore 10–86–69–313–511–711–18–411–78–49–313–5
Boston 8–108–45–712–610–810–27–511–74–86–66–12
California 6–64–89–98–45–79–97–113–96–129–9–15–7
Chicago 3–97–59–98–43–98–105–133–98–1010–84–8
Cleveland 5–136–124–84–87–117–55–79–85–77–53–15
Detroit 7–118–107–59–311–78–46–610–87–510–27–11
Kansas City 1–112–109–910–85–74–88–105–7–18–1010–87–5
Minnesota 4–85–711–713–57–56–610–810–213–512–66–6
New York 7–117–119–39–38–98–107–5–12–106–67–510–8
Oakland 4–88–412–610–87–55–710–85–136–613–58–4
Seattle 3–96–69–9–18–105–72–108–106–125–75–137–5
Washington 5–1312–67–58–415–311–75–76–68–104–85–7

Notable transactions

Roster

1969 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

1969 Regular Season Game Log (109–53) (Home: 60–21; Road: 49–32)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CElrod Hendricks1052953672.24412380
1BBoog Powell15253383162.304371211
2BDavey Johnson14251152143.2807573
3BBrooks Robinson15659873140.23423842
SSMark Belanger15053076152.28725014
LFDon Buford14455499161.291116419
CFPaul Blair150625102178.285267620
RFFrank Robinson148539111166.308321009

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Other batters

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

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Andy Etchebarren732172954.2493261
Merv Rettenmund951902747.2474256
Dave May78120829.2423102
Chico Salmon52911827.2973120
Curt Motton56891527.3036213
Bobby Floyd3984717.202010
Clay Dalrymple3780819.238360
Terry Crowley71826.333030

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave McNally41268.22073.22166
Mike Cuellar39290.223112.38182
Tom Phoebus352021473.52117
Jim Palmer261811642.34123

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Hardin30137.2673.6064

Relief pitchers

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

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Eddie Watt567152161.6546
Pete Richert4457.174122.2054
Dick Hall3965.25261.9231
Dave Leonhard37947412.4937
Marcelino López2769.15304.4157
Al Severinsen1219.21102.2913
Mike Adamson680104.502
Frank Bertaina360000.005
Fred Beene22.20000.000

Postseason

ALCS

Game 1

October 4, 1969, at Memorial Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Minnesota 000 010 200 000 342
Baltimore 000 110 001 001 4101
W: Dick Hall (1–0)   L: Ron Perranoski (0–1)  
HR: MINTony Oliva (1), BALFrank Robinson (1), Mark Belanger (1), Boog Powell (1)

Game 2

October 5, 1969, at Memorial Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Minnesota 000 000 000 00 031
Baltimore 000 000 000 01 180
W: Dave McNally (1–0)   L: Dave Boswell (0–1)   
HR: None

Game 3

October 6, 1969, at Metropolitan Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Baltimore 030 201 023 11180
Minnesota 100 010 000 2102
W: Jim Palmer (1–0)   L: Bob Miller (0–1)   
HR: BALPaul Blair (1)

1969 World Series

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1Mets – 1, Orioles – 4October 11Memorial Stadium50,429
2Mets – 2, Orioles – 1October 12Memorial Stadium50,850
3Orioles – 0, Mets – 5October 14Shea Stadium56,335
4Orioles – 1, Mets – 2
(10 innings)
October 15Shea Stadium57,367
5Orioles – 3, Mets – 5October 16Shea Stadium57,397

Game log

1969 Postseason Game Log

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Cal Ripken Sr.
AA Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs Texas League Joe Altobelli
A Stockton Ports California League Bill Werle
A Miami Marlins Florida State League Woody Smith
A-Short Season Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Ken Rowe
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Jackie Ferrell

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Stockton, Miami

Notes

  1. Wally Bunker at Baseball Reference
  2. Curt Blefary at Baseball Reference
  3. Bobby Darwin at Baseball Reference
  4. Clay Dalrymple at Baseball Reference
  5. Chico Salmon at Baseball Reference
  6. Dave Skaggs at Baseball Reference
  7. Dave Winfield at Baseball Reference
  8. Bob Galasso at Baseball Reference
  9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/1969.shtml

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1969 Baltimore Orioles at Baseball Reference
  • 1969 Baltimore Orioles season at Baseball Almanac
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