1969 Boston Red Sox season

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

1969 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record87–75 (.537)
Divisional place3rd (22 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)Dick O'Connell
Manager(s)
Local televisionWHDH-TV, Ch. 5
Local radioWHDH-AM 850
(Ken Coleman, Ned Martin, Johnny Pesky)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Dick Williams, who had managed the team to the 1967 AL pennant, was fired on September 23;[1] coach Eddie Popowski led the team for the final nine games of the season.

Offseason

Regular season
Record by month[4]
MonthRecordCumulativeAL EastRef.
WonLostWonLostPositionGB
April1191192nd​3 1⁄2[5]
May18729162nd3[6]
June141543312nd11[7]
July141557463rd15[8]
August131570613rd​19 1⁄2[9]
September171387743rd21[10]
October0187753rd22[11]

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 8–10—8–45–712–610–810–27–511–74–86–66–12
California 6–64–8—9–98–45–79–97–113–96–129–9–15–7
Chicago 3–97–59–9—8–43–98–105–133–98–1010–84–8
Cleveland 5–136–124–84–8—7–117–55–79–85–77–53–15
Detroit 7–118–107–59–311–7—8–46–610–87–510–27–11
Kansas City 1–112–109–910–85–74–8—8–105–7–18–1010–87–5
Minnesota 4–85–711–713–57–56–610–8—10–213–512–66–6
New York 7–117–119–39–38–98–107–5–12–10—6–67–510–8
Oakland 4–88–412–610–87–55–710–85–136–6—13–58–4
Seattle 3–96–69–9–18–105–72–108–106–125–75–13—7–5
Washington 5–1312–67–58–415–311–75–76–68–104–85–7—

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup
  7Reggie SmithCF
  2Mike Andrews2B
  8Carl Yastrzemski    LF
40Ken Harrelson1B
25Tony ConigliaroRF
  5George Scott3B
  6Rico PetrocelliSS
35Russ GibsonC
16Jim LonborgP

Source:[13]

Roster
1969 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Managers

Coaches

Statistical leaders
Rico Petrocelli
CategoryPlayerStatistic
Youngest playerMike Garman19
Oldest playerRon Kline37
Wins Above ReplacementRico Petrocelli10.0

Source:[14]

Batting
Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
GGames playedCarl Yastrzemski162
PAPlate appearancesCarl Yastrzemski707
ABAt batsCarl Yastrzemski603
RRuns scoredCarl Yastrzemski96
HHitsReggie Smith168
2BDoublesRico Petrocelli32
3BTriplesReggie Smith7
HRHome runsRico Petrocelli40
Carl Yastrzemski
RBIRuns batted inCarl Yastrzemski111
SBStolen basesCarl Yastrzemski15
CSCaught stealingReggie Smith13
BBBase on ballsCarl Yastrzemski101
SOStrikeoutsTony Conigliaro111
BABatting averageReggie Smith.309
OBPOn-base percentageRico Petrocelli.403
SLGSlugging percentageRico Petrocelli.589
OPSOn-base plus sluggingRico Petrocelli.992
OPS+Adjusted OPSRico Petrocelli168
TBTotal basesRico Petrocelli315
GIDPGrounded into double playGeorge Scott15
HBPHit by pitchMike Andrews5
SHSacrifice hitsMike Andrews10
SFSacrifice fliesReggie Smith8
IBBIntentional base on ballsRico Petrocelli13

Source:[14]

Pitching
Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
WWinsRay Culp17
LLossesJim Lonborg11
W-L %Winning percentageMike Nagy.857 (12–2)
ERAEarned run averageSparky Lyle2.54
GGames pitchedSparky Lyle71
GSGames startedRay Culp32
GFGames finishedSparky Lyle44
CGComplete gamesRay Culp9
SHOShutoutsRay Culp2
SVSavesSparky Lyle17
IPInnings pitchedRay Culp227
SOStrikeoutsRay Culp172
WHIPWalks plus hits per inning pitchedRay Culp1.207

Source:[14]

Awards and honors

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

Source:[15]

References
  1. "Red Sox Fire Dick Williams As Manager". North Adams Transcript. North Adams, Massachusetts. AP. September 23, 1969. p. 1. Retrieved October 11, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  2. Joe Foy Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Bill Kelso page at Baseball Reference
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  10. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1969/09301969.htm
  11. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1969/10011969.htm
  12. Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference
  13. "Boston Red Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 4". Retrosheet. April 8, 1969. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  14. "1969 Boston Red Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  15. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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