1969 Detroit Tigers season

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

1969 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)John Fetzer
General manager(s)Jim Campbell
Manager(s)Mayo Smith
Local televisionWJBK
(George Kell, Larry Osterman)
Local radioWJR
(Ernie Harwell, Ray Lane)
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Offseason

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 8–10—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

Roster
1969 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CBill Freehan143489128.2621649
1BNorm Cash143483135.2802274
2BDick McAuliffe7426271.2621133
SSTom Tresh9433174.2241337
3BDon Wert13242395.2251450
LFWillie Horton141508133.2622891
CFJim Northrup148543160.2952566
RFAl Kaline131456124.2722169

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Mickey Stanley149592139.2351670
Tommy Matchick9429872.242032
Jim Price7219245.234928
Ike Brown7017039.229512
Gates Brown609319.20416
Dick Tracewski667911.13904
César Gutiérrez174912.24500
Dave Campbell32394.10302
Ron Woods17154.26713
Wayne Redmond530.00000

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
Denny McLain423252492.80181
Mickey Lolich37280.219113.14271
Earl Wilson35214.212103.31150

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
Mike Kilkenny39128.1863.3797
Pat Dobson491055103.6064
John Hiller4099.1443.9974
Joe Sparma2392.2684.7641
Bob Reed814.2001.849

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Don McMahon3435113.8938
Fred Lasher322103.0726
Tom Timmermann314312.7542
Daryl Patterson180202.8212
Dick Radatz112203.3818
Gary Taylor70105.233
Fred Scherman41006.753
Norm McRae30006.003

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

Awards and honors

Notes
  1. Dick Drago at Baseball Reference
  2. Dennis Ribant at Baseball Reference
  3. John Young at Baseball Reference
  4. Tom Tresh at Baseball Reference
  5. César Gutiérrez at Baseball Reference
  6. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.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 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference
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