1969 Seattle Pilots season

1969 Seattle Pilots
	Only season in Seattle
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1969);
	Western Division (since 1969);
Location
	Sick's Stadium (since 1969); Seattle (since 1969);
Other information
Owner(s)	Dewey Soriano
General manager(s)	Marvin Milkes
Manager(s)	Joe Schultz
Local television	None
Local radio	KVI; (Jimmy Dudley, Bill Schonely)
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The 1969 Seattle Pilots season was the only season of the Seattle Pilots, a Major League Baseball team. As an expansion team in the American League, along with the Kansas City Royals, the Pilots were placed in the newly established West division. They finished last among the six teams with a record of 64–98 (.395), 33 games behind the division champion Minnesota Twins.

Fewer than 678,000 fans came to see the Pilots, which ranked 20th of the 24 major league teams[1] — a major reason why the team was forced into bankruptcy after only one season.[2] Despite the poor conditions at aging Sick's Stadium, the ticket prices were among the highest in the major leagues.[3] The bankruptcy sale of the team was approved by a federal court in Seattle on March 31,[4] and the team moved to Milwaukee at the end of spring training for the 1970 season and became the Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee had lost the Braves to Atlanta after the 1965 season.

A book about the season exists called The 1969 Seattle Pilots: Major League Baseball's One-Year Team. Part of the Pilots' season was also documented in the book Ball Four by Jim Bouton. In 2020, a book specifically about the behind-the-scenes management of the team and its move to Milwaukee titled Inside Pitch: Insiders Reveal How the Ill-Fated Seattle Pilots Got Played into Bankruptcy in One Year by Rick Allen was released.

After the Pilots, there would not be another MLB team in Seattle until the birth of the Mariners in 1977.

Offseason

April 1, 1968: Marv Staehle was purchased by the Pilots from the Cleveland Indians.[5]
June 7, 1968: Wilbur Howard was selected by the Pilots in the 19th round of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft.[6]
October 21, 1968: Jim Bouton was purchased by the Pilots from the New York Yankees.[7]
March 31, 1969: Chico Salmon was traded by the Pilots to the Baltimore Orioles for Gene Brabender and Gordy Lund.[8]

Expansion draft

The MLB expansion draft for the Pilots and the Kansas City Royals was held on October 15, 1968.

Player	Former team	Pick
Don Mincher	California Angels	2nd
Tommy Harper	Cleveland Indians	3rd
Ray Oyler	Detroit Tigers	5th
Jerry McNertney[9]	Chicago White Sox	7th
Buzz Stephen	Minnesota Twins	9th
Chico Salmon[8]	Cleveland Indians	11th
Diego Seguí[10]	Oakland Athletics	14th
Tommy Davis	Chicago White Sox	16th
Marty Pattin	California Angels	18th
Gerry Schoen	Washington Senators	20th
Gary Bell	Boston Red Sox	21st
Jack Aker	Oakland Athletics	24th
Rich Rollins	Minnesota Twins	26th
Lou Piniella[11]	Cleveland Indians	28th
Dick Bates	Washington Senators	30th
Larry Haney	Baltimore Orioles	32nd
Dick Baney	Boston Red Sox	33rd
Steve Hovley[12]	California Angels	35th
Steve Barber[13]	New York Yankees	37th
John Miklos	Washington Senators	39th
Wayne Comer	Detroit TIgers	41st
Bucky Brandon	Boston Red Sox	44th
Skip Lockwood	Oakland Athletics	46th
Gary Timberlake	New York Yankees	48th
Bob Richmond	Washington Senators	50th
John Morris	Baltimore Orioles	52nd
Mike Marshall[14]	Detroit Tigers	53rd
Jim Gosger	Oakland Athletics	55th
Mike Ferraro	New York Yankees	57th
Paul Click	California Angels	59th

1968 MLB June amateur draft and minor league affiliates

The Pilots and Kansas City Royals, along with the two National League expansion teams set to debut in 1969, the Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres, were allowed to participate in the June 1968 MLB first-year player draft, although the new teams were barred from the lottery's first three rounds. The Pilots drafted 29 players in the 1968 June draft, including future major league manager Tom Kelly (eighth round) and starting pitcher Bill Parsons (seventh round).[15] Seattle affiliated with one minor league club during 1968 to develop drafted players; the roster was filled out by professional and amateur free agents that had been signed and players loaned from other organizations.

1968 farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A-Short Season	Newark Co-Pilots	New York–Penn League	Sibby Sisti

Regular season

On Tuesday, April 8, the Pilots won their first-ever game, 4–3 at Anaheim Stadium over the California Angels. Twenty-six-year-old Pilots' starter Marty Pattin went five innings, allowing two earned runs for Seattle. RHP Jack Aker earned the save. RF Mike Hegan hit Seattle's first-ever HR, a two-run shot off Jim McGlothlin CAL, after 2b Tommy Harper SEA had doubled to left to begin the Pilots' existence.
On the afternoon of Friday, April 11, the Pilots played, and won, their first American League game at Sick's Stadium in Seattle – 7–0 over the Chicago White Sox. Thirty-two-year-old righty Gary Bell tossed a complete game for Seattle, scattering nine hits, striking out six Sox and walking four. Bell also helped his own cause by stroking a two-run double off RHP Bob Locker CHW in the bottom of the sixth. 1b Don Mincher SEA hit a two-run HR off RHP Joe Horlen CHW in the third. The official attendance was 14 993.
On July 2, Reggie Jackson of the Oakland Athletics hit three home runs against the Pilots to raise his season total to 34 home runs.[16]
In the 1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, outfielder Mike Hegan was the only Pilot selected to the All-Star game on the reserved squad. However, due to injury, he would be replaced by his teammate, infielder Don Mincher.

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	97	65	0.599	—	57–24	40–41
Oakland Athletics	88	74	0.543	9	49–32	39–42
California Angels	71	91	0.438	26	43–38	28–53
Kansas City Royals	69	93	0.426	28	36–45	33–48
Chicago White Sox	68	94	0.420	29	41–40	27–54
Seattle Pilots	64	98	0.395	33	34–47	30–51

Record vs. opponents

1969 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	WSH
Baltimore	—	10–8	6–6	9–3	13–5	11–7	11–1	8–4	11–7	8–4	9–3	13–5
Boston	8–10	—	8–4	5–7	12–6	10–8	10–2	7–5	11–7	4–8	6–6	6–12
California	6–6	4–8	—	9–9	8–4	5–7	9–9	7–11	3–9	6–12	9–9–1	5–7
Chicago	3–9	7–5	9–9	—	8–4	3–9	8–10	5–13	3–9	8–10	10–8	4–8
Cleveland	5–13	6–12	4–8	4–8	—	7–11	7–5	5–7	9–8	5–7	7–5	3–15
Detroit	7–11	8–10	7–5	9–3	11–7	—	8–4	6–6	10–8	7–5	10–2	7–11
Kansas City	1–11	2–10	9–9	10–8	5–7	4–8	—	8–10	5–7–1	8–10	10–8	7–5
Minnesota	4–8	5–7	11–7	13–5	7–5	6–6	10–8	—	10–2	13–5	12–6	6–6
New York	7–11	7–11	9–3	9–3	8–9	8–10	7–5–1	2–10	—	6–6	7–5	10–8
Oakland	4–8	8–4	12–6	10–8	7–5	5–7	10–8	5–13	6–6	—	13–5	8–4
Seattle	3–9	6–6	9–9–1	8–10	5–7	2–10	8–10	6–12	5–7	5–13	—	7–5
Washington	5–13	12–6	7–5	8–4	15–3	11–7	5–7	6–6	8–10	4–8	5–7	—

The first game

April 8, Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0
California	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	10	1
W: Marty Pattin (1–0) L: Jim McGlothlin (0–1) SV: Jack Aker (1)
HRs: SEA: Mike Hegan (1), CAL: Jim Fregosi (1)

[17]

Opening Day lineup

21	Tommy Harper	2B
8	Mike Hegan	RF
12	Tommy Davis	LF
5	Don Mincher	1B
9	Rich Rollins	3B
14	Jim Gosger	CF
15	Jerry McNertney	C
1	Ray Oyler	SS
33	Marty Pattin	P

[18]

Notable transactions

April 1, 1969: Lou Piniella was traded by the Pilots to the Kansas City Royals for Steve Whitaker and John Gelnar.[11]
May 27, 1969: Jim Pagliaroni was purchased by the Pilots from the Oakland Athletics.[19]
June 5, 1969: 1969 Major League Baseball draft
- Gorman Thomas was drafted by the Pilots in the 1st round (21st pick).[20]
- Bob Coluccio was drafted by the Pilots in the 17th round.[21]
June 14, 1969: Larry Haney was traded by the Pilots to the Oakland Athletics for John Donaldson.[22]
August 24, 1969: Jim Bouton was traded by the Pilots to the Houston Astros for Dooley Womack and Roric Harrison.[7]
September 13, 1969: Marv Staehle was purchased from the Pilots by the Montreal Expos.[5]

Roster

1969 Seattle Pilots

Roster

Pitchers

23 Jack Aker

32 Dick Baney

13 Steve Barber

46 Dick Bates

39 Gary Bell

56 Jim Bouton

32 Gene Brabender

27 Bucky Brandon

39 George Brunet

38 Bill Edgerton

14 Miguel Fuentes

25 John Gelnar

27 Bob Locker

42 Skip Lockwood

28 Mike Marshall

38 Bob Meyer

35 John Morris

43 John O'Donoghue

33 Marty Pattin

39 Garry Roggenburk

24 Diego Seguí

40 Jerry Stephenson

23 Fred Talbot

45 Gary Timberlake

41 Dooley Womack

Catchers

10 Larry Haney

15 Jerry McNertney

17 Jim Pagliaroni

26 Merritt Ranew

30 Freddie Velázquez

Infielders

30 Ron Clark

10 John Donaldson

18 Gus Gil

34 Greg Goossen

21 Tommy Harper

11 John Kennedy

14 Gordon Lund

5 Don Mincher

1 Ray Oyler

9 Rich Rollins

22 Fred Stanley

Outfielders

20 Wayne Comer

12 Tommy Davis

14 Jim Gosger

8 Mike Hegan

36 Steve Hovley

16 Dick Simpson

28 Sandy Valdespino

25 José Vidal

12 Danny Walton

19 Steve Whitaker

51 Billy Williams

Other batters

26 Mike Ferraro

Manager

3 Joe Schultz

Coaches

2 Frankie Crosetti

4 Sal Maglie

6 Eddie O'Brien

7 Ron Plaza

31 Sibby Sisti

Game log

1969 regular season game log: 64–98 (Home: 34–47; Away: 30–51)

April: 7–11 (Home: 4–5; Away: 3–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	April 8	@ Angels	4–3	Pattin	McGlothlin	Aker	11,930	1–0	W1
2	April 9	@ Angels	3–7	Borbon	Brabender	Wilhelm	5,347	1–1	L1
3	April 11	White Sox	7–0	Bell	Horlen	—	14,993	2–1	W1
4	April 12	White Sox	5–1	Segui	Ellis	Aker	8,319	3–1	W2
5	April 13	White Sox	7–12	Wood	Pattin	—	10,031	3–2	L1
6	April 14	Royals	1–2	Nelson	Marshall	Wickersham	3,611	3–3	L2
7	April 16	Twins	4–6	Perranoski	Aker	—	7,329	3–4	L3
—	April 18	@ White Sox	Postponed (Makeup June 18)
8	April 19	@ White Sox	5–1	Pattin	Peters	Segui	3,901	4–4	W1
9	April 20	@ White Sox	2–3 (10)	Wood	Segui	—	12,579	4–5	L1
10	April 20	@ White Sox	3–13	Horlen	Barber	Locker	12,579	4–6	L2
11	April 21	@ Royals	4–1	Marshall	Jones	Aker	9,024	5–6	W1
12	April 22	@ Royals	1–2	Hedlund	Segui	Drabowsky	9,066	5–7	L1
13	April 23	@ Royals	3–4	Morehead	Edgerton	—	10,267	5–8	L2
14	April 25	Athletics	2–14	Nash	Bell	—	6,617	5–9	L3
15	April 26	Athletics	6–3	Barber	Dobson	Segui	6,658	6–9	W1
16	April 27	Athletics	5–13	Fingers	Marshall	Krausse	5,802	6–10	L1
—	April 28	Angels	Postponed (Makeup July 9)
17	April 29	Angels	1–0	Pattin	McGlothlin	—	1,954	7–10	W1
18	April 30	@ Twins	4–6	Hall	Brabender	Perranoski	4,087	7–1	L1

May: 13–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 7–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
19	May 1	@ Twins	1–4	Boswell	Bell	Grzenda	6,485	7–12	L2
20	May 2	@ Athletics	7–8	Lindblad	Aker	—	4,823	7–13	L3
21	May 3	@ Athletics	2–3	Dobson	Marshall	—	4,565	7–14	L4
22	May 4	@ Athletics	6–4	Pattin	Fingers	O'Donoghue	10,852	8–14	W1
23	May 4	@ Athletics	7–11	Odom	Brandon	Lindblad	10,852	8–15	L1
24	May 6	Red Sox	2–12	Culp	Brabender	—	9,427	8–16	L2
25	May 7	Red Sox	4–5	Siebert	Bell	Romo	7,084	8–17	L3
26	May 9	Senators	2–0	Marshall	Coleman	—	7,148	9–17	W1
27	May 10	Senators	16–13	Segui	Higgins	Bell	7,360	10–17	W2
28	May 11	Senators	6–5	Segui	Baldwin	—	14,363	11–17	W3
29	May 12	Yankees	8–4	Pattin	Downing	—	8,763	12–17	W4
30	May 13	Yankees	5–3	Bell	Stottlemyre	Segui	19,072	13–17	W5
31	May 14	Yankees	4–5	Burbach	Marshall	Bahnsen	12,273	13–18	L1
32	May 16	@ Red Sox	10–9 (11)	Bouton	Romo	O'Donoghue	33,079	14–18	W1
33	May 17	@ Red Sox	1–6	Nagy	Bell	—	21,172	14–19	L1
34	May 18	@ Red Sox	9–6	Marshall	Culp	Segui	25,125	15–19	W1
35	May 20	@ Senators	5–6	Higgins	Pattin	—	6,520	15–20	L1
36	May 21	@ Senators	6–2	Brabender	Coleman	Segui	6,083	16–20	W1
37	May 22	@ Senators	7–6	Segui	Higgins	—	4,242	17–20	W2
38	May 23	@ Indians	1–7	Ellsworth	Marshall	—	5.633	17–21	L1
39	May 24	@ Indians	8–2	Talbot	McDowell	—	7,094	18–21	W1
40	May 25	@ Indians	3–2	Segui	Williams	Bell	10,558	19–21	W2
41	May 27	Orioles	8–1	Brabender	Phoebus	—	8,308	20–21	W3
42	May 28	Orioles	5–9	McNally	Marshall	Richert	21,679	20–22	L1
—	May 29	Orioles	Postponed (Makeup August 18)
43	May 30	Tigers	5–8	Radatz	Pattin	Dobson	12,084	20–23	L2
44	May 31	Tigers	2–3	Sparma	Bell	—	15,395	20–24	L3

June: 14–15 (Home: 7–5; Away: 7–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
45	June 1	Tigers	8–7	Segui	Dobson	O'Donoghue	14,201	21–24	W1
46	June 2	Indians	8–2	Barber	Pina	Bouton	9,044	22–24	W2
47	June 3	Indians	1–3	Tiant	Pattin	Williams	8,634	22–25	L1
48	June 4	Indians	4–10	McDowell	Marshall	Williams	9,540	22–26	L2
49	June 6	@ Orioles	1–5	McNally	Bell	—	17,689	22–27	L3
50	June 7	@ Orioles	0–10	Palmer	Brabender	—	13,903	22–28	L4
51	June 8	@ Orioles	7–5	O'Donoghue	Cuellar	—	8,988	23–28	W1
52	June 9	@ Tigers	3–2 (10)	Pattin	Dobson	Gelnar	13,477	24–28	W2
53	June 10	@ Tigers	0–5	Wilson	Talbot	McMahon	14,033	24–29	L1
54	June 11	@ Tigers	3–4 (10)	Dobson	O'Donoghue	—	23,569	24–30	L2
55	June 13	@ Yankees	2–1	Brabender	Stottlemyre	—	14,967	25–30	W1
56	June 14	@ Yankees	5–4	Gelnar	McDaniel	Segui	9,214	26–30	W2
57	June 15	@ Yankees	0–4 (6)	Bahnsen	Talbot	—	58,733	26–31	L1
58	June 16	@ White Sox	3–8	Wynne	Marshall	—	13,133	26–32	L2
—	June 17	@ White Sox	Postponed (Rescheduled September 17)
59	June 18	@ White Sox	3–7	Peters	Brabender	—	6,044	26–33	L3
60	June 18	@ White Sox	6–5 (11)	Locker	Osinski	—	6,044	27–33	W1
61	June 19	@ White Sox	10–13	Wood	Marshall	—	2,318	27–34	L1
62	June 20	Royals	5–3	Talbot	Butler	Locker	18,413	28–34	W1
63	June 20	Royals	2–6	Bunker	Gelnar	—	18,413	28–35	L1
64	June 21	Royals	1–0	Brabender	Nelson	—	6,829	29–35	W1
65	June 22	Royals	5–1	Pattin	Drago	Locker	7,008	30–35	W2
—	June 23	White Sox	Postponed (Rescheduled June 24)
66	June 24	White Sox	4–6	Wood	Locker	—	7,417	30–36	L1
67	June 24	White Sox	6–7	Wood	Segui	—	7,417	30–37	L2
68	June 25	White Sox	3–1	Gelnar	Edmondson	Locker	5,950	31–37	W1
69	June 26	White Sox	3–2	Brabender	Horlen	—	7,109	32–37	W2
70	June 27	@ Angels	3–5	Fisher	Pattin	—	9,518	32–38	L1
71	June 27	@ Angels	5–2	Roggenburk	Washburn	Locker	9,518	33–38	W1
72	June 28	@ Angels	3–0	Talbot	Murphy	Segui	8,893	34–38	W2
73	June 29	@ Angels	2–8	Messersmith	Gelnar	Tatum	7,628	34–39	L1

July: 9–20 (Home: 7–11; Away: 2–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
74	July 1	@ Athletics	7–1	Brabender	Dobson	—	5,375	35–39	W1
75	July 2	@ Athletics	0–5	Odom	Pattin	—	5,012	35–40	L1
76	July 3	@ Athletics	4–6	Krausse	Roggenburk	Fingers	8,290	35–41	L2
77	July 4	@ Royals	2–13	Nelson	Talbot	—	12,944	35–42	L3
78	July 4	@ Royals	2–3	Drago	Gelnar	O'Riley	12,944	35–43	L4
79	July 5	@ Royals	4–6	Burgmeier	Marshall	Drabowsky	10,268	35–44	L5
80	July 6	@ Royals	9–3	Brabender	Butler	Segui	26,480	36–44	W1
81	July 7	Angels	1–5	Messersmith	Pattin	—	6,951	36–45	L1
82	July 8	Angels	3–1	Roggenburk	McGlothlin	—	6,877	37–45	W1
83	July 9	Angels	8–0	Talbot	Wright	—	8,461	38–45	W2
84	July 9	Angels	0–5	Brunet	Gelnar	—	8,461	38–46	L1
—	July 10	Angels	Postponed (Rescheduled September 12)
85	July 11	@ Twins	3–9	Hall	Brabender	—	19,221	38–47	L2
86	July 12	@ Twins	1–11	Perry	Pattin	—	17,616	38–48	L3
87	July 13	@ Twins	2–5	Kaat	Roggenburk	—	26,123	38–49	L4
88	July 13	@ Twins	4–5	Perranoski	Segui	—	26,123	38–50	L5
89	July 15	Athletics	2–6	Odom	Gelnar	—	12,288	38–51	L6
90	July 16	Athletics	1–6	Krausse	Brabender	—	8,688	38–52	L7
91	July 17	Athletics	2–8	Hunter	Pattin	—	6,793	38–53	L8
92	July 18	Twins	2–1	Segui	Perranoski	—	14,134	39–53	W1
93	July 18	Twins	3–2	Talbot	Boswell	O'Donoghue	14,1334	40–53	W2
94	July 19–20	Twins	7–11 (18)	Perry	Gelnar	—	12,069	40–54	L1
95	July 20	Twins	0–4	Perry	Gelnar	—	8,287	40–55	L2
—	July 23	40th Major League All-Star Game
96	July 24	Red Sox	8–6	Brabender	Jarvis	O'Donoghue	8,395	41–55	W1
97	July 25	Red Sox	6–7	Landis	Gelnar	Stange	8,470	41–56	L1
98	July 26	Red Sox	8–5	Bouton	Kline	Locker	13,632	42–56	W1
99	July 27	Red Sox	3–5 (20)	Lonborg	Locker	—	9,670	42–57	L1
100	July 29	Senators	2–4	Coleman	Brabender	—	14,270	42–58	L2
101	July 30	Senators	4–3	Segui	Cox	Gelnar	5,721	43–58	W1
102	July 31	Senators	6–7	Shellenback	Talbot	Knowles	9,699	43–59	L1

August 6–22 (Home: 0–13; Away: 6–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
103	August 1	Yankees	2–4	Johnson	Pattin	—	7,596	43–60	L2
104	August 2	Yankees	4–5	Downing	Brunet	Aker	10,755	43–61	L3
105	August 3	Yankees	3–5	Bahnsen	Barber	McDaniel	23,657	43–62	L4
106	August 5	@ Red Sox	9–2	Brabender	Culp	—	25,977	44–62	W1
107	August 6	@ Red Sox	6–5 (10)	Locker	Romo	—	22,186	45–62	W2
108	August 7	@ Red Sox	4–5	Stange	Locker	—	30,706	45–63	L1
109	August 8	@ Senators	3–10	Coleman	Brunet	Baldwin	10,737	45–64	L2
110	August 9	@ Senators	8–6	Locker	Baldwin	—	8,482	46–64	W1
111	August 10	@ Senators	5–7	Knowles	Gelnar	Coleman	8,442	46–65	L1
112	August 11	@ Indians	8–2	Segui	Tiant	—	4,658	47–65	W1
113	August 12	@ Indians	5–6	Paul	Talbot	Williams	8,190	47–66	L1
114	August 13	@ Indians	5–3	Brunet	Hargan	—	5,494	48–66	W1
115	August 15	Orioles	1–2	Cuellar	Brabender	—	9,922	48–67	L1
116	August 16	Orioles	3–15	McNally	Segui	Hardin	11,550	48–68	L2
117	August 17	Orioles	1–4	Phoebus	Talbot	Watt	10,227	48–69	L3
118	August 18	Orioles	3–12	Palmer	Brunet	—	19,770	48–70	L4
119	August 19	Tigers	3–5	Kilkenny	Barber	Dobson	5,909	48–71	L5
120	August 20	Tigers	3–4	Lolich	Brabender	—	5,577	48–72	L6
121	August 21	Tigers	6–7	Hiller	Bouton	—	6,483	48–73	L7
122	August 22	Indians	8–9	Hargan	Talbot	Williams	6,720	48–74	L8
123	August 23	Indians	3–7	McDowell	Pattin	—	5,469	48–75	L9
124	August 24	Indians	5–6	Williams	Talbot	Law	5,900	48–76	L10
125	August 26	@ Orioles	2–1	Brabender	Phoebus	—	11,400	49–76	W1
126	August 27	@ Orioles	2–7	Cuellar	Brunet	—	8,960	49–77	L1
127	August 28	@ Orioles	3–4 (11)	Watt	Womack	—	8,118	49–78	L2
128	August 29	@ Tigers	1–6	Lolich	Barber	—	16,685	49–79	L3
129	August 30	@ Tigers	3–4	McLain	O'Donoghue	—	17,550	49–80	L4
130	August 31	@ Tigers	2–7	Wilson	Brabender	—	16,485	49–81	L5

September: 14–16 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
131	September 1	@ Yankees	1–6	Stottlemyre	Brunet	—	15,387	49–82	L6
132	September 1	@ Yankees	5–1 (13)	Womack	Hamilton	—	15,387	50–82	W1
133	September 2	@ Yankees	4–5 (15)	Bahnsen	Brabender	—	7,071	50–83	L1
134	September 4	Royals	3–5	Drago	Gelnar	—	3,958	50–84	L2
135	September 5	Royals	5–4	Brabender	Drabowsky	Locker	6,903	51–84	W1
136	September 6	Royals	2–6	Bunker	Meyer	—	4,744	51–85	L1
137	September 7	Royals	7–6 (10)	Segui	Drabowsky	—	4,653	52–85	W1
138	September 8	White Sox	2–1	Barber	Johnson	Gelnar	10,831	53–85	W2
139	September 8	White Sox	5–1	Fuentes	Peters	—	10,831	54–85	W3
140	September 10	@ Athletics	9–4	Brabender	Dobson	Segui	1,945	55–85	W4
141	September 11	@ Athletics	3–6	Nash	Meyer	Talbot	1,721	55–86	L1
142	September 12	Angels	4–1	Brunet	May	—	5,085	56–86	W1
—	September 12	Angels	1–1 (10)	—	—	—	5,085	56–86	—
143	September 13	Angels	6–4	Segui	Murphy	—	11,184	57–86	W2
144	September 13	Angels	2–4	Fisher	Fuentes	Tatum	11,184	57–87	L1
145	September 14	Angels	2–4	Messersmith	Barber	—	4,216	57–88	L2
146	September 15	@ Royals	3–2	Brabender	Cram	Segui	7,238	58–88	W1
147	September 16	@ Royals	1–2	Bunker	Meyer	—	7,282	58–89	L1
148	September 17	@ White Sox	4–6	Nyman	Pattin	Wood	3,643	58–90	L2
149	September 17	@ White Sox	1–2	Wynne	Lockwood	—	3,643	58–91	L3
150	September 19	@ Twins	1–2	Boswell	Barber	—	23,700	58–92	L4
151	September 20	@ Twins	2–3	Perry	Segui	—	12,797	58–93	L5
152	September 21	@ Twins	4–3	O'Donoghue	Kaat	—	15,443	59–93	W1
153	September 22	@ Angels	5–4	Womack	Messersmith	Segui	5,158	60–93	W2
154	September 23	@ Angels	4–5	Tatum	Fuentes	—	5,400	60–94	L1
155	September 24	@ Angels	1–3	May	Brabender	—	5,728	60–95	L2
156	September 25	Twins	5–1	Barber	Kaat	O'Donoghue	3,642	61–95	W1
157	September 26	Twins	4–3 (14)	Gelnar	Hall	—	6,586	62–95	W2
—	September 27	Twins	Postponed (Rescheduled September 28)
158	September 28	Twins	2–5	Boswell	Fuentes	Perranoski	8,096	62–96	L1
159	September 28	Twins	4–1	Baney	Miller	Segui	8,096	63–96	W1
160	September 30	Athletics	4–8	Dobson	Brabender	Krausse	2,937	63–97	L1

October: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
161	October 1	Athletics	4–3	Segui	Lindblad	—	3,612	64–97	W1
162	October 2	Athletics	1–3	Roland	Barber	—	5,473	64–98	L1

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement/Tie
Bold = Pilots team member

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Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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
C	Jerry McNertney	128	410	99	.241	8	55
1B	Don Mincher	140	427	105	.246	25	78
2B	John Donaldson	95	338	79	.234	1	19
3B	Tommy Harper	148	537	126	.235	9	41
SS	Ray Oyler	106	255	42	.165	7	22
LF	Tommy Davis	123	454	123	.271	6	80
CF	Wayne Comer	147	481	118	.245	15	54
RF	Mike Hegan	95	267	78	.292	8	37

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
Steve Hovley	91	329	91	.277	3	20
Gus Gil	92	221	49	.222	0	17
Steve Whitaker	69	116	29	.250	6	13
Rich Rollins	58	187	42	.225	4	21
Ron Clark	57	163	32	.196	0	12
Greg Goossen	52	139	43	.309	10	24
John Kennedy	61	128	30	.234	4	14
Jim Pagliaroni	40	110	29	.264	5	14
Danny Walton	23	92	20	.217	3	10
Merritt Ranew	54	81	20	.247	0	4
Jim Gosger	39	55	6	.109	1	7
Dick Simpson	26	51	9	.176	2	5
Larry Haney	22	59	15	.254	2	7
Fred Stanley	17	43	12	.279	0	4
Gordy Lund	20	38	10	.263	0	1
Sandy Valdespino	20	38	8	.211	0	0
José Vidal	18	26	5	.192	1	2
Freddie Velázquez	6	16	2	.125	0	2
Billy Williams	4	10	0	.000	0	0
Mike Ferraro	5	4	0	.000	0	0

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
Gene Brabender	40	202.1	13	14	4.36	139
Marty Pattin	34	158.2	7	12	5.62	126
Mike Marshall	20	87.2	3	10	5.13	47
George Brunet	12	63.2	2	5	5.37	37
Gary Bell	13	61.1	2	6	4.70	30
Bob Meyer	6	32.2	0	3	3.31	17
Gary Timberlake	2	6	0	0	7.50	4

Other 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
Fred Talbot	25	114.2	5	8	0	4.16	67
John Gelnar	39	108.2	3	10	3	3.31	69
Steve Barber	25	86.1	4	7	0	4.80	69
Miguel Fuentes	8	26	1	3	0	5.19	14
Garry Roggenburk	7	24.1	2	2	0	4.44	11
Skip Lockwood	6	23	0	1	0	3.52	10

Relief pitchers