1969 Baltimore Orioles season

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1969  Baltimore Orioles
American League Champions
American League East Champions
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Memorial Stadium
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record109–53 (.673)
Divisional place1st
Owners Jerold Hoffberger
General managers Harry Dalton
Managers Earl Weaver
Television WJZ-TV
Radio WBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Jim Karvellas)
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The 1969 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in North America's Major League Baseball (MLB). 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 Detroit Tigers, who had won the World Series in the previous season.

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After the regular season, the Orioles went on to the 1st 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 (in his first full season as manager), 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

On August 13, 1969, Jim Palmer threw the only no-hitter of his career, defeating the Oakland Athletics, 8-0. [6] [7]

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 10953.673—60‍–‍2149‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers 9072.5561946‍–‍3544‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox 8775.5372246‍–‍3541‍–‍40
Washington Senators 8676.5312347‍–‍3439‍–‍42
New York Yankees 8081.49728½48‍–‍3232‍–‍49
Cleveland Indians 6299.38546½33‍–‍4829‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1969 American League records

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEPWSH
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 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

1969 Regular Season Game Log (109–53) (Home: 60–21; Road: 49–32)
April (16–7) (Home: 10–4; Road: 6–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordReportRankGB
1April 8 Red Sox 4–5 (12)36,1000–14-13:41
2April 10 Red Sox 2–1 (13)3,0911–13-13:06
3April 11 Senators 0–48,4151–25-1½2:15
4April 12 Senators 9–06,3792–24-12:16
5April 13 (1) Senators 2–0–3–22-½2:03
6April 13 (2) Senators 9–020,4834–22-½2:07
7April 14@ Red Sox 3–533,8994–32-1½2:30
8April 15@ Red Sox 10–59,6735–32-½2:50
9April 16@ Red Sox 11–8 (8)8,3286–31+½2:45
10April 17@ Red Sox 9–58,9107–31+12:44
11April 18@ Senators 6–08–3
12April 19@ Senators 5–78–4
13April 20@ Senators 2–19–4
14April 20@ Senators 2–59–5
15April 21 Indians 11–010–5
16April 22 Indians 3–211–5
17April 23 Tigers 3–2 (10)12–5
18April 24 Tigers 5–213–5
19April 25 Yankees 2–713–6
20April 26 Yankees 5–613–7
21April 27 Yankees 6–014–7
22April 27 Yankees 10–515–7
–April 28@ Indians Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 20
–April 29@ Indians Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 4
23April 30@ Tigers 3–216–7
May (18–8) (Home: 7–4; Road: 11–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordReportRankGB
24May 1@ Tigers 0–216–8
25May 2@ Yankees 5–117–8
26May 3@ Yankees 5–418–8
27May 4@ Yankees 5–319–8
28May 4@ Yankees 14–220–8
29May 6 White Sox 0–120–9
30May 7 White Sox 4–620–10
31May 9 Royals 2–420–11
32May 10 Royals 6–521–11
33May 11 Royals 5–022–11
34May 13@ Twins 2–422–12
35May 14@ Twins 9–823–12
36May 15@ Twins 5–024–12
37May 16@ Royals 5–3 (11)25–12
38May 17@ Royals 4–226–12
39May 18@ Royals 5–027–12
40May 20 Twins 2–3 (13)27–13
41May 21 Twins 4–328–13
42May 22 Twins 6–229–13
43May 23 Athletics 4–330–13
44May 24 Athletics 2–131–13
45May 25 Athletics 5–332–13
46May 27@ Pilots 1–832–14
47May 28@ Pilots 9–533–14
48May 30@ Angels 3–134–14
49May 31@ Angels 3–434–15
June (21–6) (Home: 8–4; Road: 13–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordReportRankGB
50June 1@ Angels 4–335–15
51June 3@ Athletics 3–1 (11)36–15
52June 4@ Athletics 6–137–15
53June 6 Pilots 5–138–15
54June 7 Pilots 10–039–15
55June 8 Pilots 5–739–16
56June 10 Angels 11–440–16
57June 11 Angels 5–7 (14)40–17
58June 13@ White Sox 5–241–17
59June 14@ White Sox 12–342–17
60June 15@ White Sox 9–043–17
61June 15@ White Sox 13–244–17
62June 17@ Senators 5–145–17
63June 18@ Senators 3–146–17
64June 19@ Senators 2–047–17
65June 20@ Indians 2–747–18
66June 20@ Indians 5–148–18
67June 21@ Indians 3–149–18
68June 22@ Indians 2–349–19
69June 22@ Indians 6–050–19
70June 23 Senators 5–351–19
71June 24 Senators 6–3 (11)52–19
72June 25 Senators 8–1152–20
73June 27 Tigers 4–153–20
74June 28 Tigers 6–454–20
75June 29 Tigers 2–354–21
76June 29 Tigers 4–355–21
July (17–10) (Home: 13–3; Road: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordReportRankGB
77July 1@ Yankees 9–1055–22
78July 2@ Yankees 2–355–23
79July 4@ Tigers 1–4 (5)55–24
80July 5@ Tigers 9–356–24
81July 6@ Tigers 4–556–25
82July 8 Yankees 10–357–25
83July 8 Yankees 4–158–25
84July 9 Yankees 6–5 (10)59–25
85July 10 Red Sox 5–460–25
86July 11 Red Sox 4–760–26
87July 11 Red Sox 3–1260–27
88July 12 Red Sox 4–061–27
89July 13 Red Sox 6–362–27
90July 15 Indians 5–163–27
91July 16 Indians 4–663–28
92July 16 Indians 6–564–28
93July 17 Indians 3–265–28
94July 18@ Red Sox 1–665–29
95July 19@ Red Sox 3–565–30
96July 20@ Red Sox 5–665–31
July 23: All-Star Game (NL wins—)9–3 Carlton (STL) Stottlemyre (NYY)45,259 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C.
97July 24 White Sox 5–266–31
98July 25 White Sox 4–267–31
99July 26 White Sox 2–168–31
100July 27 White Sox 17–069–31
101July 29@ Royals 4–170–31
102July 30@ Royals 4–271–31
103July 31@ Royals 3–172–31
August (19–12) (Home: 12–4; Road: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordReportRankGB
104August 1@ Twins 3–4 (10)72–32
105August 2@ Twins 6–573–32
106August 3@ Twins 2–573–33
107August 4@ Indians 0–273–34
108August 5 Royals 7–5 (10)74–34
109August 6 Royals 2–175–34
110August 7 Royals 10–276–34
111August 8 Twins 6–577–34
112August 9 Twins 5–178–34
113August 10 Twins 2–079–34
114August 11 Athletics 4–779–35
115August 12 Athletics 4–380–35
116August 13 Athletics 8–081–35
117August 15@ Pilots 2–182–35
118August 16@ Pilots 15–383–35
119August 17@ Pilots 4–184–35
120August 18@ Pilots 12–385–35
121August 19@ Angels 10–086–35
122August 20@ Angels 2–386–36
123August 21@ Angels 0–286–37
124August 22@ Athletics 4–3 (10)87–37
125August 23@ Athletics 2–487–38
126August 24@ Athletics 0–987–39
127August 24@ Athletics 8–9 (18)87–40
128August 26 Pilots 1–287–41
129August 27 Pilots 7–288–41
130August 28 Pilots 4–3 (11)89–41
131August 29 Angels 2–689–42
132August 29 Angels 1–289–43
133August 30 Angels 6–390–43
134August 31 Angels 5–491–43
September (17–10) (Home: 9–2; Road: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordReportRankGB
135September 1@ White Sox 8–092–43
136September 2@ White Sox 3–1092–44
137September 4@ Tigers 5–493–44
138September 5@ Tigers 8–494–44
139September 6@ Tigers 4–5 (11)94–45
140September 7@ Tigers 6–5 (14)95–45
141September 9 Senators 6–196–45
142September 9 Senators 3–297–45
143September 10 Red Sox 8–798–45
144September 11 Red Sox 4–299–45
145September 12 Indians 2–1100–45
146September 13 Indians 10–5101–45
147September 14 Indians 7–3102–45
148September 15@ Senators 2–3102–46
149September 16@ Senators 1–0103–46
150September 18@ Red Sox 6–4104–46
151September 18@ Red Sox 0–5104–47
152September 19 Yankees 4–2105–47
153September 20 Yankees 8–7106–47
154September 23@ Indians 1–3106–48
155September 24@ Indians 4–3 (11)107–48
156September 25@ Indians 4–1108–48
157September 26@ Yankees 2–4108–49
158September 27@ Yankees 0–1108–50
159September 28@ Yankees 2–3108–51
160September 29 Tigers 1–4108–52
161September 30 Tigers 3–4108–53
October (1–0) (Home: 1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordReportRankGB
162October 1 Tigers 2–1 (10)109–53

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

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

PosPlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
C Elrod Hendricks 1052953672.24412380
1B Boog Powell 15253383162.304371211
2B Davey Johnson 14251152143.2807573
3B Brooks Robinson 15659873140.23423842
SS Mark Belanger 15053076152.28725014
LF Don Buford 14455499161.291116419
CF Paul Blair 150625102178.285267620
RF Frank Robinson 148539111166.308321009

[11]

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

PlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
Andy Etchebarren 732172954.2493261
Merv Rettenmund 951902747.2474256
Dave May 78120829.2423102
Chico Salmon 52911827.2973120
Curt Motton 56891527.3036213
Bobby Floyd 3984717.202010
Clay Dalrymple 3780819.238360
Terry Crowley 71826.333030

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Cuellar 39290.223112.38182
Dave McNally 41268.22073.22166
Tom Phoebus 35202.01473.52117
Jim Palmer 26181.01642.34123

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jim Hardin 30137.2673.6064

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
Eddie Watt 5671.052161.6546
Pete Richert 4457.174122.2054
Dick Hall 3965.25261.9231
Dave Leonhard 3794.07412.4937
Marcelino López 2769.15304.4157
Al Severinsen 1219.21102.2913
Mike Adamson 68.00104.502
Frank Bertaina 36.00000.005
Fred Beene 22.20000.000

Postseason

ALCS

Game 1

October 4, 1969, at Memorial Stadium

Team123456789101112RHE
Minnesota000010200000342
Baltimore0001100010014101
W: Dick Hall (1–0)   L: Ron Perranoski (0–1)  
HR: MIN – Tony Oliva (1), BAL – Frank Robinson (1), Mark Belanger (1), Boog Powell (1)

Game 2

October 5, 1969, at Memorial Stadium

Team1234567891011RHE
Minnesota00000000000031
Baltimore00000000001180
W: Dave McNally (1–0)   L: Dave Boswell (0–1)   
HR: None

Game 3

October 6, 1969, at Metropolitan Stadium

Team123456789RHE
Baltimore03020102311180
Minnesota1000100002102
W: Jim Palmer (1–0)   L: Bob Miller (0–1)   
HR: BAL – Paul Blair (1)

1969 World Series

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
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
1969 American League Championship Series vs. Minnesota – Baltimore wins series 3–0
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumReportGame TimeLocal TVNational TV
1October 4 Twins
2October 5 Twins
3October 6@ Twins
1969 World Series vs. New York (NL) – New York (NL) wins series 4–1
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumReportGame TimeLocal TVNational TV
1October 11 Mets
2October 12 Mets
3October 14@ Mets
4October 15@ Mets
5October 16@ Mets

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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. ↑ 100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.213
  7. ↑ "Boxscore of Jim Palmer's No-Hitter". retrosheet.org. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  8. ↑ Dave Skaggs at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Dave Winfield at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Bob Galasso at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ "1969 Baltimore Orioles Statistics".

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