1969 Boston Red Sox season

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1969  Boston Red Sox
League American League
Division Eastern Division
Ballpark Fenway Park
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record87–75 (.537)
Divisional place3rd (22 GB)
Owners Tom Yawkey
President Tom Yawkey
General managers Dick O'Connell
Managers
Television WHDH-TV, Ch. 5
Radio WHDH-AM 850
(Ken Coleman, Ned Martin, Johnny Pesky)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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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.

Contents

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]
MonthRecordCumulative AL East Ref.
WonLostWonLostPosition GB
April1191192nd3+1⁄2 [5]
May18729162nd3 [6]
June141543312nd11 [7]
July141557463rd15 [8]
August131570613rd19+1⁄2 [9]
September171387743rd21 [10]
October0187753rd22 [11]

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 109530.673—60–2149–32
Detroit Tigers 90720.5561946–3544–37
Boston Red Sox 87750.5372246–3541–40
Washington Senators 86760.5312347–3439–42
New York Yankees 80810.49728½48–3232–49
Cleveland Indians 62990.38546½33–4829–51

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

Opening Day lineup

  7 Reggie Smith CF
  2 Mike Andrews 2B
  8 Carl Yastrzemski   LF
40 Ken Harrelson 1B
25 Tony Conigliaro RF
  5 George Scott 3B
  6 Rico Petrocelli SS
35 Russ Gibson C
16 Jim Lonborg P

Source: [13]

Roster

1969 Boston Red Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManagers

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Carl Yastrzemski 162603961542824011115101.255.507
George Scott 152549631391451652461.253.384
Reggie Smith 143543871682972593754.309.527
Rico Petrocelli 154535921593224097398.297.589
Tony Conigliaro 141506571292132082248.255.427
Mike Andrews 121464791362621559171.293.455
Dalton Jones 1113365074183333139.220.318
Russ Gibson 85287217291327115.251.321
Syd O'Brien 1002634764105929215.243.422
Ducky Schofield 94226305893220029.257.350
Joe Lahoud 101218324150921240.188.335
Jerry Moses 5313513419141705.304.474
Tom Satriano 4712792420011022.189.205
Billy Conigliaro 32801423624719.288.563
Don Lock 53588131012011.224.293
George Thomas 2951918310803.353.451
Joe Azcue 1951711200304.216.255
Ken Harrelson 1046610103804.217.435
Tony Muser 2901000101.111.111
Carlton Fisk 2500000000.000.000
Luis Alvarado 6500000000.000.000
Pitcher Totals162397234690320228.116.161
Team Totals162549474313812343719770141658.251.415

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Ray Culp 1783.8132320227.01951039679172
Mike Nagy 1223.1133280196.2183846810684
Sonny Siebert 14103.8043225163.1151936968127
Jim Lonborg 7114.5129230143.2148787265100
Lee Stange 693.6841153137.013770565659
Vicente Romo 793.18521111127.111651455089
Sparky Lyle 832.5471017102.29133294893
Ray Jarvis 564.7529121100.110559534336
Bill Landis 555.25455182.18253484950
Bill Lee 134.50201052.05627262845
Ken Brett 235.2688039.14124232223
Ron Kline 014.76160117.024119177
Gary Wagner 136.0661016.1181111159
Mike Garman 104.3822012.113661010
Dick Ellsworth 003.7522012.0165544
Fred Wenz 105.7380011.09771011
Garry Roggenburk 018.387009.2139958
Juan Pizarro 016.006029.0147664
José Santiago 003.5210007.2115344
Team Totals87753.92162162411466.21423736639685935

Source:

Statistical leaders

Rico Petrocelli Rico Petrocelli 1969.jpg
Rico Petrocelli
CategoryPlayerStatistic
Youngest player Mike Garman 19
Oldest player Ron Kline 37
Wins Above Replacement Rico Petrocelli 10.0

Source: [14]

Batting

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
G Games played Carl Yastrzemski 162
PA Plate appearances Carl Yastrzemski707
AB At bats Carl Yastrzemski603
R Runs scoredCarl Yastrzemski96
H Hits Reggie Smith 168
2B Doubles Rico Petrocelli 32
3B Triples Reggie Smith7
HR Home runs Rico Petrocelli40
Carl Yastrzemski
RBI Runs batted in Carl Yastrzemski111
SB Stolen bases Carl Yastrzemski15
CS Caught stealing Reggie Smith13
BB Base on balls Carl Yastrzemski101
SO Strikeouts Tony Conigliaro 111
BA Batting average Reggie Smith.309
OBP On-base percentage Rico Petrocelli.403
SLG Slugging percentage Rico Petrocelli.589
OPS On-base plus slugging Rico Petrocelli.992
OPS+ Adjusted OPS Rico Petrocelli168
TB Total bases Rico Petrocelli315
GIDP Grounded into double play George Scott 15
HBP Hit by pitch Mike Andrews 5
SH Sacrifice hits Mike Andrews10
SF Sacrifice flies Reggie Smith8
IBB Intentional base on balls Rico Petrocelli13

Source: [14]

Pitching

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
W Wins Ray Culp 17
L Losses Jim Lonborg 11
W-L % Winning percentage Mike Nagy .857 (12–2)
ERA Earned run average Mike Nagy3.11
GGames pitchedSparky Lyle71
GSGames startedRay Culp32
GFGames finishedSparky Lyle44
CG Complete games Ray Culp9
SHO Shutouts Ray Culp2
SV Saves Sparky Lyle17
IP Innings pitched Ray Culp227
SO Strikeouts Ray Culp172
WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched Ray Culp1.207

Source: [14]

Awards and honors

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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] [16]

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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. 1 2 Bill Kelso page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ "The 1969 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet . Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Events of Wednesday, April 30, 1969".
  6. ↑ "Events of Saturday, May 31, 1969".
  7. ↑ "Events of Monday, June 30, 1969".
  8. ↑ "Events of Thursday, July 31, 1969".
  9. ↑ "Events of Sunday, August 31, 1969".
  10. ↑ "Events of Tuesday, September 30, 1969".
  11. ↑ "Events of Wednesday, October 1, 1969".
  12. 1 2 Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference
  13. ↑ "Boston Red Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 4". Retrosheet . April 8, 1969. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  14. 1 2 3 "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
  16. ↑ Boston Red Sox Guide for Press TV Radio. 1969. p. 2. Retrieved March 14, 2021– via Wayback Machine.
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