1969 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1969  Pittsburgh Pirates
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Forbes Field
City Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1]
Owners John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managers Joe L. Brown
Managers Larry Shepard, Alex Grammas
Television KDKA-TV
Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Nellie King
Radio KDKA
Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Nellie King
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The 1969 Pittsburgh Pirates season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Pirates finishing in third place in the newly established National League East, twelve games behind the eventual World Series champion New York Mets. The Pirates were managed by Larry Shepard, and played their home games at Forbes Field, which was in its final full season of operation, before moving into their new facility in the middle of the following season. This was also the final full season they wore the vest style uniforms, they would don pull over uniforms when they moved into Three Rivers Stadium midway through the next season.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 10062.617—52‍–‍3048‍–‍32
Chicago Cubs 9270.568849‍–‍3243‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates 8874.5431247‍–‍3441‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals 8775.5371342‍–‍3845‍–‍37
Philadelphia Phillies 6399.3893730‍–‍5133‍–‍48
Montreal Expos 52110.3214824‍–‍5728‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1969 National League record

Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta —3–912–615–39–98–44–86–68–413–59–96–6
Chicago 9–3—6–6–18–46–610–88–1012–67–1111–16–69–9
Cincinnati 6–126–6–1—9–910–88–46–610–25–711–710–88–4
Houston 3–154–89–9—6–1211–110–28–43–910–810–87–5
Los Angeles 9–96–68–1012–6—10–24–88–48–412–65–133–9
Montreal 4–88–104–81–112–10—5–1311–75–134–81–117–11
New York 8–410–86–62–108–413–5—12–610–811–18–412–6
Philadelphia 6-66–122–104–84–87–116–12—10–88–43–97–11
Pittsburgh 4–811–77–59–34–813–58–108–10—10–25–79–9
San Diego 5–131–117–118–106–128–41–114–82–10—6–124–8
San Francisco 9–96–68–108–1013–511–14–89–37–512–6—3–9
St. Louis 6–69–94–85–79–311–76–1211–79–98–49–3—

Detailed records

Game log

1969 Game Log: 88–74 (Home: 47–34; Away: 41–40)
April: 13–8 (Home: 9–4; Away: 4–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 8@ Cardinals 6–2 (14)Dal Canton (1–0)NelsonHartenstein (1)38,1631–0
2April 9@ Cardinals 6–1Veale (1–0)Briles—10,7392–0
3April 10@ Cardinals 3–2Ellis (1–0)Washburn—10,2833–0
4April 11 Phillies 7–1Moose (1–0)Johnson—31,6414–0
5April 12 Phillies 1–8JacksonBunning (0–1)—12,4744–1
6April 13 Phillies 6–5Kline (1–0)Wilson—14,9815–1
7April 14@ Cubs 0–4HoltzmanVeale (1–1)—3,1145–2
8April 15@ Cubs 4–7AguirreEllis (1–1)Abernathy4,3625–3
9April 16 Mets 11–3Moose (2–0)Koosman—7,6666–3
10April 17 Mets 4–0Bunning (1–1)CardwellKline (1)8,0977–3
11April 19@ Phillies 8–6Blass (1–0)JacksonDal Canton (1)3,9538–3
12April 20@ Phillies 1–7WiseVeale (1–2)Lersch4,9308–4
13April 22 Cubs 7–5Hartenstein (1–0)Hands—9–4
14April 22 Cubs 6–5Dal Canton (2–0)NyeKline (2)7,90610–4
15April 23@ Mets 0–2KoosmanBunning (1–2)—7,27410–5
16April 25 Expos 8–2Blass (2–0)MortonHartenstein (2)10,94711–5
17April 26 Expos 4–3Veale (2–2)StonemanHartenstein (3)8,37212–5
18April 27 Expos 2–4JasterEllis (1–2)—24,42512–6
19April 28 Cardinals 2–6CarltonMoose (2–1)—3,85912–7
20April 30 Cardinals 2–1Bunning (2–2)Giusti—13–7
21April 30 Cardinals 1–8GibsonBlass (2–1)—10,89513–8
May: 11–15 (Home: 4–7; Away: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1 Cardinals 3–9BrilesVeale (2–3)—7,04313–9
23May 2@ Expos 7–3Ellis (2–2)Jaster—11,89214–9
24May 3@ Expos 4–2Moose (3–1)MortonHartenstein (4)14,14715–9
25May 4@ Expos 4–6FaceKline (1–1)—16,93115–10
26May 6 Padres 2–4KelleyBlass (2–2)Reberger5,79315–11
27May 7 Padres 2–0Veale (3–3)KirbyHartenstein (5)4,18916–11
28May 9 Dodgers 3–13SingerEllis (2–3)Moeller6,83716–12
29May 10 Dodgers 1–4SuttonBunning (2–3)Brewer4,97916–13
30May 12 Giants 4–3Hartenstein (2–0)Gibbon—3,39617–13
31May 13 Giants 8–11HerbelMoose (3–2)Linzy5,84617–14
32May 14 Giants 0–3MarichalBunning (2–4)—8,29617–15
33May 16@ Dodgers 3–4BrewerKline (1–2)—19,01617–16
34May 17@ Dodgers 0–6OsteenEllis (2–4)—50,12017–17
35May 18@ Dodgers 5–6BrewerRamos (0–1)—21,08617–18
36May 20@ Padres 6–3Bunning (3–4)NiekroHartenstein (6)4,94718–18
37May 21@ Padres 11–1Moose (4–2)Sisk—34,33419–18
38May 22@ Padres 7–1Blass (3–2)Kirby—4,00120–18
39May 23@ Giants 0–3RobertsonEllis (2–5)—8,21720–19
40May 24@ Giants 2–5McCormickVeale (3–4)—18,61620–20
41May 25@ Giants 2–1Bunning (4–4)Perry—21–20
42May 25@ Giants 6–2Moose (5–2)SadeckiDal Canton (2)24,04122–20
43May 28@ Reds 6–7CarrollKline (1–3)—7,45822–21
44May 29@ Reds 4–10MerrittVeale (3–5)—8,16122–22
45May 30 Astros 9–3Bunning (5–4)Lemaster—23–22
46May 30 Astros 6–9BillinghamHartenstein (2–1)Gladding18,38123–23
47May 31 Astros 3–1Ellis (3–5)RayKline (3)6,66324–23
June: 14–15 (Home: 7–4; Away: 7–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
48June 1 Astros 14–7Blass (4–2)Wilson—21,02325–23
49June 3 Reds 3–7MerrittVeale (3–6)—4,57625–24
50June 4 Reds 3–5CarrollHartenstein (2–2)Granger6,68525–25
51June 6@ Braves 1–3NiekroEllis (3–6)—17,04925–26
52June 7@ Braves 10–2Blass (5–2)Jarvis—21,12026–26
53June 8@ Braves 10–11NiekroHartenstein (2–3)—26–27
54June 8@ Braves 3–4PappasVeale (3–7)—27,31826–28
55June 10@ Astros 4–7GriffinEllis (3–7)—14,66026–29
56June 11@ Astros 13–8Blass (6–2)GuinnHartenstein (7)15,87127–29
57June 12@ Astros 4–3Bunning (6–4)Gladding—14,26028–29
58June 13 Braves 2–1 (10)Dal Canton (3–0)Pappas—11,61029–29
59June 14 Braves 4–2Moose (6–2)Upshaw—18,28330–29
60June 15 Braves 4–6ReedBlass (6–3)Upshaw19,97430–30
61June 16 Cubs 9–8Dal Canton (4–0)ReganBlass (1)8,81031–30
62June 17 Cubs 1–0Veale (4–7)JenkinsDal Canton (3)32–30
63June 17 Cubs 4–3Blass (7–3)Abernathy—26,81733–30
64June 18 Cubs 3–2 (10)Gibbon (1–0)Regan—12,19834–30
65June 20@ Phillies 7–8WilsonMarone (0–1)Boozer10,66934–31
66June 21@ Phillies 8–2Dal Canton (5–0)Palmer—5,46935–31
67June 22@ Phillies 6–0Ellis (4–7)Champion—36–31
68June 22@ Phillies 2–3JacksonBlass (7–4)—33,71236–32
69June 23@ Cubs 4–5ReganDal Canton (5–1)—12,50036–33
70June 24@ Cubs 2–3HandsBunning (6–5)—17,53036–34
71June 25@ Cubs 2–5JenkinsVeale (4–8)—26,43436–35
72June 26@ Cubs 5–7 (10)ReganDal Canton (5–2)—29,47336–36
73June 27@ Mets 3–1Blass (8–4)KoosmanGibbon (1)42,27637–36
74June 28@ Mets 7–4Bunning (7–5)GentryGibbon (2)48,39838–36
75June 29@ Mets 3–7SeaverVeale (4–9)—27,45538–37
76June 30 Phillies 2–4FrymanEllis (4–8)Boozer17,95438–38
July: 15–12 (Home: 12–7; Away: 3–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1 Phillies 4–7JacksonBlass (8–5)Wilson6,65238–39
78July 2 Phillies 4–14RaffoBunning (7–6)Boozer6,32238–40
79July 4 Mets 6–11SeaverVeale (4–10)Koonce38–41
80July 4 Mets 2–9CardwellEllis (4–9)DiLauro17,63138–42
81July 6 Mets 7–8TaylorHartenstein (2–4)Koonce11,55238–43
82July 8 Expos 8–1Blass (9–5)Wegener—4,93039–43
83July 9 Expos 4–3 (10)Gibbon (2–0)Radatz—40–43
84July 9 Expos 3–2Ellis (5–9)ReedGibbon (3)9,37241–43
85July 10 Expos 2–1 (11)Hartenstein (3–4)McGinn—4,98242–43
86July 11@ Cardinals 1–6CarltonWalker (0–1)—24,91042–44
87July 12@ Cardinals 3–6WashburnBlass (9–6)—17,95042–45
88July 13@ Cardinals 3–0Bunning (8–6)GibsonMoose (1)43–45
89July 13@ Cardinals 2–4BrilesEllis (5–10)Hoerner36,46943–46
90July 14@ Expos 0–2StonemanVeale (4–11)—20,05443–47
91July 15@ Expos 9–3Walker (1–1)Waslewski—20,87644–47
92July 16@ Expos 8–7Gibbon (3–0)McGinnHartenstein (8)24,21445–47
93July 17@ Expos 4–5ShawBunning (8–7)—11,93545–48
94July 18 Cardinals 4–1Ellis (6–10)Gibson—13,66646–48
95July 19 Cardinals 3–2Veale (5–11)BrilesGibbon (4)8,91547–48
96July 24 Padres 4–3 (10)Ellis (7–10)Ross—6,20648–48
97July 25 Padres 2–3NiekroBlass (9–7)—7,40448–49
98July 26 Padres 4–3 (10)Moose (7–2)McCool—6,76949–49
99July 27 Padres 4–1Bunning (9–7)KirbyMoose (2)14,88850–49
100July 29 Dodgers 4–2 (10)Gibbon (4–0)McBean—51–49
101July 29 Dodgers 5–6MikkelsenEllis (7–11)—18,43651–50
102July 30 Dodgers 4–2Blass (10–7)Osteen—8,83352–50
103July 31 Dodgers 2–1 (15)Hartenstein (4–4)McBean—8,60553–50
August: 17–10 (Home: 7–5; Away: 10–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1 Giants 1–5McCormickBunning (9–8)—10,50053–51
105August 2 Giants 7–3Veale (6–11)Marichal—12,56654–51
106August 3 Giants 2–3PerryEllis (7–12)—14,84154–52
107August 5@ Dodgers 11–3Blass (11–7)Foster—22,60455–52
108August 6@ Dodgers 5–7SuttonWalker (1–2)Brewer18,34755–53
109August 7@ Dodgers 0–6OsteenBunning (9–9)—20,47555–54
110August 8@ Padres 7–1Veale (7–11)Niekro—6,06156–54
111August 10@ Padres 7–5Ellis (8–12)KelleyGibbon (5)57–54
112August 10@ Padres 8–6Blass (12–7)KirbyGibbon (6)10,07358–54
113August 12@ Giants 3–6PerryWalker (1–3)—5,49658–55
114August 13@ Giants 10–5Bunning (10–9)McCormickMoose (3)5,96659–55
115August 15@ Reds 5–1Veale (8–11)Nolan—21,31460–55
116August 16@ Reds 2–5MerrittEllis (8–13)—13,21860–56
117August 17@ Reds 8–5Blass (13–7)FisherHartenstein (9)20,73261–56
118August 18@ Reds 12–5 (10)Dal Canton (6–2)Granger—16,65762–56
119August 19 Astros 5–1Walker (2–3)WilsonGibbon (7)5,40963–56
120August 20 Astros 1–0Veale (9–11)Lemaster—10,56364–56
121August 22 Reds 8–2Ellis (9–13)Fisher—65–56
122August 22 Reds 5–3Dal Canton (7–2)Carroll—28,18466–56
123August 23 Reds 3–1Moose (8–2)ArrigoHartenstein (10)16,28367–56
124August 24 Reds 9–4Veale (10–11)MaloneyDal Canton (4)16,50668–56
125August 26 Braves 4–6ReedWalker (2–4)Doyle15,44968–57
126August 27 Braves 0–1NiekroEllis (9–14)—11,45468–58
127August 28 Braves 2–8StoneBlass (13–8)Doyle10,76768–59
128August 29@ Astros 4–2 (10)Moose (9–2)Bouton—20,40569–59
129August 30@ Astros 1–2DierkerBelinsky (0–1)—27,74769–60
130August 31@ Astros 6–4Marone (1–1)GladdingBlass (2)24,72270–60
September: 16–14 (Home: 6–7; Away: 10–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
131September 1@ Braves 7–1Moose (10–2)Britton—10,47971–60
132September 3@ Braves 1–8ReedEllis (9–15)Upshaw6,31771–61
133September 5@ Cubs 9–2Blass (14–8)Holtzman—10,41172–61
134September 6@ Cubs 13–4Veale (11–11)Jenkins—24,56673–61
135September 7@ Cubs 7–5 (11)Dal Canton (8–2)Johnson—28,69874–61
136September 8@ Expos 6–2Hartenstein (5–4)RaymondDal Canton (5)9,52675–61
137September 9@ Expos 2–4RenkoWalker (2–5)—9,12975–62
138September 10 Cardinals 2–11GibsonBlass (14–9)—75–63
139September 10 Cardinals 1–2TorrezBelinsky (0–2)Grant11,89875–64
140September 11 Cardinals 3–2Veale (12–11)Carlton—4,57976–64
141September 12 Mets 0–1KoosmanMoose (10–3)—76–65
142September 12 Mets 0–1CardwellEllis (9–16)McGraw19,30376–66
143September 13 Mets 2–5SeaverWalker (2–6)—10,44076–67
144September 14 Mets 5–3Blass (15–9)Ryan—11,32477–67
145September 15@ Phillies 1–2WiseVeale (12–12)—77–68
146September 15@ Phillies 3–4JamesBelinsky (0–3)—2,93377–69
147September 16@ Phillies 9–5Moose (11–3)FrymanGibbon (8)1,16978–69
148September 17@ Cardinals 4–2Ellis (10–16)Taylor—11,64679–69
149September 18@ Cardinals 7–8CampisiGibbon (4–1)—8,61279–70
150September 19@ Mets 8–2Veale (13–12)Ryan—80–70
151September 19@ Mets 8–0Walker (3–6)McAndrew—51,88581–70
152September 20@ Mets 4–0Moose (12–3)Gentry—38,78482–70
153September 21@ Mets 3–5KoosmanEllis (10–17)—82–71
154September 21@ Mets 1–6CardwellBlass (15–10)—55,90182–72
155September 23 Phillies 3–4JacksonVeale (13–13)Johnson2,36482–73
156September 25 Phillies 5–3Walker (4–6)Wise—83–73
157September 25 Phillies 9–7Moose (13–3)JamesGibbon (9)2,37984–73
158September 26 Cubs 2–0Ellis (11–17)Jenkins—4,97385–73
159September 27 Cubs 4–1Blass (16–10)HoltzmanMoose (4)4,15786–73
160September 28 Cubs 1–3HandsVeale (13–14)—24,43586–74
October: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
161October 1 Expos 5–4Gibbon (5–1)Reed—2,49687–74
162October 2 Expos 8–2Moose (14–3)Robertson—2,70088–74
Legend:       = Win       = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
18 Matty Alou CF
20 Richie Hebner 3B
21 Roberto Clemente RF
8 Willie Stargell LF
25 Bob Robertson 1B
9 Bill Mazeroski 2B
12 Jerry May C
2 Freddie Patek SS
28 Steve Blass SP

[14]

Notable transactions

Roster

1969 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

[22]

Statistics

Batting

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

Pitching

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

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Columbus Jets International League Don Hoak
AA York Pirates Eastern League Joe Morgan
A Salem Rebels Carolina League Chuck Hiller
A Gastonia Pirates Western Carolinas League Frank Oceak
A-Short Season Geneva Pirates New York–Penn League Bob Clear
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Buddy Pritchard

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: York

Notes

  1. ↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ↑ Manny Mota at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Donn Clendenon at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Maury Wills at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Dave Roberts at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Al McBean Archived March 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Ron Slocum at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ George Spriggs at "Baseball Almanac"
  9. ↑ Dave Wickersham at "Baseball Almanac"
  10. ↑ Manny Jiménez at Baseball-Reference
  11. ↑ Rennie Stennett at "Baseball Almanac"
  12. ↑ Tommie Sisk at Baseball-Reference
  13. ↑ Omar Moreno at "Baseball Almanac"
  14. ↑ 1969 Opening Day lineup at "Baseball-Almanac"
  15. ↑ Jim Shellenback at "Baseball Almanac"
  16. ↑ Pedro Ramos at Baseball Reference
  17. ↑ Ron Kline at Baseball Almanac
  18. ↑ Kent Tekulve at Baseball Almanac
  19. ↑ Bo Belinsky at Baseball Reference
  20. ↑ Jim Bunning at "Baseball-almanac"
  21. ↑ Alex Grammas at "Wikipedia"
  22. ↑ "1969 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  23. ↑ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2016.

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