1969 Boston Red Sox season explained

Boston Red Sox
Season:	1969
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Fenway Park
City:	Boston, Massachusetts
Record:	87–75 (.537)
Divisional Place:	3rd (22 GB)
Owner:	Tom Yawkey
President:	Tom Yawkey
General Manager:	Dick O'Connell
Television:	WHDH-TV, Ch. 5
Radio:	WHDH-AM 850 (Ken Coleman, Ned Martin, Johnny Pesky)
Espntn:	bos
Brtn:	BOS

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.

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

October 15, 1968: Joe Foy was drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the Boston Red Sox as the 4th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.^[2]
March 18, 1969: Bill Kelso was purchased by the Red Sox from the Cincinnati Reds.^[3]
March 29, 1969: Bill Kelso was returned to the Reds by the Red Sox.^[3]

Regular season

Record by month^[4]
Month	Record		Cumulative				Ref.
Month	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Position	GB	Ref.
April	11	9	11	9	2nd		^[5]
May	18	7	29	16	2nd	3	^[6]
June	14	15	43	31	2nd	11	^[7]
July	14	15	57	46	3rd	15	^[8]
August	13	15	70	61	3rd		^[9]
September	17	13	87	74	3rd	21	^[10]
October	0	1	87	75	3rd	22	^[11]

Notable transactions

April 19, 1969: Dick Ellsworth, Ken Harrelson and Juan Pizarro were traded by the Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Joe Azcue, Vicente Romo and Sonny Siebert.^[12]
June 15, 1969: Joe Azcue was traded by the Red Sox to the California Angels for Tom Satriano.^[12]

Opening Day lineup

7		CF
2		2B
8	Carl Yastrzemski	LF
40		1B
25		RF
5		3B
6		SS
35		C
16		P

Source:^[13]

Roster

1969 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers	CatchersInfielders	Outfielders	ManagersCoaches (First base & Hitting) (Pitching) (Bullpen) (Third base) (Bullpen)

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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	2B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	3B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	HR	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	RBI	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AVG	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SLG
Carl Yastrzemski	162	603	96	154	28	2	40	111	15	101	.255	.507
George Scott	152	549	63	139	14	5	16	52	4	61	.253	.384
Reggie Smith	143	543	87	168	29	7	25	93	7	54	.309	.527
Rico Petrocelli	154	535	92	159	32	2	40	97	3	98	.297	.589
Tony Conigliaro	141	506	57	129	21	3	20	82	2	48	.255	.427
Mike Andrews	121	464	79	136	26	2	15	59	1	71	.293	.455
Dalton Jones	111	336	50	74	18	3	3	33	1	39	.220	.318
Russ Gibson	85	287	21	72	9	1	3	27	1	15	.251	.321
Syd O'Brien	100	263	47	64	10	5	9	29	2	15	.243	.422
Ducky Schofield	94	226	30	58	9	3	2	20	0	29	.257	.350
Joe Lahoud	101	218	32	41	5	0	9	21	2	40	.188	.335
Jerry Moses	53	135	13	41	9	1	4	17	0	5	.304	.474
Tom Satriano	47	127	9	24	2	0	0	11	0	22	.189	.205
Billy Conigliaro	32	80	14	23	6	2	4	7	1	9	.288	.563
Don Lock	53	58	8	13	1	0	1	2	0	11	.224	.293
George Thomas	29	51	9	18	3	1	0	8	0	3	.353	.451
Joe Azcue	19	51	7	11	2	0	0	3	0	4	.216	.255
Ken Harrelson	10	46	6	10	1	0	3	8	0	4	.217	.435
Tony Muser	2	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.111	.111
Carlton Fisk	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Luis Alvarado	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	397	23	46	9	0	3	20	2	28	.116	.161
Team Totals	162	5494	743	1381	234	37	197	701	41	658	.251	.415

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1969-batting.shtml

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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	W	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	L	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ERA	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	GS	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SV	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	IP	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ER	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SO
Ray Culp	17	8	3.81	32	32	0	227.0	195	103	96	79	172
Mike Nagy	12	2	3.11	33	28	0	196.2	183	84	68	106	84
Sonny Siebert	14	10	3.80	43	22	5	163.1	151	93	69	68	127
Jim Lonborg	7	11	4.51	29	23	0	143.2	148	78	72	65	100
Lee Stange	6	9	3.68	41	15	3	137.0	137	70	56	56	59
Vicente Romo	7	9	3.18	52	11	11	127.1	116	51	45	50	89
Sparky Lyle	8	3	2.54	71	0	17	102.2	91	33	29	48	93
Ray Jarvis	5	6	4.75	29	12	1	100.1	105	59	53	43	36
Bill Landis	5	5	5.25	45	5	1	82.1	82	53	48	49	50
Bill Lee	1	3	4.50	20	1	0	52.0	56	27	26	28	45
Ken Brett	2	3	5.26	8	8	0	39.1	41	24	23	22	23
Ron Kline	0	1	4.76	16	0	1	17.0	24	11	9	17	7
Gary Wagner	1	3	6.06	6	1	0	16.1	18	11	11	15	9
Mike Garman	1	0	4.38	2	2	0	12.1	13	6	6	10	10
Dick Ellsworth	0	0	3.75	2	2	0	12.0	16	5	5	4	4
Fred Wenz	1	0	5.73	8	0	0	11.0	9	7	7	10	11
Garry Roggenburk	0	1	8.38	7	0	0	9.2	13	9	9	5	8
Juan Pizarro	0	1	6.00	6	0	2	9.0	14	7	6	6	4
José Santiago	0	0	3.52	10	0	0	7.2	11	5	3	4	4
Team Totals	87	75	3.92	162	162	41	1466.2	1423	736	639	685	935

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1969-pitching.shtml

Statistical leaders

Category	Player	Statistic
Youngest player		19
Oldest player		37
		10.0

Source:^[14]

Batting

Abbr.	Category	Player	Statistic
G			162
PA	Plate appearances	Carl Yastrzemski	707
AB	At bats	Carl Yastrzemski	603
R	Runs scored	Carl Yastrzemski	96
H	Hits		168
2B	Doubles		32
3B	Triples	Reggie Smith	7
HR	Home runs	Rico Petrocelli	40
HR	Home runs	Carl Yastrzemski	40
RBI		Carl Yastrzemski	111
SB	Stolen bases	Carl Yastrzemski	15
CS		Reggie Smith	13
BB		Carl Yastrzemski	101
SO	Strikeouts		111
BA		Reggie Smith	.309
OBP		Rico Petrocelli	.403
SLG		Rico Petrocelli	.589
OPS		Rico Petrocelli	.992
OPS+		Rico Petrocelli	168
TB		Rico Petrocelli	315
GIDP			15
HBP			5
SH	Sacrifice hits	Mike Andrews	10
SF		Reggie Smith	8
IBB		Rico Petrocelli	13

Source:^[14]

Pitching

Abbr.	Category	Player	Statistic
W	Wins		17
L	Losses		11
W-L %			.857 (12–2)
ERA		Mike Nagy	3.11
G	Games pitched	Sparky Lyle	71
GS	Games started	Ray Culp	32
GF	Games finished	Sparky Lyle	44
CG	Complete games	Ray Culp	9
SHO		Ray Culp	2
SV	Saves	Sparky Lyle	17
IP		Ray Culp	227
SO	Strikeouts	Ray Culp	172
WHIP		Ray Culp	1.207

Source:^[14]

Awards and honors

Carl Yastrzemski, Gold Glove Award (OF)

Farm system

External links

Notes and References

News: Red Sox Fire Dick Williams As Manager . . . . 1 . September 23, 1969 . October 11, 2020 . newspapers.com.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/foyjo01.shtml Joe Foy Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kelsobi01.shtml Bill Kelso page at Baseball Reference
Web site: The 1969 Boston Red Sox . . October 10, 2020.
Web site: Events of Wednesday, April 30, 1969.
Web site: Events of Saturday, May 31, 1969.
Web site: Events of Monday, June 30, 1969.
Web site: Events of Thursday, July 31, 1969.
Web site: Events of Sunday, August 31, 1969.
Web site: Events of Tuesday, September 30, 1969.
Web site: Events of Wednesday, October 1, 1969.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/azcuejo01.shtml Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference
Web site: Boston Red Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 4 . April 8, 1969 . . October 11, 2020.
Web site: 1969 Boston Red Sox Statistics . . October 13, 2020.
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
Book: Boston Red Sox Guide for Press TV Radio . 1969 . 2 . March 14, 2021 . Wayback Machine.