1969 Boston Red Sox | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Division | East | |||
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |||
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |||
Record | 87–75 (.537) | |||
Divisional place | 3rd | |||
Owner | Tom Yawkey | |||
President | Tom Yawkey | |||
General manager | Dick O'Connell | |||
Managers |
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Television | WHDH-TV, Ch. 5 | |||
Radio | WHDH-AM 850 (Ken Coleman,Ned Martin,Johnny Pesky) | |||
Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |||
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The1969 Boston Red Sox season was the 69th season in the franchise'sMajor League Baseball history. With theAmerican League (AL) now split into two divisions, theRed Sox finished third in the newly establishedAmerican League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses, 22games behind theBaltimore 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] coachEddie Popowski led the team for the final nine games of the season.
Month | Record | Cumulative | AL East | Ref. | |||
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Won | Lost | Won | Lost | Position | GB | ||
April | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2nd | 3+1⁄2 | [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 | 19+1⁄2 | [9] |
September | 17 | 13 | 87 | 74 | 3rd | 21 | [10] |
October | 0 | 1 | 87 | 75 | 3rd | 22 | [11] |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Baltimore Orioles | 109 | 53 | .673 | — | 60–21 | 49–32 |
Detroit Tigers | 90 | 72 | .556 | 19 | 46–35 | 44–37 |
Boston Red Sox | 87 | 75 | .537 | 22 | 46–35 | 41–40 |
Washington Senators | 86 | 76 | .531 | 23 | 47–34 | 39–42 |
New York Yankees | 80 | 81 | .497 | 28½ | 48–32 | 32–49 |
Cleveland Indians | 62 | 99 | .385 | 46½ | 33–48 | 29–51 |
Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEP | 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 | — |
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]
1969 Boston Red Sox | |||||||||
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Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders | Managers Coaches
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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
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
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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:[13]
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
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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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:[14]
Category | Player | Statistic |
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Youngest player | Mike Garman | 19 |
Oldest player | Ron Kline | 37 |
Wins Above Replacement | Rico Petrocelli | 10.0 |
Source:[14]
Abbr. | Category | Player | Statistic |
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G | Games played | Carl Yastrzemski | 162 |
PA | Plate appearances | Carl Yastrzemski | 707 |
AB | At bats | Carl Yastrzemski | 603 |
R | Runs scored | Carl Yastrzemski | 96 |
H | Hits | Reggie Smith | 168 |
2B | Doubles | Rico Petrocelli | 32 |
3B | Triples | Reggie Smith | 7 |
HR | Home runs | Rico Petrocelli | 40 |
Carl Yastrzemski | |||
RBI | Runs batted in | Carl Yastrzemski | 111 |
SB | Stolen bases | Carl Yastrzemski | 15 |
CS | Caught stealing | Reggie Smith | 13 |
BB | Base on balls | Carl Yastrzemski | 101 |
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 Petrocelli | 168 |
TB | Total bases | Rico Petrocelli | 315 |
GIDP | Grounded into double play | George Scott | 15 |
HBP | Hit by pitch | Mike Andrews | 5 |
SH | Sacrifice hits | Mike Andrews | 10 |
SF | Sacrifice flies | Reggie Smith | 8 |
IBB | Intentional base on balls | Rico Petrocelli | 13 |
Source:[14]
Abbr. | Category | Player | Statistic |
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W | Wins | Ray Culp | 17 |
L | Losses | Jim Lonborg | 11 |
W-L % | Winning percentage | Mike Nagy | .857 (12–2) |
ERA | Earned run average | 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 | Shutouts | Ray Culp | 2 |
SV | Saves | Sparky Lyle | 17 |
IP | Innings pitched | Ray Culp | 227 |
SO | Strikeouts | Ray Culp | 172 |
WHIP | Walks plus hits per inning pitched | Ray Culp | 1.207 |
Source:[14]