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; 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.Joe Foy Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com March 18, 1969: Bill Kelso was purchased by the Red Sox from the Cincinnati Reds.Bill Kelso page at Baseball Reference March 29, 1969: Bill Kelso was returned to the Reds by the Red Sox.
Regular season +Record by monthMonth Record Cumulative AL East Ref. Won Lost Won Lost Position GB April 11 9 11 9 2nd May 18 7 29 16 2nd 3 June 14 15 43 31 2nd 11 July 14 15 57 46 3rd 15 August 13 15 70 61 3rd September 17 13 87 74 3rd 21 October 0 1 87 75 3rd 22
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
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.Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference June 15, 1969: Joe Azcue was traded by the Red Sox to the California Angels for Tom Satriano.
Opening Day lineup 7 Reggie Smith CF 2 Mike Andrews 2B 8 Carl Yastrzemski LF40 Ken Harrelson 1B25 Tony Conigliaro RF 5 George Scott 3B 6 Rico Petrocelli SS35 Russ Gibson C 16 Jim Lonborg P Source:
Roster 1969 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Managers
Coaches (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 PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLGCarl Yastrzemski162603961542824011115101.255.507George Scott152549631391451652461.253.384Reggie Smith143543871682972593754.309.527Rico Petrocelli154535921593224097398.297.589Tony Conigliaro141506571292132082248.255.427Mike Andrews121464791362621559171.293.455Dalton Jones1113365074183333139.220.318Russ Gibson85287217291327115.251.321Syd O'Brien1002634764105929215.243.422Ducky Schofield94226305893220029.257.350Joe Lahoud101218324150921240.188.335Jerry Moses5313513419141705.304.474Tom Satriano4712792420011022.189.205Billy Conigliaro32801423624719.288.563Don Lock53588131012011.224.293George Thomas2951918310803.353.451Joe Azcue1951711200304.216.255Ken Harrelson1046610103804.217.435Tony Muser2901000101.111.111Carlton Fisk2500000000.000.000Luis Alvarado6500000000.000.000Pitcher totals162397234690320228.116.161Team 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 PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSORay Culp1783.8132320227.01951039679172Mike Nagy1223.1133280196.2183846810684Sonny Siebert14103.8043225163.1151936968127Jim Lonborg7114.5129230143.2148787265100Lee Stange693.6841153137.013770565659Vicente Romo793.18521111127.111651455089Sparky Lyle832.5471017102.29133294893Ray Jarvis564.7529121100.110559534336Bill Landis555.25455182.18253484950Bill Lee134.50201052.05627262845Ken Brett235.2688039.14124232223Ron Kline014.76160117.024119177Gary Wagner136.0661016.1181111159Mike Garman104.3822012.113661010Dick Ellsworth003.7522012.0165544Fred Wenz105.7380011.09771011Garry Roggenburk018.387009.2139958Juan Pizarro016.006029.0147664José Santiago003.5210007.2115344Team totals87753.92162162411466.21423736639685935 Source:
Statistical leaders
Category Player Statistic Youngest player Mike Garman 19 Oldest player Ron Kline 37 Wins Above Replacement Rico Petrocelli 10.0 Source:
Batting Abbr. Category Player Statistic 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 7HR 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:
Pitching Abbr. Category Player Statistic 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:
Awards and honors Carl Yastrzemski, Gold Glove Award (OF)
Farm system
Source:Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 1969 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1969 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com