1969 San Francisco Giants season

1969 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Candlestick Park (since 1960)
San Francisco, California (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)	Horace Stoneham
General manager(s)	Chub Feeney
Manager(s)	Clyde King
Local television	KTVU (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
Local radio	KSFO (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson, Bill Rigney)
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The 1969 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 87th year in Major League Baseball, their twelfth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their tenth at Candlestick Park. The team finished second in the newly established National League West with a record of 90–72, 3 games behind the Atlanta Braves, their fifth consecutive season of finishing second. The Giants set a Major League record which still stands for the most double plays grounded into by a team in a single game, with 7 against the Houston Astros on May 4.^[1]

Offseason

October 14, 1968: Jesús Alou was drafted from the Giants by the Montreal Expos as the 13th pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft.^[2]
December 6, 1968: Nate Oliver was traded by the Giants to the New York Yankees for Charley Smith.^[3]
March 16, 1969, Giants pitching prospect Néstor Chávez was killed in a plane crash
March 28, 1969: Charley Smith was purchased from the Giants by the Chicago Cubs.^[3]

Regular season

July 20, 1969: Pitcher Gaylord Perry hit the first home run of his career (he hit 6). It was in the third inning off pitcher Claude Osteen.^[4]

Season standings

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	93	69	0.574	—	50–31	43–38
San Francisco Giants	90	72	0.556	3	52–29	38–43
Cincinnati Reds	89	73	0.549	4	50–31	39–42
Los Angeles Dodgers	85	77	0.525	8	50–31	35–46
Houston Astros	81	81	0.500	12	52–29	29–52
San Diego Padres	52	110	0.321	41	28–53	24–57

Record vs. opponents

1969 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	3–9	12–6	15–3	9–9	8–4	4–8	6–6	8–4	13–5	9–9	6–6
Chicago	9–3	—	6–6–1	8–4	6–6	10–8	8–10	12–6	7–11	11–1	6–6	9–9
Cincinnati	6–12	6–6–1	—	9–9	10–8	8–4	6–6	10–2	5–7	11–7	10–8	8–4
Houston	3–15	4–8	9–9	—	6–12	11–1	10–2	8–4	3–9	10–8	10–8	7–5
Los Angeles	9–9	6–6	8–10	12–6	—	10–2	4–8	8–4	8–4	12–6	5–13	3–9
Montreal	4–8	8–10	4–8	1–11	2–10	—	5–13	11–7	5–13	4–8	1–11	7–11
New York	8–4	10–8	6–6	2–10	8–4	13–5	—	12–6	10–8	11–1	8–4	12–6
Philadelphia	6-6	6–12	2–10	4–8	4–8	7–11	6–12	—	10–8	8–4	3–9	7–11
Pittsburgh	4–8	11–7	7–5	9–3	4–8	13–5	8–10	8–10	—	10–2	5–7	9–9
San Diego	5–13	1–11	7–11	8–10	6–12	8–4	1–11	4–8	2–10	—	6–12	4–8
San Francisco	9–9	6–6	8–10	8–10	13–5	11–1	4–8	9–3	7–5	12–6	—	3–9
St. Louis	6–6	9–9	4–8	5–7	9–3	11–7	6–12	11–7	9–9	8–4	9–3	—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

August 8, 1969: The Giants traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers for Don McMahon. The Giants completed the deal by sending César Gutiérrez to the Tigers on September 2.^[5]

Roster

1969 San Francisco Giants

Roster

Pitchers

42 Bobby Bolin

26 Ron Bryant

41 Mike Davison

39 Bob Garibaldi

28 Joe Gibbon

34 Ron Herbel

28 Ron Kline

35 Frank Linzy

27 Juan Marichal

40 Mike McCormick

47 Don McMahon

36 Gaylord Perry

45 Rich Robertson

37 Ray Sadecki

Catchers

1 Bob Barton

2 Dick Dietz

32 John Harrell

7 Jack Hiatt

10 John Stephenson

Infielders

19 Bob Burda

12 Jim Davenport

17 Bobby Etheridge

29 Tito Fuentes

31 César Gutiérrez

33 Ron Hunt

22 Hal Lanier

21 Don Mason

44 Willie McCovey

Outfielders

25 Bobby Bonds

14 George Foster

16 Jim Ray Hart

15 Ken Henderson

20 Frank Johnson

18 Dave Marshall

24 Willie Mays

38 Leon Wagner

Other batters

3 Ozzie Virgil

Manager

23 Clyde King

Coaches

46 Larry Jansen

3 Ozzie Virgil

9 Wes Westrum

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos.	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Dietz, DickDick Dietz	79	244	28	56	.230	11	35	0
1B	McCovey, WillieWillie McCovey	149	491	101	157	.320	45	126	0
2B	Hunt, RonRon Hunt	128	478	72	125	.262	3	41	9
3B	Davenport, JimJim Davenport	112	303	20	73	.241	2	42	0
SS	Lanier, HalHal Lanier	150	495	37	113	.228	0	35	0
LF	Marshall, DaveDave Marshall	110	267	32	62	.232	2	33	1
CF	Mays, WillieWillie Mays	117	403	64	114	.283	13	58	6
RF	Bonds, BobbyBobby Bonds	158	622	120	161	.259	32	90	45

^[6]

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Henderson, KenKen Henderson	113	374	42	84	.225	6	44	6
Mason, DonDon Mason	104	250	43	57	.228	0	13	1
Hart, Jim RayJim Ray Hart	95	236	27	60	.254	3	26	0
Hiatt, JackJack Hiatt	69	194	18	38	.196	7	34	0
Fuentes, TitoTito Fuentes	67	183	28	54	.295	1	14	2
Burda, BobBob Burda	97	161	20	37	.230	6	27	0
Etheridge, BobbyBobby Etheridge	56	131	13	34	.260	1	10	0
Barton, BobBob Barton	49	106	5	18	.170	0	1	0
Stephenson, JohnJohn Stephenson	22	27	2	6	.222	0	3	0
Gutiérrez, CésarCésar Gutiérrez	15	23	4	5	.217	0	0	1
Wagner, LeonLeon Wagner	11	12	0	4	.333	0	2	0
Johnson, FrankFrank Johnson	7	10	2	1	.100	0	0	0
Harrell, JohnJohn Harrell	2	6	0	3	.500	0	2	0
Foster, GeorgeGeorge Foster	9	5	1	2	.400	0	1	0
Virgil, OzzieOzzie Virgil	1	1	0	0	.000	0	0	0

^[6]

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Perry, GaylordGaylord Perry	40	39	325.1	19	14	2.49	91	233
Marichal, JuanJuan Marichal	37	36	299.2	21	11	2.10	54	205
McCormick, MikeMike McCormick	32	28	196.2	11	9	3.34	77	76
Bolin, BobbyBobby Bolin	30	22	146.1	7	7	4.43	49	102
Sadecki, RayRay Sadecki	29	17	138.1	5	8	4.23	53	104

^[6]

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bryant, RonRon Bryant	16	57.2	4	3	4.37	30
Robertson, RichRich Robertson	17	44.1	1	3	5.48	20
Kline, RonRon Kline	7	11	0	2	4.09	7
Davison, MikeMike Davison	1	2	0	0	4.50	2

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Linzy, FrankFrank Linzy	58	116.1	14	9	11	3.64	62
Herbel, RonRon Herbel	39	87.1	4	1	1	4.02	34
Gibbon, JoeJoe Gibbon	16	20	1	3	0	3.60	9
McMahon, DonDon McMahon	13	23.2	3	1	2	3.04	21

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Phoenix Giants	Pacific Coast League	Charlie Fox
AA	Amarillo Giants	Texas League	Andy Gilbert
A	Fresno Giants	California League	Dennis Sommers
A	Decatur Commodores	Midwest League	Frank Funk
Rookie	Great Falls Giants	Pioneer League	Harvey Koepf

^[7]

Notes

↑ "Game Related Grounding Into Double Play Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
↑ Jesús Alou at Baseball-Reference
1 2 Charley Smith at Baseball-Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=196907200SFN
↑ César Gutiérrez at Baseball-Reference
1 2 3 1969 San Francisco Giants Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

1969 San Francisco Giants team at Baseball-Reference
1969 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac

1969 MLB season by team
AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit New York Washington
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle
NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco
1969 MLB draft 1969 All-Star Game 1969 World Series

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Formerly the New York Gothams and the New York Giants
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