1969 Washington Senators season

1969 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Washington, D.C. (since 1961)
Other information
Owner(s) Bob Short
Manager(s) Ted Williams
Local television WTOP
Local radio WWDC (FM)
(Ron Menchine, Shelby Whitfield, Warner Wolf)
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The 1969 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing 4th in the newly established American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

The year 1969 was a turning point in Washington sports history. The Senators named Ted Williams as manager. The Washington Redskins hired Vince Lombardi as Head Coach and he had brought a winning attitude to the nation's capital. In the same year, the nearby University of Maryland had hired Lefty Driesell to coach basketball. It marked a renaissance in sports interest in America's most transient of cities.

The hiring of Ted Williams sparked at least increased curiosity in the team. Williams' fanatic approach to hitting helped improve the Senators offense considerably, and inspired the team to its one and only winning season during its 10-year stay in Washington. For this remarkable turnaround, Williams was voted American League Manager of the Year. (Note: This was the only award that Ted Williams had ever won, but Joe DiMaggio had not.) As a result, attendance at RFK Stadium improved to over 900,000, the best attendance record the "new" Senators ever had.

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 109 53 0.673 — 60–21 49–32
Detroit Tigers 90 72 0.556 19 46–35 44–37
Boston Red Sox 87 75 0.537 22 46–35 41–40
Washington Senators 86 76 0.531 23 47–34 39–42
New York Yankees 80 81 0.497 28½ 48–32 32–49
Cleveland Indians 62 99 0.385 46½ 33–48 29–51

Record vs. opponents

1969 American League Records

Sources:

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA 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 —

Opening Day starters

President Richard Nixon throwing out the first pitch of the Senators' season in April 1969; manager Ted Williams is at left; owner Bob Short at right.

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Notable transactions

Roster

1969 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Casanova, PaulPaul Casanova 124 379 26 82 .216 4 37 0
1B Epstein, MikeMike Epstein 131 403 73 112 .278 30 85 2
2B Allen, BernieBernie Allen 122 365 33 90 .247 9 45 5
3B McMullen, KenKen McMullen 158 562 83 153 .272 19 87 4
SS Brinkman, EdEd Brinkman 151 576 71 153 .266 2 43 2
LF Howard, FrankFrank Howard 161 592 111 175 .296 48 111 1
CF Unser, DelDel Unser 153 581 69 166 .286 7 57 8
RF Maye, LeeLee Maye 71 238 41 69 .290 9 26 1

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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
Allen, HankHank Allen 109 271 42 75 .277 1 17 12
Cullen, TimTim Cullen 119 249 22 52 .209 1 15 1
Alyea, BrantBrant Alyea 104 237 29 59 .249 11 40 1
Stroud, EdEd Stroud 123 206 35 52 .252 4 29 12
French, JimJim French 63 158 14 29 .184 2 13 1
Versalles, ZoiloZoilo Versalles 31 75 9 20 .267 0 6 1
Bowens, SamSam Bowens 33 57 6 11 .193 0 4 1
Billings, DickDick Billings 27 37 3 5 .135 0 0 0
Holman, GaryGary Holman 41 31 1 5 .161 0 2 0
Smith, DickDick Smith 21 28 2 3 .107 0 0 0
Camilli, DougDoug Camilli 1 3 0 1 .333 0 0 0
Harrah, TobyToby Harrah 8 1 4 0 .000 0 0 0

Pitching

Starting 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
Coleman, JoeJoe Coleman 40 247.2 12 13 3.27 182
Hannan, JimJim Hannan 35 158.1 7 6 3.64 72
Bosman, DickDick Bosman 31 193 14 5 2.19 99
Moore, BarryBarry Moore 31 134 9 8 4.30 51
Pascual, CamiloCamilo Pascual 14 55.1 2 5 6.83 34

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
Cox, CaseyCasey Cox 52 171.2 12 7 2.78 73
Shellenback, JimJim Shellenback 30 84.2 4 7 4.04 50
Bertaina, FrankFrank Bertaina 14 35.2 1 3 6.56 25
Carlos, CiscoCisco Carlos 6 17.2 1 1 4.58 5

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Higgins, DennisDennis Higgins 55 10 9 16 3.48 71
Knowles, DaroldDarold Knowles 53 9 2 13 2.24 59
Humphreys, BobBob Humphreys 47 3 3 5 3.05 43
Baldwin, DaveDave Baldwin 43 2 4 4 4.05 51
Miles, JimJim Miles 10 0 1 0 6.20 15
Dukes, JanJan Dukes 8 0 2 0 2.45 3
Kreutzer, FrankFrank Kreutzer 4 0 0 0 4.50 2

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League Héctor López
AA Savannah Senators Southern League Hub Kittle
A Burlington Senators Carolina League Buddy Hicks and Bill Haywood
A Shelby Senators Western Carolinas League Joe Klein
Rookie Wytheville Senators Appalachian League Dick Gernert

Savannah affiliation shared with Houston Astros

Notes

  1. ↑ John Orsino at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WS2/WS2196904070.shtml
  3. ↑ Dave Moates at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Dave Criscione at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Lee Maye at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSA/1969.shtml
  7. 1 2 Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.96, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

References

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