1969 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record87–75 (.537)
Divisional place3rd (22 GB)
OwnerTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managerDick O'Connell
Managers
TelevisionWHDH-TV, Ch. 5
RadioWHDH-AM 850
(Ken Coleman, Ned Martin, Johnny Pesky)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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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

Regular season

Record by month[4]
Month Record Cumulative AL East Ref.
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]

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: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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 —


Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

  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]

Roster

1969 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Managers

Coaches

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

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG 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:[13]

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

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB 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:[14]

Statistical leaders

Rico Petrocelli
Category Player Statistic
Youngest player Mike Garman 19
Oldest player Ron Kline 37
Wins Above Replacement Rico Petrocelli 10.0

Source:[14]

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 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]

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:[14]

Awards and honors

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Colonels International League Eddie Kasko
AA Pittsfield Red Sox Eastern League Billy Gardner
A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Matt Sczesny
A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Rac Slider
A Greenville Red Sox Western Carolinas League Bill Slack
A-Short Season Jamestown Falcons New York–Penn League Jackie Moore

Source:[15][16]

References

  1. ^ "Red Sox Fire Dick Williams As Manager". North Adams Transcript. North Adams, Massachusetts. AP. September 23, 1969. p. 1. Retrieved October 11, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Joe Foy Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ a b Bill Kelso page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ "The 1969 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "Events of Wednesday, April 30, 1969".
  6. ^ "Events of Saturday, May 31, 1969".
  7. ^ "Events of Monday, June 30, 1969".
  8. ^ "Events of Thursday, July 31, 1969".
  9. ^ "Events of Sunday, August 31, 1969".
  10. ^ "Events of Tuesday, September 30, 1969".
  11. ^ "Events of Wednesday, October 1, 1969".
  12. ^ a b Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference
  13. ^ "Boston Red Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 4". Retrosheet. April 8, 1969. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  14. ^ a b c "1969 Boston Red Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  15. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  16. ^ Boston Red Sox Guide for Press TV Radio. 1969. p. 2. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.

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