1969 New York Yankees | |
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Mickey Mantle's # 7 retired | |
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Owner(s) | CBS |
General manager(s) | Lee MacPhail |
Manager(s) | Ralph Houk |
Local television | WPIX (Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Frank Messer, Whitey Ford) |
Local radio | WHN (Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman) |
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The 1969 New York Yankees season was the 67th season for the team. The team finished in fifth-place in the newly established American League East with a record of 80–81, 28½ games behind the Baltimore Orioles. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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 | — |
On Mickey Mantle Day, June 8, 1969, in addition to the retirement of his uniform number 7, Mantle was given a plaque that would hang on the center field wall at Yankee Stadium, near the monuments to Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Miller Huggins. The plaque was given to him by Joe DiMaggio, and Mantle then gave DiMaggio a similar plaque, telling the crowd, "His should be just a little bit higher than mine." The televised ceremony, aired on WPIX, was hosted by the team's television analyst Frank Messer and long time radio broadcaster Mel Allen.
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= Indicates team leader |
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 |
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C | Jake Gibbs | 71 | 219 | 18 | 49 | .224 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
1B | Joe Pepitone | 135 | 513 | 49 | 124 | .242 | 27 | 70 | 8 |
2B | Horace Clarke | 156 | 641 | 82 | 183 | .285 | 4 | 48 | 33 |
3B | Jerry Kenney | 130 | 447 | 49 | 115 | .257 | 2 | 34 | 25 |
SS | Gene Michael | 119 | 412 | 41 | 112 | .272 | 2 | 31 | 7 |
LF | Roy White | 130 | 448 | 55 | 130 | .290 | 7 | 74 | 18 |
CF | Ron Woods | 72 | 171 | 18 | 30 | .175 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
RF | Bobby Murcer | 152 | 564 | 82 | 146 | .259 | 26 | 82 | 7 |
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 |
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Frank Fernández | 89 | 229 | 34 | 51 | .223 | 12 | 29 | 1 |
Bill Robinson | 87 | 222 | 23 | 38 | .171 | 3 | 21 | 3 |
Jimmie Hall | 80 | 212 | 21 | 50 | .236 | 3 | 26 | 8 |
Bobby Cox | 85 | 191 | 17 | 41 | .215 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
Tom Tresh | 45 | 143 | 13 | 26 | .182 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
Len Boehmer | 45 | 108 | 5 | 19 | .176 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Thurman Munson | 26 | 86 | 6 | 22 | .256 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
Jim Lyttle | 28 | 83 | 7 | 15 | .181 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
John Ellis | 22 | 62 | 2 | 18 | .290 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
Tom Shopay | 28 | 48 | 2 | 4 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Cowan | 32 | 48 | 5 | 8 | .167 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Frank Tepedino | 13 | 39 | 6 | 9 | .231 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Dave McDonald | 9 | 23 | 0 | 5 | .217 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Dick Simpson | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Ron Blomberg | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nate Oliver | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO |
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Mel Stottlemyre | 39 | 303.0 | 20 | 14 | 2.82 | 97 | 113 |
Fritz Peterson | 37 | 272.0 | 17 | 16 | 2.55 | 43 | 150 |
Stan Bahnsen | 40 | 220.2 | 9 | 16 | 3.83 | 90 | 130 |
Bill Burbach | 31 | 140.2 | 6 | 8 | 3.65 | 102 | 82 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Al Downing | 30 | 130.2 | 7 | 5 | 3.38 | 85 |
Mike Kekich | 28 | 105.0 | 4 | 6 | 4.54 | 66 |
Ron Klimkowski | 3 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.64 | 3 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jack Aker | 38 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 2.06 | 40 |
Lindy McDaniel | 51 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3.55 | 60 |
Steve Hamilton | 38 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3.32 | 39 |
Ken Johnson | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.46 | 21 |
Fred Talbot | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.11 | 7 |
Don Nottebart | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 5 |
John Cumberland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
See also: Minor League Baseball |
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