1969 California Angels season
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Owner(s) | Gene Autry |
General manager(s) | Dick Walsh |
Manager(s) | Bill Rigney, Lefty Phillips |
Local television | KTLA |
Local radio | KMPC (Dick Enberg, Don Wells, Steve Bailey, Dave Niehaus) |
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The 1969 California Angels season was a season in American baseball. In the first season following the split of the American League into two divisions, the Angels finished third in the newly established American League West Division with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.
Offseason[]
- October 8, 1968: Eddie Fisher was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the California Angels for Jack Hamilton.[1]
- October 15, 1968: 1968 MLB expansion draft
- Paul Schaal was drafted from the Angels by the Kansas City Royals with the 27th pick.[2]
- Steve Hovley was drafted from the Angels by the Seattle Pilots with the 35th pick.[3]
- November 6, 1968: Rubén Amaro was purchased by the Angels from the New York Yankees.[4]
- December 2, 1968: Pedro Borbón was drafted by the Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 rule 5 draft.[5]
- December 12, 1968: Ed Kirkpatrick and Dennis Paepke were traded by the Angels to the Kansas City Royals for Hoyt Wilhelm.[6]
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Minnesota Twins | 97 | 65 | 0.599 | — | 57–24 | 40–41 |
Oakland Athletics | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | 9 | 49–32 | 39–42 |
California Angels | 71 | 91 | 0.438 | 26 | 43–38 | 28–53 |
Kansas City Royals | 69 | 93 | 0.426 | 28 | 36–45 | 33–48 |
Chicago White Sox | 68 | 94 | 0.420 | 29 | 41–40 | 27–54 |
Seattle Pilots | 64 | 98 | 0.395 | 33 | 34–47 | 30–51 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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 | 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 | — |
Notable transactions[]
- April 3, 1969: Bo Belinsky was purchased by the Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals.[7]
- May 14, 1969: Bobby Knoop was traded by the Angels to the Chicago White Sox for Sandy Alomar and Bob Priddy.[8]
- June 5, 1969: Rudy Meoli was drafted by the Angels in the 4th round of the 1969 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 13, 1969.[9]
- June 15, 1969: Tom Satriano was traded by the Angels to the Boston Red Sox for Joe Azcue.[10]
- July 26, 1969: Billy Cowan was purchased by the Angels from the New York Yankees.[11]
- July 30, 1969: Bo Belinsky was purchased from the Angels by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[7]
- September 8, 1969: Hoyt Wilhelm and Bob Priddy were traded by the Angels to the Atlanta Braves for Mickey Rivers and Clint Compton.[6]
Roster[]
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Player stats[]
Batting[]
Starters by position[]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Joe Azcue | 80 | 248 | 54 | .218 | 1 | 19 |
1B | Jim Spencer | 113 | 386 | 98 | .254 | 10 | 31 |
2B | Sandy Alomar | 134 | 559 | 140 | .250 | 1 | 30 |
3B | Aurelio Rodríguez | 159 | 561 | 130 | .232 | 7 | 49 |
SS | Jim Fregosi | 161 | 580 | 151 | .260 | 12 | 47 |
LF | Rick Reichardt | 137 | 493 | 125 | .254 | 13 | 68 |
CF | Jay Johnstone | 148 | 540 | 146 | .270 | 10 | 59 |
RF | Bill Voss | 133 | 349 | 91 | .261 | 2 | 40 |
Other batters[]
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Roger Repoz | 103 | 219 | 36 | .164 | 8 | 19 |
Bubba Morton | 87 | 172 | 42 | .244 | 7 | 32 |
Lou Johnson | 67 | 133 | 27 | .203 | 0 | 9 |
Tom Egan | 46 | 120 | 17 | .142 | 5 | 16 |
Tom Satriano | 41 | 108 | 28 | .259 | 1 | 16 |
Vic Davalillo | 33 | 71 | 11 | .155 | 0 | 1 |
Bobby Knoop | 27 | 71 | 14 | .197 | 1 | 6 |
Billy Cowan | 28 | 56 | 17 | .304 | 4 | 10 |
Dick Stuart | 22 | 51 | 8 | .157 | 1 | 4 |
Jim Hicks | 37 | 48 | 4 | .083 | 3 | 8 |
Winston Llenas | 34 | 47 | 8 | .170 | 0 | 0 |
Buck Rodgers | 18 | 46 | 9 | .196 | 0 | 2 |
Rubén Amaro | 41 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
Randy Brown | 13 | 25 | 4 | .160 | 0 | 0 |
Jarvis Tatum | 10 | 22 | 7 | .318 | 0 | 0 |
Marty Perez | 13 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Chance | 5 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Chuck Cottier | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
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Andy Messersmith | 40 | 250 | 16 | 11 | 2.52 | 211 |
Tom Murphy | 36 | 215.2 | 10 | 16 | 4.21 | 100 |
Jim McGlothlin | 37 | 201 | 8 | 16 | 3.18 | 96 |
George Brunet | 23 | 100.2 | 6 | 7 | 3.84 | 56 |
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 |
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Rudy May | 43 | 180.1 | 10 | 13 | 3.44 | 133 |
Clyde Wright | 37 | 63.2 | 1 | 8 | 4.10 | 31 |
Steve Kealey | 15 | 36.2 | 2 | 0 | 3.93 | 17 |
Vern Geishert | 11 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 4.65 | 18 |
Greg Washburn | 8 | 11.1 | 0 | 2 | 7.94 | 4 |
Lloyd Allen | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 5 |
Rickey Clark | 6 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.59 | 6 |
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 |
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Eddie Fisher | 52 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3.63 | 47 |
Ken Tatum | 45 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 1.36 | 65 |
Hoyt Wilhelm | 44 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 2.47 | 53 |
Pedro Borbón | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6.15 | 20 |
Bob Priddy | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.78 | 15 |
Phil Ortega | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 4 |
Wally Wolf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 2 |
Tom Bradley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 |
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Hawaii Islanders | Pacific Coast League | Chuck Tanner |
AA | El Paso Sun Kings | Texas League | Del Rice |
A | San Jose Bees | California League | Tom Morgan and Eddie Bressoud |
A | Quad Cities Angels | Midwest League | Fred Koenig |
Rookie | Idaho Falls Angels | Pioneer League | Norm Sherry |
Notes[]
- ^ "Eddie Fisher Stats".
- ^ Paul Schaal at Baseball Reference
- ^ Steve Hovley at Baseball Reference
- ^ Rubén Amaro, Sr. at Baseball Reference
- ^ Pedro Borbón at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Bo Belinsky at Baseball Reference
- ^ Sandy Alomar at Baseball Reference
- ^ Rudy Meoli at Baseball Reference
- ^ Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Billy Cowan page at Baseball-Reference
References[]
- 1969 California Angels team at Baseball Reference
- 1969 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- Los Angeles Angels seasons
- 1969 Major League Baseball season
- 1969 in sports in California