1969 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1969 American League East Tiger Stadium Detroit, Michigan John Fetzer Jim Campbell Mayo Smith WJBK(George Kell, Larry Osterman) WJR(Ernie Harwell, Ray Lane) The 1969 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 69th season and the 58th season at Tiger Stadium. The team finished a distant second in the newly established American League East with a record of 90–72, 19 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. Offseason October 15, 1968: Dick Drago was drafted from the Tigers by the Kansas City Royals as the 31st pick in the 1968 Major League Baseball expansion draft.Dick Drago at Baseball Reference December 15, 1968: Dennis Ribant was purchased from the Tigers by the Kansas City Royals.Dennis Ribant at Baseball Reference February 1, 1969: John Young was drafted by the Tigers in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1969 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).John Young at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Detroit Tigers Record vs. opponents DET Notable transactions June 14, 1969: Ron Woods was traded by the Tigers to the New York Yankees for Tom Tresh.Tom Tresh at Baseball Reference August 8, 1969: Don McMahon was traded by the Tigers to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later. The Giants completed the deal by sending César Gutiérrez to the Tigers on September 2.César Gutiérrez at Baseball Reference Roster 1969 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 22 Pat Dobson 18 John Hiller 35 Mike Kilkenny 15 Fred Lasher 29 Mickey Lolich 17 Denny McLain 47 Don McMahon 36 Norm McRae 43 Daryl Patterson 14 Dick Radatz 20 Bob Reed 39 Fred Scherman 21 Joe Sparma 47 Gary Taylor 28 Tom Timmermann 16 Earl Wilson Catchers 11 Bill Freehan 12 Jim Price Infielders  9 Ike Brown 33 Dave Campbell 25 Norm Cash  7 César Gutiérrez  2 Tom Matchick  3 Dick McAuliffe 44 Dick Tracewski  4 Tom Tresh  8 Don Wert Outfielders 26 Gates Brown 23 Willie Horton  6 Al Kaline  5 Jim Northrup 24 Mickey Stanley 27 Ron Woods Other batters 31 Wayne Redmond Manager 10 Mayo Smith Coaches 51 Wally Moses 52 Hal Naragon 50 Grover Resinger 53 Johnny Sain Player stats Batting = Indicates team leader Starters by position Note: 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 C Bill Freehan 143 489 128 .262 16 49 1B Norm Cash 143 483 135 .280 22 74 2B Dick McAuliffe 74 262 71 .262 11 33 SS Tom Tresh 94 331 74 .224 13 37 3B Don Wert 132 423 95 .225 14 50 LF Willie Horton Willie Horton (baseball) 141 508 133 .262 28 91 CF Jim Northrup Jim Northrup (baseball) 148 543 160 .295 25 66 RF Al Kaline 131 456 124 .272 21 69 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 Mickey Stanley 149 592 139 .235 16 70 Tom Matchick 94 298 72 .242 0 32 Jim Price Jim Price (catcher) 72 192 45 .234 9 28 Ike Brown 70 170 39 .229 5 12 Gates Brown 60 93 19 .204 1 6 Dick Tracewski 66 79 11 .139 0 4 César Gutiérrez 17 49 12 .245 0 0 Dave Campbell Dave Campbell (infielder) 32 39 4 .103 0 2 Ron Woods 17 15 4 .267 1 3 Wayne Redmond 5 3 0 .000 0 0 Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 Denny McLain 42 325.0 24 9 2.80 181 Mickey Lolich 37 280.2 19 11 3.14 271 Earl Wilson Earl Wilson (baseball) 35 214.2 12 10 3.31 150 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 Mike Kilkenny 39 128.1 8 6 3.37 97 Pat Dobson 49 105.0 5 10 3.60 64 John Hiller 40 99.1 4 4 3.99 74 Joe Sparma 23 92.2 6 8 4.76 41 Bob Reed Bob Reed (baseball) 8 14.2 0 0 1.84 9 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 Don McMahon 34 3 5 11 3.89 38 Fred Lasher 32 2 1 0 3.07 26 Tom Timmermann 31 4 3 1 2.75 42 Daryl Patterson 18 0 2 0 2.82 12 Dick Radatz 11 2 2 0 3.38 18 Gary Taylor Gary Taylor (baseball) 7 0 1 0 5.23 3 Fred Scherman 4 1 0 0 6.75 3 Norm McRae 3 0 0 0 6.00 3 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Jack Tighe AA Montgomery Rebels Southern League Frank Carswell A Rocky Mount Leafs Carolina League Al Federoff A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Len Okrie A-Short Season Batavia Trojans New York–Penn League Bob Dustal Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Bill Lajoie Awards and honors Al Kaline, Hutch Awardhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac Notes 2 References Baseball Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1969 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tiger Category:1969 in Detroit