1969 California Angels season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 California Angels 1969 American League West Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California Gene Autry Dick Walsh Bill Rigney, Lefty Phillips KTLA KMPC(Dick Enberg, Don Wells, Steve Bailey, Dave Niehaus) The 1969 California Angels season was the 9th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 4th in Anaheim, and their 4th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. 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 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fisheed02.shtml Eddie Fisher Stats October 15, 1968: 1968 MLB expansion draft Paul Schaal was drafted from the Angels by the Kansas City Royals with the 27th pick.Paul Schaal at Baseball Reference Steve Hovley was drafted from the Angels by the Seattle Pilots with the 35th pick.Steve Hovley at Baseball Reference November 6, 1968: Rubén Amaro Sr. was purchased by the Angels from the New York Yankees.Rubén Amaro, Sr. at Baseball Reference December 2, 1968: Pedro Borbón was drafted by the Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 rule 5 draft.Pedro Borbón at Baseball Reference December 12, 1968: Ed Kirkpatrick and Dennis Paepke were traded by the Angels to the Kansas City Royals for Hoyt Wilhelm.Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents CAL Notable transactions April 3, 1969: Bo Belinsky was purchased by the Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals.Bo Belinsky at Baseball Reference May 14, 1969: Bobby Knoop was traded by the Angels to the Chicago White Sox for Sandy Alomar Sr. and Bob Priddy.Sandy Alomar at Baseball Reference 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.Rudy Meoli at Baseball Reference June 15, 1969: Tom Satriano was traded by the Angels to the Boston Red Sox for Joe Azcue.Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference July 26, 1969: Billy Cowan was purchased by the Angels from the New York Yankees.Billy Cowan page at Baseball-Reference July 30, 1969: Bo Belinsky was purchased from the Angels by the Pittsburgh Pirates. September 8, 1969: Hoyt Wilhelm and Bob Priddy were traded by the Angels to the Atlanta Braves for Mickey Rivers and Clint Compton. Roster 1969 California Angels Roster Pitchers 51,50,40 Lloyd Allen 33 Pedro Borbón 29 Tom Bradley 43 George Brunet 44 Rickey Clark 24 Eddie Fisher 17 Vern Geishert 31,43 Steve Kealey 34 Rudy May 45 Jim McGlothlin 47 Andy Messersmith 41 Tom Murphy 31 Phil Ortega 40 Bob Priddy 40,19 Ken Tatum 23 Greg Washburn 39 Hoyt Wilhelm 39 Wally Wolf 38 Clyde Wright Catchers  2 Joe Azcue 28 Randy Brown 30 Tom Egan  7 Buck Rodgers  2 Tom Satriano Infielders  5 Sandy Alomar Sr. 12 Rubén Amaro Sr. 37 Bob Chance  4 Chuck Cottier 11 Jim Fregosi 29 Bobby Knoop 14 Winston Llenas 42 Marty Perez  1 Aurelio Rodríguez  9 Jim Spencer  5 Dick Stuart Outfielders 35 Billy Cowan 28 Vic Davalillo  5 Jim Hicks 26 Lou Johnson 10 Jay Johnstone 27 Bubba Morton  3 Rick Reichardt  6 Roger Repoz  8 Jarvis Tatum 32 Bill Voss Manager 36 Lefty Phillips 18 Bill Rigney Coaches 22 Rocky Bridges 20 Marv Grissom 48 Mickey McDermott 36 Lefty Phillips 21 Mike Roarke 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 C Joe Azcue 80 248 54 .218 1 19 1B Jim Spencer 113 386 98 .254 10 31 2B Sandy Alomar Sr. 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 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 Sr. 41 27 6 .222 0 1 Randy Brown Randy Brown (baseball) 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 Andy Messersmith 40 250.0 16 11 2.52 211 Tom Murphy Tom Murphy (pitcher) 36 215.2 10 16 4.21 100 Jim McGlothlin 37 201.0 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 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 31.0 1 1 4.65 18 Greg Washburn 8 11.1 0 2 7.94 4 Lloyd Allen 4 10.0 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 Ken Tatum 45 7 2 22 1.36 65 Eddie Fisher Eddie Fisher (baseball) 52 3 2 2 3.63 47 Hoyt Wilhelm 44 5 7 10 2.47 53 Pedro Borbón 22 2 3 0 6.15 20 Bob Priddy baseball 15 0 1 0 4.78 15 Phil Ortega 5 0 0 0 10.13 4 Wally Wolf Wally Wolf (baseball) 2 0 0 0 11.57 2 Tom Bradley Tom Bradley (baseball) 3 0 1 0 27.00 2 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 2 References 1969 California Angels team at Baseball Reference 1969 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 Category:Los Angeles Angels seasons Category:20th century in Anaheim, California Category:1960s in Orange County, California California Angels season Los