1969 San Francisco Giants season

March 2026 November 2013 San Francisco Giants 1969 National League West Candlestick Park San Francisco, California Horace Stoneham Chub Feeney Clyde King KTVU(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson) KSFO(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson, Bill Rigney) The 1969 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 87th season in Major League Baseball, their 12th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their tenth at Candlestick Park. The team finished second in the newly established National League West with a record of 90–72, 3 games behind the Atlanta Braves, their fifth consecutive season of finishing second. The Giants set a Major League record which still stands for the most double plays grounded into by a team in a single game, with 7 against the Houston Astros on May 4.Game Related Grounding Into Double Play Records http://www.baseball-almanac.com/rb_gidp2.shtml Baseball-Almanac.com May 14, 2012 Offseason October 14, 1968: Jesús Alou was drafted from the Giants by the Montreal Expos as the 13th pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft.Jesús Alou at Baseball-Reference December 6, 1968: Nate Oliver was traded by the Giants to the New York Yankees for Charley Smith.Charley Smith at Baseball-Reference March 16, 1969, Giants pitching prospect Néstor Chávez was killed in a plane crash March 28, 1969: Charley Smith was purchased from the Giants by the Chicago Cubs. Regular season July 20, 1969: Pitcher Gaylord Perry hit the first home run of his career (he hit 6). It was in the third inning off pitcher Claude Osteen.http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=196907200SFN Box Score of Game played on Sunday, July 20, 1969 at Candlestick Park Season standings Record vs. opponents SF Opening Day starters Bobby Bonds Dick Dietz Bobby Etheridge Jim Ray Hart Ron Hunt Hal Lanier Juan Marichal Willie Mays Willie McCovey Notable transactions August 8, 1969: The Giants traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers for Don McMahon. The Giants completed the deal by sending César Gutiérrez to the Tigers on September 2.César Gutiérrez at Baseball-Reference Roster 1969 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers 42 Bobby Bolin 26 Ron Bryant 41 Mike Davison 39 Bob Garibaldi 28 Joe Gibbon 34 Ron Herbel 28 Ron Kline 35 Frank Linzy 27 Juan Marichal 40 Mike McCormick 47 Don McMahon 36 Gaylord Perry 45 Rich Robertson 37 Ray Sadecki Catchers  1 Bob Barton  2 Dick Dietz 32 John Harrell  7 Jack Hiatt 10 John Stephenson Infielders 19 Bob Burda 12 Jim Davenport 17 Bobby Etheridge 29 Tito Fuentes 31 César Gutiérrez 33 Ron Hunt 22 Hal Lanier 21 Don Mason 44 Willie McCovey Outfielders 25 Bobby Bonds 14 George Foster 16 Jim Ray Hart 15 Ken Henderson 20 Frank Johnson 18 Dave Marshall 24 Willie Mays 38 Leon Wagner Other batters  3 Ozzie Virgil Manager 23 Clyde King Coaches 46 Larry Jansen (Pitching)  3 Ozzie Virgil (Third base)  9 Wes Westrum (First base) Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader Batting Starters by position 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 C Dick Dietz 79 244 28 56 .230 11 35 0 1B Willie McCovey 149 491 101 157 .320 45 126 0 2B Ron Hunt 128 478 72 125 .262 3 41 9 3B Jim Davenport 112 303 20 73 .241 2 42 0 SS Hal Lanier 150 495 37 113 .228 0 35 0 LF Dave Marshall Dave Marshall (baseball) 110 267 32 62 .232 2 33 1 CF Willie Mays 117 403 64 114 .283 13 58 6 RF Bobby Bonds 158 622 120* 161 .259 32 90 451969 San Francisco Giants Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com Tied with Pete Rose Other batters 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 Ken Henderson 113 374 42 84 .225 6 44 6 Don Mason Don Mason (baseball) 104 250 43 57 .228 0 13 1 Jim Ray Hart 95 236 27 60 .254 3 26 0 Jack Hiatt 69 194 18 38 .196 7 34 0 Tito Fuentes 67 183 28 54 .295 1 14 2 Bob Burda 97 161 20 37 .230 6 27 0 Bobby Etheridge Bobby Etheridge (baseball) 56 131 13 34 .260 1 10 0 Bob Barton 49 106 5 18 .170 0 1 0 John Stephenson John Stephenson (baseball) 22 27 2 6 .222 0 3 0 César Gutiérrez 15 23 4 5 .217 0 0 1 Leon Wagner 11 12 0 4 .333 0 2 0 Frank Johnson Frank Johnson (1960s outfielder) 7 10 2 1 .100 0 0 0 John Harrell 2 6 0 3 .500 0 2 0 George Foster George Foster (baseball) 9 5 1 2 .400 0 1 0 Ozzie Virgil Ozzie Virgil, Sr. 1 1 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO Gaylord Perry 40 39 325.1 19 14 2.49 91 233 Juan Marichal 37 36 299.2 21 11 2.10 54 205 Mike McCormick Mike McCormick (pitcher) 32 28 196.2 11 9 3.34 77 76 Bobby Bolin 30 22 146.1 7 7 4.43 49 102 Ray Sadecki 29 17 138.1 5 8 4.23 53 104 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 Ron Bryant 16 57.2 4 3 4.37 30 Rich Robertson Rich Robertson (right-handed pitcher) 17 44.1 1 3 5.48 20 Ron Kline 7 11.0 0 2 4.09 7 Mike Davison Mike Davison (baseball) 1 2.0 0 0 4.50 2 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA SO Frank Linzy 58 116.1 14 9 11 3.64 62 Ron Herbel 39 87.1 4 1 1 4.02 34 Joe Gibbon 16 20.0 1 3 0 3.60 9 Don McMahon 13 23.2 3 1 2 3.04 21 Awards and honors All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Charlie Fox AA Amarillo Giants Texas League Andy Gilbert A Fresno Giants California League Dennis Sommers A Decatur Commodores Midwest League Frank Funk Rookie Great Falls Giants Pioneer League Harvey KoepfJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1969 San Francisco Giants team at Baseball-Reference 1969 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac Category:San Francisco Giants seasons San Francisco Giants season San Fran Category:1969 in San Francisco