1969 Oakland Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Oakland Athletics 1969 American League West Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Oakland, California 88–74 (.543) Charles O. Finley Hank Bauer, John McNamara KBHK-TV KNBR(Monte Moore, Al Helfer) The 1969 Oakland Athletics season was the 69th season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 2nd season in Oakland. The Athletics finished the season with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses. With its expansion to 12 teams in 1969, the American League had been divided into two 6-team divisions. In their first year in the newly established American League West, the Athletics finished second, nine games behind the Minnesota Twins. It was the first time they had finished in the first place in a division since 1952 Philadelphia Athletics season. Paid attendance for the season was 778,232.Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.126, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, 978-0-8027-1745-0 Offseason October 15, 1968: Joe Keough was drafted from the Athletics by the Kansas City Royals as the 8th pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft.Joe Keough page at Baseball Reference December 2, 1968: Darrell Evans was drafted from the Athletics by the Atlanta Braves in the 1968 rule 5 draft.Darrell Evans page at Baseball Reference Regular season Reggie Jackson hit 47 home runs in 1969, and was briefly ahead of the pace that Roger Maris set when he broke the single-season record for home runs with 61 in 1961, and that of Babe Ruth when he set the previous record of 60 in 1927. The club ranked second in the American League Western division. With 13 games left in the season, Hank Bauer was replaced as Field Manager by John McNamara. McNamara compiled a won loss record of 8–5 to help the A's finish with 88 wins and 74 losses, an improvement of six wins compared to the previous season. Season standings Oakland Athletics Record vs. opponents OAK Opening Day starters Sal Bando Bert Campaneris Danny Cater Dave Duncan Dick Green Mike Hershberger Reggie Jackson Rick Monday Blue Moon Odomhttp://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1969&t=OAK 1969 Oakland Athletics Roster by Baseball Almanac Notable transactions June 5, 1969: 1969 Major League Baseball draft (June Draft) notable picks:1969 Oakland Athletics Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft Round 1: Don Stanhouse (9th pick).Don Stanhouse page at Baseball Reference Round 2: Tommy Sandt Round 3: Steve Lawson Round 6: Jim Sundberg (did not sign)Jim Sundberg page at Baseball Reference Round 8: Glenn Abbott Round 13: John Stearns (did not sign) Round 19: Charlie Chant June 14, 1969: John Donaldson was traded by the Athletics to the Seattle Pilots for Larry Haney.John Donaldson page at Baseball Reference Reggie Jackson In the offseason, Jackson demanded a salary increase from $10,000 to $25,000. Jackson would settle at $20,000. Reggie Jackson hit two home runs versus the Washington Senators, with President Richard Nixon in the crowd.Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.129, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, 978-0-8027-1745-0 By July 1, the A's had played in 71 games and Jackson had hit 30 home runs, 62 RBI, .287 batting average and a 1.145 OPS.Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.129, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, 978-0-8027-1745-0 On July 2, Reggie Jackson would hit three home runs versus the Seattle Pilots to raise his season total to 34 home runs. He was on pace to break the home run record set by Roger Maris eight years earlier. By the end of July, Jackson had 40 home runs but he only hit 5 home runs in August. In September, Jackson was hospitalized with a skin rash and was only able to hit 2 home runs.Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.130, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, 978-0-8027-1745-0 Jackson still managed to lead the American League with 123 runs scored.Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.131, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, 978-0-8027-1745-0 Roster 1969 Oakland Athletics Roster Pitchers 21 Vida Blue 29 Chuck Dobson 34 Rollie Fingers 27 Catfish Hunter 20 Lew Krausse Jr. 16,24 Marcel Lachemann 28 George Lauzerique 25 Paul Lindblad 30 Jim Nash 13 Blue Moon Odom 42 Juan Pizarro 33 Jim Roland 22 Ed Sprague 17 Fred Talbot 11 John Wyatt Catchers 10 Dave Duncan 12 Larry Haney 17 Jim Pagliaroni  4 Phil Roof 24 Gene Tenace Infielders  6 Sal Bando 19 Bert Campaneris  2 Danny Cater 12 John Donaldson 36 Tito Francona  1 Dick Green 32 Bob Johnson 14 Ted Kubiak 23,31 Ray Webster Outfielders 15 Bobby Brooks  3 Mike Hershberger  9 Reggie Jackson 37 Bill McNulty  7 Rick Monday 24 Joe Nossek 35 Tommie Reynolds 36,26 Joe Rudi 31 José Tartabull Other batters 11 Tony La Russa 8,36 Allan Lewis Manager 42 Hank Bauer 41 John McNamara Coaches  5 Joe DiMaggio (Hitting) 43 Bobby Hofman (First base) 44 Vern Hoscheit (Bullpen) 41 John McNamara (Third base) 40 Bill Posedel (Pitching) 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 Phil Roof 106 247 58 .235 2 19 1B Danny Cater 152 584 153 .262 10 76 2B Dick Green 136 483 133 .275 12 64 3B Sal Bando 162 609 171 .281 31 113 SS Bert Campaneris 135 547 142 .260 2 25 LF Tommie Reynolds 107 315 81 .257 2 20 CF Rick Monday 122 399 108 .271 12 54 RF Reggie Jackson 152 549 151 .275 47 118 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 Ted Kubiak 92 305 76 .249 2 27 José Tartabull 75 266 71 .267 0 11 Mike Hershberger 51 129 26 .202 1 10 Dave Duncan Dave Duncan (baseball) 58 127 16 .126 3 22 Joe Rudi 35 122 23 .189 2 6 Larry Haney 53 86 13 .151 2 12 Tito Francona 32 85 29 .341 3 20 Bobby Brooks Bobby Brooks (baseball) 29 79 19 .241 3 10 Ray Webster Ray Webster (first baseman) 64 77 20 .260 1 13 Bob Johnson Bob Johnson (infielder) 51 67 23 .343 1 9 Gene Tenace 16 38 6 .158 1 2 Jim Pagliaroni 14 27 4 .148 1 2 Bill McNulty 5 17 0 .000 0 0 John Donaldson John Donaldson (second baseman) 12 13 1 .077 0 0 Tony La Russa 8 8 0 .000 0 0 Joe Nossek 13 6 0 .000 0 0 Allan Lewis Allan Lewis (baseball) 12 1 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 Catfish Hunter 38 247.0 12 15 3.35 150 Chuck Dobson 35 235.1 15 13 3.86 137 Blue Moon Odom 32 231.1 15 6 2.92 150 Jim Nash Jim Nash (baseball) 26 115.1 8 8 3.67 75 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 Lew Krausse Jr. 43 140.0 7 7 4.44 85 George Lauzerique 19 61.1 3 4 4.70 39 Vida Blue 12 42.0 1 1 6.64 24 Fred Talbot Fred Talbot (baseball) 12 19.0 1 2 5.21 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 Rollie Fingers 60 6 7 12 3.71 61 Paul Lindblad 60 9 6 9 4.14 64 Jim Roland 39 5 1 1 2.19 48 Marcel Lachemann 28 4 1 2 3.95 16 Ed Sprague Ed Sprague (pitcher) 27 1 1 2 4.47 20 John Wyatt John Wyatt (baseball) 4 0 1 0 5.40 5 Juan Pizarro Juan Pizarro (baseball) 3 1 1 1 2.35 4 https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/1969.shtml 1969 Oakland Athletics Statistics Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Iowa Oaks American Association Jimmy Williams AA Birmingham A's Southern League Gus Niarhos A Lodi Crushers California League Billy Klaus and Eli Grba A Burlington Bees Midwest League Roy Sievers A-Short Season Tri-City A's Northwest League Billy Herman References 2 External links 1969 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1969 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Oakland Athletics seasons Oakland Athletics season Category:1969 in sports in California Category:1960s in Oakland, California