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The 1969 Red Sox are 82–71, third in the American League East, and 24 games behind Baltimore. Coach Eddie Popowski becomes temporary pilot. Later that day, Carl Yastrzemski hits his 200th career home run, helping the Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 8–3.
The American League East is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. MLB consists of an East, Central, and West division for each of its two 15-team leagues, the American League (AL) and National League (NL). This division was created before the start of the 1969 season along with the American League West. Before that time, each league ...
The Baltimore Orioles won the AL East with an MLB-best 109–53 record, and then defeated the AL West champion Minnesota Twins in three games in the first American League Championship Series. The New York Mets won the NL East with an NL-best 100–62 record, and then defeated the NL West champion Atlanta Braves in three games in the first ...
As a result of expansion, the American and National Leagues reorganized. Each league was split into two divisions, forming the American League East, American League West, National League East, and National League West. [2] Other candidate cities that were considered in 1967 included Buffalo, Dallas–Fort Worth, and Milwaukee. [3]
The 1969 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in North America's Major League Baseball (MLB). In the first season after the American League was split into two divisions, the Orioles won the first-ever American League East title, finishing first with a record of 109 wins and 53 losses, 19 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers, who had won the World Series in the previous season.
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NL East; Team W L Pct. GB Home Road; New York Mets: 100: 62 .617 — 52–30 48–32 Chicago Cubs: 92: 70 .568 8 49–32 43–38 Pittsburgh Pirates: 88: 74 .543 12 47–34 41–40 St. Louis Cardinals: 87: 75 .537 13 42–38 45–37 Philadelphia Phillies: 63: 99 .389 37 30–51 33–48 ...
The 1969 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five match-up between the East Division champion New York Mets and the West Division champion Atlanta Braves.It was the opening semifinal round on the National League side of the inaugural edition of the MLB postseason.