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Bowie Kuhn was named the 5th commissioner of baseball at the start of the season replacing previous commissioner William Eckert.Eckert was forced out by the owners in December 1968 mainly because of his refusal to cancel games in the wake of the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King and for his refusal to help the owners during a player strike they anticipated was around the ...
Four expansion teams joined Major League Baseball for this season: the San Diego Padres, the Kansas City Royals, the Seattle Pilots, and the first MLB team in Canada, the Montreal Expos. To accommodate the additional teams, the two leagues were split into two divisions of East and West.
The 1969 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1969 season. It was the first edition of the new playoff system introduced by MLB, coinciding with the beginning of the "Divisional Era." Each league expanded from 10 teams to 12 teams and was divided into two 6-team divisions.
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.
1969–1976 MLB: 2 Lee Lacy: LHP Putnam City High School: Yes 1969–1987 MLB: 3 Al Dawson OF Lyndhurst High School: Yes 1968–1972 AAA 4 Bob O'Brien: OF Texas A&M University: Yes 1969–1974 MLB: 5 Mark Mechuk RHP St. Bernard High School: No 6 Stan Wall: LHP Raytown South High School: Yes 1969–1978 MLB: 7 James Cardasis OF New York ...
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 .
1969 Major League Baseball season; A. 1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game; 1969 American League Championship Series; 1969 Atlanta Braves season; B. Ball Four;
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 Montreal ...