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The 1969 Major League Baseball expansion resulted in the establishment of expansion franchises in Kansas City and Seattle in the American League and in Montreal and San Diego in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Kansas City Royals, Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, and the Seattle Pilots began play in the 1969 season.
The 1969 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 7 to October 16, 1969. It included the third Major League Baseball expansion of the decade, with the Kansas City Royals , Montreal Expos , San Diego Padres , and Seattle Pilots each beginning play this season.
The ballpark was typically called simply (and inaccurately, since the stadium was built within the larger park) "Jarry Park" or Parc Jarry. The stadium hosted two National Football League (NFL) preseason games in 1969 ; August 25 ( Detroit Lions vs. Boston Patriots ), [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and September 11 ( New York Giants vs. Pittsburgh Steelers ). [ 4 ]
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The Montreal Expos, a 1969 expansion team, played for 36 seasons in the NL East before relocating to Washington, D.C., in 2004, becoming the Washington Nationals. In 2019, the Rays received permission to explore splitting their seasons between Tampa Bay and Montreal. [69] MLB rejected the Rays' plan in January 2022. [70]
The longtime home of the Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League (PCL), it hosted the expansion Seattle Pilots during their only major league season in 1969. The site was previously the location of Dugdale Field, a 1913 ballpark that was the home of the Rainiers' forerunners, the Seattle Indians.
The price of non-ticket costs (concessions, souvenirs, and parking) saw a 4.8% increase over 2022, with tickets to Major League Baseball games edging up by 3.5%.
The following is a list of ballparks previously used by professional baseball teams. In addition to the current National (NL) and American (AL) leagues, Major League Baseball recognizes four short-lived other leagues as "major" for at least some portion of their histories; three of them played only in the 19th century, while a fourth played two years in the 1910s.