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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 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 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.
Both the Royals and the Chiefs once played in a facility near downtown. KCQ digs into the history.
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.
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 ]
Subsequently, Kansas City was awarded an American League expansion team for 1969, and the new Kansas City Royals used the stadium as a temporary home from 1969 to 1972. [16] Kansas City welcomed the new Royals, who were led by 1969 American League Rookie of the Year Lou Piniella. The expansion team drew nearly one million fans in their first ...
The 1969 San Diego Padres season was the inaugural season in franchise history. They joined the National League along with the Montreal Expos via the 1969 Major League Baseball expansion . In their inaugural season, the Padres went 52–110 (the same record as their expansion counterpart), finishing last in the newly created National League ...