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The Seattle Pilots were an American professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington, during the 1969 Major League Baseball season. During their single-season existence, the Pilots played their home games at Sick's Stadium and were a member of the West Division of Major League Baseball 's American League .
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 1969 Seattle Pilots season was the only season of the Seattle Pilots, a Major League Baseball team. As an expansion team in the American League , along with the Kansas City Royals , the Pilots were placed in the newly established West division.
The Seattle Pilots fared worst of the four expansion franchises, playing only in the 1969 season. The team fared poorly on the field, and faced financial difficulties owing to no television coverage, a stadium with problems, and the highest ticket and concession prices in the league. [43]
Seattle Giants, Ballard Pippins: N/A [5] Civic Field 1932–1938 15,000 Seattle Indians, Seattle Rainiers: N/A [6] Sick's Stadium: 1938–1979 25,420 Seattle Rainiers, Seattle Angels, Seattle Pilots, Seattle Steelheads: 405 feet (123 m) [7] Kingdome: 1976–2000 59,166 Seattle Mariners: 405 feet (123 m) [8] T-Mobile Park: 1999–present 46,621 ...
Several expansion teams were created for Seattle by various leagues in the 1960s and 1970s, including the Seattle SuperSonics of the National Basketball Association in 1967; the short-lived Seattle Pilots in Major League Baseball, who played one season in 1969; the original Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League in 1974; the ...
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Joseph Charles Schultz Jr. (August 29, 1918 – January 10, 1996) was an American Major League Baseball catcher, coach, and manager. [1] Schultz was the first and only manager for the Seattle Pilots franchise during their lone season before they became the Milwaukee Brewers. [2]