1969 California Angels season

1969 California Angels
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
West Division (since 1969)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (since 1966)
Anaheim, California (since 1966)
Other information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
General manager(s)	Dick Walsh
Manager(s)	Bill Rigney, Lefty Phillips
Local television	KTLA
Local radio	KMPC (Dick Enberg, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
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The 1969 California Angels season was a season in American baseball. In the first season following the split of the American League into two divisions, the Angels finished third in the newly established American League West with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

Offseason

October 8, 1968: Eddie Fisher was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the California Angels for Jack Hamilton.^[1]
October 15, 1968: 1968 MLB expansion draft
- Paul Schaal was drafted from the Angels by the Kansas City Royals with the 27th pick.^[2]
- Steve Hovley was drafted from the Angels by the Seattle Pilots with the 35th pick.^[3]
November 6, 1968: Rubén Amaro was purchased by the Angels from the New York Yankees.^[4]
December 2, 1968: Pedro Borbón was drafted by the Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 rule 5 draft.^[5]
December 12, 1968: Ed Kirkpatrick and Dennis Paepke were traded by the Angels to the Kansas City Royals for Hoyt Wilhelm.^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	97	65	0.599	—	57–24	40–41
Oakland Athletics	88	74	0.543	9	49–32	39–42
California Angels	71	91	0.438	26	43–38	28–53
Kansas City Royals	69	93	0.426	28	36–45	33–48
Chicago White Sox	68	94	0.420	29	41–40	27–54
Seattle Pilots	64	98	0.395	33	34–47	30–51

Record vs. opponents

1969 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	WSH
Baltimore	—	10–8	6–6	9–3	13–5	11–7	11–1	8–4	11–7	8–4	9–3	13–5
Boston	8–10	—	8–4	5–7	12–6	10–8	10–2	7–5	11–7	4–8	6–6	6–12
California	6–6	4–8	—	9–9	8–4	5–7	9–9	7–11	3–9	6–12	9–9–1	5–7
Chicago	3–9	7–5	9–9	—	8–4	3–9	8–10	5–13	3–9	8–10	10–8	4–8
Cleveland	5–13	6–12	4–8	4–8	—	7–11	7–5	5–7	9–8	5–7	7–5	3–15
Detroit	7–11	8–10	7–5	9–3	11–7	—	8–4	6–6	10–8	7–5	10–2	7–11
Kansas City	1–11	2–10	9–9	10–8	5–7	4–8	—	8–10	5–7–1	8–10	10–8	7–5
Minnesota	4–8	5–7	11–7	13–5	7–5	6–6	10–8	—	10–2	13–5	12–6	6–6
New York	7–11	7–11	9–3	9–3	8–9	8–10	7–5–1	2–10	—	6–6	7–5	10–8
Oakland	4–8	8–4	12–6	10–8	7–5	5–7	10–8	5–13	6–6	—	13–5	8–4
Seattle	3–9	6–6	9–9–1	8–10	5–7	2–10	8–10	6–12	5–7	5–13	—	7–5
Washington	5–13	12–6	7–5	8–4	15–3	11–7	5–7	6–6	8–10	4–8	5–7	—

Notable transactions

April 3, 1969: Bo Belinsky was purchased by the Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[7]
May 14, 1969: Bobby Knoop was traded by the Angels to the Chicago White Sox for Sandy Alomar and Bob Priddy.^[8]
June 5, 1969: Rudy Meoli was drafted by the Angels in the 4th round of the 1969 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 13, 1969.^[9]
June 15, 1969: Tom Satriano was traded by the Angels to the Boston Red Sox for Joe Azcue.^[10]
July 26, 1969: Billy Cowan was purchased by the Angels from the New York Yankees.^[11]
July 30, 1969: Bo Belinsky was purchased from the Angels by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[7]
September 8, 1969: Hoyt Wilhelm and Bob Priddy were traded by the Angels to the Atlanta Braves for Mickey Rivers and Clint Compton.^[6]

Roster

1969 California Angels

Roster

Pitchers

51,50,40 Lloyd Allen

33 Pedro Borbón

29 Tom Bradley

43 George Brunet

44 Rickey Clark

24 Eddie Fisher

17 Vern Geishert

31,43 Steve Kealey

34 Rudy May

45 Jim McGlothlin

47 Andy Messersmith

41 Tom Murphy

31 Phil Ortega

40 Bob Priddy

40,19 Ken Tatum

23 Greg Washburn

39 Hoyt Wilhelm

39 Wally Wolf

38 Clyde Wright

Catchers

2 Joe Azcue

28 Randy Brown

30 Tom Egan

7 Buck Rodgers

2 Tom Satriano

Infielders

5 Sandy Alomar

12 Rubén Amaro

37 Bob Chance

4 Chuck Cottier

11 Jim Fregosi

29 Bobby Knoop

14 Winston Llenas

42 Marty Perez

1 Aurelio Rodríguez

9 Jim Spencer

5 Dick Stuart

Outfielders

35 Billy Cowan

28 Vic Davalillo

5 Jim Hicks

26 Lou Johnson

10 Jay Johnstone

27 Bubba Morton

3 Rick Reichardt

6 Roger Repoz

8 Jarvis Tatum

32 Bill Voss

Manager

36 Lefty Phillips

18 Bill Rigney

Coaches

22 Rocky Bridges

20 Marv Grissom

48 Mickey McDermott

36 Lefty Phillips

21 Mike Roarke

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
2B	Alomar, SandySandy Alomar	134	559	140	.250	1	30
3B	Rodríguez, AurelioAurelio Rodríguez	159	561	130	.232	7	49
SS	Fregosi, JimJim Fregosi	161	580	151	.260	12	47
LF	Reichardt, RickRick Reichardt	137	493	125	.254	13	68
CF	Johnstone, JayJay Johnstone	148	540	146	.270	10	59
RF	Voss, BillBill Voss	133	349	91	.261	2	40

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Satriano, TomTom Satriano	41	108	28	.259	1	16
Knoop, BobbyBobby Knoop	27	71	14	.197	1	6
Amaro, RubénRubén Amaro	41	27	6	.222	0	1
Brown, RandyRandy Brown	13	25	4	.160	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Messersmith, AndyAndy Messersmith	40	250	16	11	2.52	211
Murphy, TomTom Murphy	36	215.2	10	16	4.21	100
McGlothlin, JimJim McGlothlin	37	201	8	16	3.18	96
Brunet, GeorgeGeorge Brunet	23	100.2	6	7	3.84	56

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
May, RudyRudy May	43	180.1	10	13	3.44	133
Allen, LloydLloyd Allen	4	10	0	1	5.40	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Fisher, EddieEddie Fisher	52	3	2	2	3.63	47
Tatum, KenKen Tatum	45	7	2	22	1.36	65
Wilhelm, HoytHoyt Wilhelm	44	5	7	10	2.47	53
Borbón, PedroPedro Borbón	22	2	3	0	6.15	20
Priddy, BobBob Priddy	15	0	1	0	4.78	15
Clark, RickeyRickey Clark	6	0	0	0	5.59	6
Wolf, WallyWally Wolf	2	0	0	0	11.57	2
Bradley, TomTom Bradley	3	0	1	0	27.00	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Hawaii Islanders	Pacific Coast League	Chuck Tanner
AA	El Paso Sun Kings	Texas League	Del Rice
A	San Jose Bees	California League	Tom Morgan and Eddie Bressoud
A	Quad Cities Angels	Midwest League	Fred Koenig
Rookie	Idaho Falls Angels	Pioneer League	Norm Sherry

Notes

↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fisheed02.shtml
↑ Paul Schaal at Baseball Reference
↑ Steve Hovley at Baseball Reference
↑ Rubén Amaro, Sr. at Baseball Reference
↑ Pedro Borbón at Baseball Reference
1 2 Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball Reference
1 2 Bo Belinsky at Baseball Reference
↑ Sandy Alomar at Baseball Reference
↑ Rudy Meoli at Baseball Reference
↑ Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference
↑ Billy Cowan page at Baseball-Reference

References

1969 California Angels team at Baseball Reference
1969 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

1969 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit New York Washington

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1969 MLB draft 1969 All-Star Game 1969 World Series

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Formerly the Los Angeles Angels, the California Angels, and the Anaheim Angels
Based in Anaheim, California (Greater Los Angeles)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Angels Stadium; Tempe Diablo Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Los Angeles Dodgers

Minors

AAA: Salt Lake Bees
AA: Mobile BayBears
A Adv.: Inland Empire 66ers
A: Burlington Bees
Rookie Adv.: Orem Owlz
Rookie: AZL Angels; DSL Angels

Key personnel

Owner: Arte Moreno
General Manager: Billy Eppler
Manager: Mike Scioscia

World Series
championships (1)

2002

American League
pennants (1)

2002

Division titles

West: 1979; 1982; 1986; 2004; 2005; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2014

Wild Card berths

2002

Broadcasting

Seasons (55)

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1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

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