Английская Википедия:1969 Oakland Athletics season

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox baseball team season The 1969 Oakland Athletics season involved the A's compiling a record of 88 wins and 74 losses. With its expansion to 12 teams in 1969, the American League had been divided into two 6-team divisions. In their first year in the newly established American League West Division, the Athletics finished second, nine games behind the Minnesota Twins. It was the first time they had finished in the 1st place in divisio since 1952 Philadelphia Athletics season. Paid attendance for the season was 778,232.

Offseason

• October 15, 1968: Joe Keough was drafted from the Athletics by the Kansas City Royals as the 8th pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft.
• December 2, 1968: Darrell Evans was drafted from the Athletics by the Atlanta Braves in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

Regular season

• Reggie Jackson hit 47 home runs in 1969, and was briefly ahead of the pace that Roger Maris set when he broke the single-season record for home runs with 61 in 1961, and that of Babe Ruth when he set the previous record of 60 in 1927.
• The club ranked second in the American League Western division. With 13 games left in the season, Hank Bauer was replaced as Field Manager by John McNamara. McNamara compiled a won loss record of 8–5 to help the A's finish with 88 wins and 74 losses, an improvement of six wins compared to the previous season.

Opening Day starters

• Sal Bando
• Bert Campaneris
• Danny Cater
• Dave Duncan
• Dick Green
• Mike Hershberger
• Reggie Jackson
• Rick Monday
• Blue Moon Odom

Notable transactions

• June 5, 1969: 1969 Major League Baseball Draft (June Draft) notable picks:

Round 1: Don Stanhouse (9th pick).

Round 2: Tommy Sandt

Round 3: Steve Lawson

Round 6: Jim Sundberg (did not sign)

Round 8: Glenn Abbott

Round 13: John Stearns (did not sign)

Round 19: Charlie Chant

• June 14, 1969: John Donaldson was traded by the Athletics to the Seattle Pilots for Larry Haney.

Reggie Jackson

In the offseason, Jackson demanded a salary increase from $10,000 to $25,000. Jackson would settle at $20,000. Reggie Jackson hit two home runs versus the Washington Senators, with President Richard Nixon in the crowd. By July 1, the A's had played in 71 games and Jackson had hit 30 home runs, 62 RBI, .287 batting average and a 1.145 OPS. On July 2, Reggie Jackson would hit three home runs versus the Seattle Pilots to raise his season total to 34 home runs. He was on pace to break the home run record set by Roger Maris eight years earlier. By the end of July, Jackson had 40 home runs but he only hit 5 home runs in August. In September, Jackson was hospitalized with a skin rash and was only able to hit 2 home runs. Jackson still managed to lead the American League with 123 runs scored.

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
C	Шаблон:Sortname	106	247	58	.235	2	19
1B	Шаблон:Sortname	152	584	153	.262	10	76
2B	Шаблон:Sortname	136	483	133	.275	12	64
3B	Шаблон:Sortname	162	609	171	.281	31	113
SS	Шаблон:Sortname	135	547	142	.260	2	25
LF	Шаблон:Sortname	107	315	81	.257	2	20
CF	Шаблон:Sortname	122	399	108	.271	12	54
RF	Шаблон:Sortname	152	549	151	.275	47	118

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
Шаблон:Sortname	92	305	76	.249	2	27
Шаблон:Sortname	75	266	71	.267	0	11
Шаблон:Sortname	51	129	26	.202	1	10
Шаблон:Sortname	58	127	16	.126	3	22
Шаблон:Sortname	35	122	23	.189	2	6
Шаблон:Sortname	53	86	13	.151	2	12
Шаблон:Sortname	32	85	29	.341	3	20
Шаблон:Sortname	29	79	19	.241	3	10
Шаблон:Sortname	64	77	20	.260	1	13
Шаблон:Sortname	51	67	23	.343	1	9
Шаблон:Sortname	16	38	6	.158	1	2
Шаблон:Sortname	14	27	4	.148	1	2
Шаблон:Sortname	5	17	0	.000	0	0
Шаблон:Sortname	12	13	1	.077	0	0
Шаблон:Sortname	8	8	0	.000	0	0
Шаблон:Sortname	13	6	0	.000	0	0
Шаблон:Sortname	12	1	0	.000	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
Шаблон:Sortname	38	247.0	12	15	3.35	150
Шаблон:Sortname	35	235.1	15	13	3.86	137
Шаблон:Sortname	32	231.1	15	6	2.92	150
Шаблон:Sortname	26	115.1	8	8	3.67	75

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
Шаблон:Sortname	43	140.0	7	7	4.44	85
Шаблон:Sortname	19	61.1	3	4	4.70	39
Шаблон:Sortname	12	42.0	1	1	6.64	24
Шаблон:Sortname	12	19.0	1	2	5.21	9

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
Шаблон:Sortname	60	6	7	12	3.71	61
Шаблон:Sortname	60	9	6	9	4.14	64
Шаблон:Sortname	39	5	1	1	2.19	48
Шаблон:Sortname	28	4	1	2	3.95	16
Шаблон:Sortname	27	1	1	2	4.47	20
Шаблон:Sortname	4	0	1	0	5.40	5
Шаблон:Sortname	3	1	1	1	2.35	4

External links

• 1969 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1969 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com