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The 1969 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 88th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 78th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 87–75 during the season and finished fourth in the newly established National League East, 13 games behind the eventual NL pennant and World Series champion New York Mets.
1969 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Busch Memorial Stadium | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 87–75 (.537) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | August "Gussie" Busch | |
General managers | Bing Devine | |
Managers | Red Schoendienst | |
Television | KSD-TV | |
Radio | KMOX (Harry Caray, Jack Buck) | |
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The resurgent Chicago Cubs, featuring players such as Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, and Billy Williams and helmed by fiery manager Leo Durocher, led the newly formed NL East for much of the summer before faltering. The Cardinals put on a mid-season surge, as their famous announcer Harry Caray (in what would prove to be his final season of 25 doing Cardinals broadcasts) began singing, "The Cardinals are coming, tra-la, tra-la". However, to the surprise of both Chicago and St. Louis, the Miracle Mets would ultimately win the division, as well as the league championship and the World Series.
Pitcher Bob Gibson and outfielder Curt Flood won Gold Gloves this year.
1969 also marked the final season for the Busch Stadium grass before the installation of AstroTurf, which would be their home surface for the next 26 seasons.
After the season, long-time broadcaster Harry Caray's contract was not renewed. At a news conference shortly afterward, Caray pointedly and conspicuously drank from a can of Schlitz beer, at the time the main competitor to the brands of Anheuser-Busch (A–B), who owned the Cardinals. He said he did not know why he had been let go, but doubted the team's claim that the decision was made because he was hurting beer sales. Instead, he suspected that people believed rampant rumors that he had been having an affair with Susan Busch, daughter-in-law of team president and A–B CEO Gussie Busch.[8][lower-alpha 1]
Caray would be a broadcaster for the Oakland Athletics in 1970, before spending 27 seasons in Chicago with the White Sox (1971–1981) and the Cubs from 1982 until his death prior to the 1998 season.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Mets | 100 | 62 | .617 | — | 52–30 | 48–32 |
Chicago Cubs | 92 | 70 | .568 | 8 | 49–32 | 43–38 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 88 | 74 | .543 | 12 | 47–34 | 41–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 87 | 75 | .537 | 13 | 42–38 | 45–37 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 63 | 99 | .389 | 37 | 30–51 | 33–48 |
Montreal Expos | 52 | 110 | .321 | 48 | 24–57 | 28–53 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 3–9 | 12–6 | 15–3 | 9–9 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 6–6 | |||||
Chicago | 9–3 | — | 6–6–1 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 11–1 | 6–6 | 9–9 | |||||
Cincinnati | 6–12 | 6–6–1 | — | 9–9 | 10–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 8–4 | |||||
Houston | 3–15 | 4–8 | 9–9 | — | 6–12 | 11–1 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 7–5 | |||||
Los Angeles | 9–9 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 12–6 | — | 10–2 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 12–6 | 5–13 | 3–9 | |||||
Montreal | 4–8 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 1–11 | 2–10 | — | 5–13 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 4–8 | 1–11 | 7–11 | |||||
New York | 8–4 | 10–8 | 6–6 | 2–10 | 8–4 | 13–5 | — | 12–6 | 10–8 | 11–1 | 8–4 | 12–6 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6-6 | 6–12 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–11 | 6–12 | — | 10–8 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 7–11 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 4–8 | 11–7 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 | — | 10–2 | 5–7 | 9–9 | |||||
San Diego | 5–13 | 1–11 | 7–11 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 8–4 | 1–11 | 4–8 | 2–10 | — | 6–12 | 4–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 9–9 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 13–5 | 11–1 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 12–6 | — | 3–9 | |||||
St. Louis | 6–6 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 8–4 | 9–3 | — |
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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 |
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C | Tim McCarver | 138 | 515 | 134 | .260 | 7 | 51 |
1B | Joe Torre | 159 | 602 | 174 | .289 | 18 | 101 |
2B | Julián Javier | 143 | 493 | 139 | .282 | 10 | 42 |
SS | Dal Maxvill | 132 | 372 | 65 | .175 | 2 | 32 |
3B | Mike Shannon | 150 | 551 | 140 | .254 | 12 | 55 |
LF | Lou Brock | 157 | 655 | 195 | .298 | 12 | 47 |
CF | Curt Flood | 153 | 606 | 173 | .285 | 4 | 57 |
RF | Vada Pinson | 132 | 495 | 126 | .255 | 10 | 70 |
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 |
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Steve Huntz | 71 | 139 | 27 | .194 | 3 | 13 |
Phil Gagliano | 62 | 128 | 29 | .227 | 1 | 10 |
Joe Hague | 40 | 100 | 17 | .170 | 2 | 8 |
Vic Davalillo | 63 | 98 | 26 | .265 | 2 | 10 |
Bill White | 49 | 57 | 12 | .211 | 0 | 4 |
Byron Browne | 22 | 53 | 12 | .226 | 1 | 7 |
Dave Ricketts | 30 | 44 | 12 | .273 | 0 | 5 |
Jim Hicks | 19 | 44 | 8 | .182 | 1 | 3 |
Jerry DaVanon | 16 | 40 | 12 | .300 | 1 | 7 |
Bob Johnson | 19 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 1 | 2 |
Leron Lee | 7 | 23 | 5 | .217 | 0 | 0 |
Chip Coulter | 6 | 19 | 6 | .316 | 0 | 4 |
Ted Simmons | 5 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 3 |
Boots Day | 11 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Nossek | 9 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Gibson | 35 | 314.0 | 20 | 13 | 2.18 | 269 |
Steve Carlton | 31 | 236.1 | 17 | 11 | 2.17 | 210 |
Nelson Briles | 36 | 227.2 | 15 | 13 | 3.52 | 126 |
Santiago Guzmán | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.91 | 7 |
Jerry Reuss | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
Reggie Cleveland | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ray Washburn | 28 | 132.1 | 3 | 8 | 3.06 | 80 |
Chuck Taylor | 27 | 126.2 | 7 | 5 | 2.56 | 62 |
Mike Torrez | 24 | 107.2 | 10 | 4 | 3.59 | 61 |
Dave Giusti | 22 | 99.2 | 3 | 7 | 3.61 | 62 |
Jim Ellis | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Joe Hoerner | 45 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 2.87 | 35 |
Mudcat Grant | 30 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4.12 | 35 |
Ron Willis | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.18 | 23 |
Gary Waslewski | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.92 | 16 |
Mel Nelson | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.81 | 3 |
Sal Campisi | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.93 | 7 |
Tom Hilgendorf | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.42 | 2 |
Dennis Ribant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
Vic Davalillo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |
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