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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, the Athletics finished second, nine games behind the Minnesota Twins. It was the first time they had finished in the first place in a division since 1952 Philadelphia Athletics season. Paid attendance for the season was 778,232.[1]
1969 Oakland Athletics | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | |
City | Oakland, California | |
Record | 88–74 (.543) | |
Owners | Charles O. Finley | |
Managers | Hank Bauer, John McNamara | |
Television | KBHK-TV | |
Radio | KNBR (Monte Moore, Al Helfer) | |
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Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Minnesota Twins | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 57–24 | 40–41 |
Oakland Athletics | 88 | 74 | .543 | 9 | 49–32 | 39–42 |
California Angels | 71 | 91 | .438 | 26 | 43–38 | 28–53 |
Kansas City Royals | 69 | 93 | .426 | 28 | 36–45 | 33–48 |
Chicago White Sox | 68 | 94 | .420 | 29 | 41–40 | 27–54 |
Seattle Pilots | 64 | 98 | .395 | 33 | 34–47 | 30–51 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEP | 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 | — |
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.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11] Jackson still managed to lead the American League with 123 runs scored.[12]
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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 | Phil Roof | 106 | 247 | 58 | .235 | 2 | 19 |
1B | Danny Cater | 152 | 584 | 153 | .262 | 10 | 76 |
2B | Dick Green | 136 | 483 | 133 | .275 | 12 | 64 |
3B | Sal Bando | 162 | 609 | 171 | .281 | 31 | 113 |
SS | Bert Campaneris | 135 | 547 | 142 | .260 | 2 | 25 |
LF | Tommie Reynolds | 107 | 315 | 81 | .257 | 2 | 20 |
CF | Rick Monday | 122 | 399 | 108 | .271 | 12 | 54 |
RF | Reggie Jackson | 152 | 549 | 151 | .275 | 47 | 118 |
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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Ted Kubiak | 92 | 305 | 76 | .249 | 2 | 27 |
José Tartabull | 75 | 266 | 71 | .267 | 0 | 11 |
Mike Hershberger | 51 | 129 | 26 | .202 | 1 | 10 |
Dave Duncan | 58 | 127 | 16 | .126 | 3 | 22 |
Joe Rudi | 35 | 122 | 23 | .189 | 2 | 6 |
Larry Haney | 53 | 86 | 13 | .151 | 2 | 12 |
Tito Francona | 32 | 85 | 29 | .341 | 3 | 20 |
Bobby Brooks | 29 | 79 | 19 | .241 | 3 | 10 |
Ray Webster | 64 | 77 | 20 | .260 | 1 | 13 |
Bob Johnson | 51 | 67 | 23 | .343 | 1 | 9 |
Gene Tenace | 16 | 38 | 6 | .158 | 1 | 2 |
Jim Pagliaroni | 14 | 27 | 4 | .148 | 1 | 2 |
Bill McNulty | 5 | 17 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
John Donaldson | 12 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 0 |
Tony La Russa | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Nossek | 13 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Allan Lewis | 12 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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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Catfish Hunter | 38 | 247.0 | 12 | 15 | 3.35 | 150 |
Chuck Dobson | 35 | 235.1 | 15 | 13 | 3.86 | 137 |
Blue Moon Odom | 32 | 231.1 | 15 | 6 | 2.92 | 150 |
Jim Nash | 26 | 115.1 | 8 | 8 | 3.67 | 75 |
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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Lew Krausse Jr. | 43 | 140.0 | 7 | 7 | 4.44 | 85 |
George Lauzerique | 19 | 61.1 | 3 | 4 | 4.70 | 39 |
Vida Blue | 12 | 42.0 | 1 | 1 | 6.64 | 24 |
Fred Talbot | 12 | 19.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.21 | 9 |
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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Rollie Fingers | 60 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 3.71 | 61 |
Paul Lindblad | 60 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4.14 | 64 |
Jim Roland | 39 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2.19 | 48 |
Marcel Lachemann | 28 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3.95 | 16 |
Ed Sprague | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.47 | 20 |
John Wyatt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 5 |
Juan Pizarro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.35 | 4 |
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