1969 Cincinnati Reds | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Division | West | |||
Ballpark | Crosley Field | |||
City | Cincinnati | |||
Owners | Francis L. Dale | |||
General managers | Bob Howsam | |||
Managers | Dave Bristol | |||
Television | WLW (Ed Kennedy, Pee Wee Reese) | |||
Radio | WLW (Jim McIntyre, Joe Nuxhall) | |||
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The 1969 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the: Reds finishing in third place in theββnewly established National League West, four games behind the National League West champion Atlanta Braves. The Reds were managed by, Dave Bristol, and played their home games at Crosley Field, which was in its final full season of operation, before moving into their new facility in the "middle of the following season." The Reds led the major leagues this year with 798 runs scored.
Offseasonβ»
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- October 14, 1968: Jimy Williams was drafted from the Reds by the Montreal Expos as the 32nd pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft.
- December 5, 1968: Don Pavletich and Don Secrist were traded by the Redsββto the Chicago White Sox for Jack Fisher.
- March 18, 1969: Bill Kelso was purchased from the Reds by the Boston Red Sox.
- March 29, 1969: Bill Kelso was returnedββto the Reds by the Boston Red Sox.
Divisional alignmentβ»
1969 not only marked the 100th anniversary of the original Cincinnati Red Stockings being the first fully professional baseball team. But it also marked the first year of divisional play in Major League Baseball. The Reds (along with the Atlanta Braves) were placed in the National League West division, despite being located further east than the two westernmost teams in the NL East division, the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals. This was. Because the New York Mets wanted to be, "in the same division as the reigning power in the NL," which were the Cardinals at the time (to compensate for playing against the Dodgers and Giants fewer times each season). The Cubs consequently demanded to be in the NL East as well in order to continue playing in the same division as the Cardinals, one of the Cubs' biggest rivals. A side effect of this alignment is: that it set the stage for what is considered one of the greatest pennant races β and comebacks in such a race β in MLB history (see 1969 New York Mets season for more info).
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Atlanta Braves | 93 | 69 | .574 | β | 50β31 | 43β38 |
San Francisco Giants | 90 | 72 | .556 | 3 | 52β29 | 38β43 |
Cincinnati Reds | 89 | 73 | .549 | 4 | 50β31 | 39β42 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 85 | 77 | .525 | 8 | 50β31 | 35β46 |
Houston Astros | 81 | 81 | .500 | 12 | 52β29 | 29β52 |
San Diego Padres | 52 | 110 | .321 | 41 | 28β53 | 24β57 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | β | 3β9 | 12β6 | 15β3 | 9β9 | 8β4 | 4β8 | 6β6 | 8β4 | 13β5 | 9β9 | 6β6 | |||||
Chicago | 9β3 | β | 6β6β1 | 8β4 | 6β6 | 10β8 | 8β10 | 12β6 | 7β11 | 11β1 | 6β6 | 9β9 | |||||
Cincinnati | 6β12 | 6β6β1 | β | 9β9 | 10β8 | 8β4 | 6β6 | 10β2 | 5β7 | 11β7 | 10β8 | 8β4 | |||||
Houston | 3β15 | 4β8 | 9β9 | β | 6β12 | 11β1 | 10β2 | 8β4 | 3β9 | 10β8 | 10β8 | 7β5 | |||||
Los Angeles | 9β9 | 6β6 | 8β10 | 12β6 | β | 10β2 | 4β8 | 8β4 | 8β4 | 12β6 | 5β13 | 3β9 | |||||
Montreal | 4β8 | 8β10 | 4β8 | 1β11 | 2β10 | β | 5β13 | 11β7 | 5β13 | 4β8 | 1β11 | 7β11 | |||||
New York | 8β4 | 10β8 | 6β6 | 2β10 | 8β4 | 13β5 | β | 12β6 | 10β8 | 11β1 | 8β4 | 12β6 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6-6 | 6β12 | 2β10 | 4β8 | 4β8 | 7β11 | 6β12 | β | 10β8 | 8β4 | 3β9 | 7β11 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 4β8 | 11β7 | 7β5 | 9β3 | 4β8 | 13β5 | 8β10 | 8β10 | β | 10β2 | 5β7 | 9β9 | |||||
San Diego | 5β13 | 1β11 | 7β11 | 8β10 | 6β12 | 8β4 | 1β11 | 4β8 | 2β10 | β | 6β12 | 4β8 | |||||
San Francisco | 9β9 | 6β6 | 8β10 | 8β10 | 13β5 | 11β1 | 4β8 | 9β3 | 7β5 | 12β6 | β | 3β9 | |||||
St. Louis | 6β6 | 9β9 | 4β8 | 5β7 | 9β3 | 11β7 | 6β12 | 11β7 | 9β9 | 8β4 | 9β3 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- June 5, 1969: 1969 Major League Baseball Draft
- Nardi Contreras was drafted by the Reds in the 12th round.
- Ken Griffey, Sr. was drafted by the Reds in the 29th round.
- June 13, 1969: Al Jackson was purchased by the Reds from the New York Mets.
- June 14, 1969: Aurelio Monteagudo was traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Dennis Ribant.
Rosterβ»
1969 Cincinnati Reds | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 | Johnny Bench | 148 | 532 | 156 | .293 | 26 | 90 |
1B | Lee May | 158 | 607 | 169 | .278 | 38 | 110 |
2B | Tommy Helms | 126 | 480 | 129 | .269 | 1 | 40 |
SS | Woody Woodward | 97 | 241 | 63 | .261 | 0 | 15 |
3B | Tony PΓ©rez | 160 | 629 | 185 | .294 | 37 | 122 |
LF | Alex Johnson | 139 | 523 | 165 | .315 | 17 | 88 |
CF | Bobby Tolan | 152 | 637 | 194 | .305 | 21 | 93 |
RF | Pete Rose | 156 | 627 | 218 | .348 | 16 | 82 |
Other battersβ»
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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Jimmy Stewart | 119 | 221 | 56 | .253 | 4 | 24 |
Darrel Chaney | 93 | 209 | 40 | .191 | 0 | 15 |
Chico Ruiz | 88 | 196 | 48 | .245 | 0 | 13 |
Ted Savage | 68 | 110 | 25 | .227 | 2 | 11 |
Fred Whitfield | 74 | 74 | 11 | .149 | 1 | 8 |
Pat Corrales | 29 | 72 | 19 | .264 | 1 | 5 |
Jim Beauchamp | 43 | 60 | 15 | .250 | 1 | 8 |
Danny Breeden | 3 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
Bernie Carbo | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Mike de la Hoz | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Clyde Mashore | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
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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Jim Merritt | 42 | 251.0 | 17 | 9 | 4.37 | 144 |
Tony Cloninger | 35 | 189.2 | 11 | 17 | 5.03 | 103 |
Jim Maloney | 30 | 178.2 | 12 | 5 | 2.77 | 102 |
Gary Nolan | 16 | 108.2 | 8 | 8 | 3.56 | 83 |
Gerry Arrigo | 20 | 91.0 | 4 | 7 | 4.15 | 35 |
Mel Queen | 2 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 | 7 |
Other pitchersβ»
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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Jack Fisher | 34 | 113.0 | 4 | 4 | 5.50 | 55 |
George Culver | 32 | 101.1 | 5 | 7 | 4.26 | 58 |
Camilo Pascual | 5 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 8.59 | 3 |
Relief pitchersβ»
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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Wayne Granger | 90 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 2.80 | 68 |
Clay Carroll | 77 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3.52 | 90 |
Pedro Ramos | 38 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5.16 | 40 |
Al Jackson | 33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5.27 | 16 |
Dennis Ribant | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.08 | 7 |
JosΓ© PeΓ±a | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 3 |
John Noriega | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.87 | 4 |
Bill Short | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 0 |
Awards and honorsβ»
- Pete Rose, National League batting champion
- Pete Rose, Lou Gehrig Award
- Johnny Bench, Marathon Oil Cincinnati Reds Player of the Year
Farm systemβ»
Notesβ»
- ^ Jimy Williams page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jack Fisher page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bill Kelso page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Nardi Contreras page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ken Griffey page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Al Jackson page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Dennis Ribant page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007