1969_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season Knowpia

1969 Los Angeles Dodgers
1969 Los Angeles Dodgers
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Dodger Stadium
City	Los Angeles
Owners	Walter O'Malley, James Mulvey
President	Walter O'Malley
General managers	Al Campanis
Managers	Walter Alston
Television	KTTV (11)
Radio	KFI; Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett; KWKW; Jose Garcia, Jaime Jarrín

The 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers finished in fourth place in the new National League West, eight games behind the Atlanta Braves. The Dodgers' record for 1969 was 85–77, which was nine wins better than 1968.

Offseason edit

October 21, 1968: Bob Bailey was purchased from the Dodgers by the Montreal Expos.^[1]
October 21, 1968: Jim Ellis was traded by the Dodgers to St. Louis Cardinals for Pete Mikkelsen.^[2]
December 4, 1968: Mike Kekich was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Andy Kosco.^[3]
December 5, 1968: Jim Campanis was acquired from the Dodgers by the Kansas City Royals.^[4]
March 30, 1969: Ted Savage was traded by the Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Jimmie Schaffer.^[5]

Regular season edit

After finishing 8th in 1967 and 7th in 1968, the Dodgers looked to improve in 1969 with the addition of youngsters Ted Sizemore, Bill Sudakis, and by obtaining Tom Haller in a trade. The Dodgers started fast and on June 10, they were in 2nd place at 31–22, 1 game back in a wild 5 team N.L. West race. On June 11, they reacquired Maury Wills in a trade, and obtained Manny Mota in the same deal for Ron Fairly and Paul Popovich. By July 16, they were in 1st place, and after beating the Mets on September 3, they were in second place, 1 game back. Centerfielder Willie Davis had just extended his club record 31 game hitting streak. They headed to San Diego to face the expansion Padres in a 4-game series and disaster struck. They scored 4 runs in 4 games, lost 4 in a row, and Davis had his hitting streak stopped in the first game. They left San Diego in 4th place, still only 2+1⁄2 games out. They rebounded somewhat, and when they beat the Atlanta Braves on September 18, they were one-half game behind co-leaders Atlanta and the San Francisco Giants as they headed to San Francisco. The pressure of the season long five team pennant race got to this young team, as they lost 10 of their next 11 games, ultimately finishing 85–77, 8 games behind division winning Atlanta.

Impact edit

While they did not win the division, the 1969 Dodgers marked the start of a turnaround for the franchise. After finishing 8th and 7th in 1967 and 1968 respectively, they would not finish in the bottom half of the standings again until 1984. Ted Sizemore won the rookie of the year award, and other youngsters like Steve Garvey, Bill Russell, Von Joshua, Bobby Valentine, and Bill Buckner contributed in back up roles. Waiting in the wings in the minors were Ron Cey, Davey Lopes, Tom Paciorek, and manager Tommy Lasorda.

Season standings edit

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	93	69	0.574	—	50–31	43–38
San Francisco Giants	90	72	0.556	3	52–29	38–43
Cincinnati Reds	89	73	0.549	4	50–31	39–42
Los Angeles Dodgers	85	77	0.525	8	50–31	35–46
Houston Astros	81	81	0.500	12	52–29	29–52
San Diego Padres	52	110	0.321	41	28–53	24–57

Record vs. opponents edit

1969 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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	—

Opening Day lineup edit


Opening Day starters
Name	Position
Willie Crawford	Center fielder
Len Gabrielson	Right fielder
Bill Sudakis	Third baseman
Ron Fairly	First baseman
Andy Kosco	Left fielder
Tom Haller	Catcher
Jim Lefebvre	Second baseman
Ted Sizemore	Shortstop
Don Drysdale	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions edit

April 17, 1969: Tommy Dean and Leon Everitt were traded by the Dodgers to the San Diego Padres for Al McBean.^[6]
June 11, 1969: Ron Fairly and Paul Popovich were traded by the Dodgers to the Montreal Expos for Maury Wills and Manny Mota.^[7]
August 15, 1969: Chuck Goggin, Ron Mitchell (minors) and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jim Bunning.^[8]
September 1, 1969: Jack Jenkins was purchased by the Dodgers from the Washington Senators.^[9]

Roster edit

1969 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

24 Walter Alston

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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	Tom Haller	134	445	117	.263	6	39
1B	Wes Parker	132	471	131	.278	13	68
2B	Ted Sizemore	159	590	160	.271	4	46
3B	Bill Sudakis	132	462	108	.234	14	53
SS	Maury Wills	104	434	129	.297	4	39
LF	Manny Mota	85	294	95	.323	3	30
CF	Willie Davis	129	498	155	.311	11	59
RF	Andy Kosco	120	424	105	.248	19	74

Other batters edit

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
Willie Crawford	129	389	96	.247	11	41
Jim Lefebvre	95	275	65	.236	4	44
Bill Russell	98	212	48	.226	5	15
Len Gabrielson	83	178	48	.270	1	18
Jeff Torborg	51	124	23	.185	0	7
Billy Grabarkewitz	34	65	6	.092	0	5
Ron Fairly	30	64	14	.219	0	8
Paul Popovich	28	50	10	.200	0	4
Tommy Hutton	16	48	13	.271	0	4
John Miller	26	38	8	.211	1	1
Ken Boyer	25	34	7	.206	0	4
Bob Stinson	4	8	3	.375	0	2
Von Joshua	14	8	2	.250	0	0
Steve Garvey	3	3	1	.333	0	0
Bill Buckner	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Bobby Valentine	5	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Claude Osteen	41	321.0	20	15	2.66	183
Bill Singer	41	315.2	20	12	2.34	247
Don Sutton	41	293.1	17	18	3.47	217
Don Drysdale	12	62.2	5	4	4.45	24
Jim Bunning	9	56.1	3	1	3.36	33

Other pitchers edit

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Alan Foster	24	102.2	3	9	4.38	59
Joe Moeller	23	51.1	1	0	3.33	25

Relief pitchers edit

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jim Brewer	59	7	6	20	2.55	92
Pete Mikkelsen	48	7	5	4	2.77	51
Al McBean	31	2	6	4	3.91	26
Ray Lamb	10	0	1	1	1.80	11
John Purdin	9	0	0	0	6.06	6
Bobby Darwin	3	0	0	0	9.82	0
Jack Jenkins	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Awards and honors edit

National League Rookie of the Year
- Ted Sizemore
Gold Glove Award
- Wes Parker
NL Player of the Month
- Willie Davis (August 1969)

All-Stars edit

1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Bill Singer, reserve

Farm system edit

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Spokane Indians	Pacific Coast League	Tommy Lasorda
AA	Albuquerque Dodgers	Texas League	Del Crandall
A	Bakersfield Dodgers	California League	Don LeJohn
A	Daytona Beach Dodgers	Florida State League	Bob Shaw
A	Rogue Valley Dodgers	Northwest League	Bill Berrier
Rookie	Ogden Dodgers	Pioneer League	Ray Malgradi

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rogue Valley, Ogden

1969 Major League Baseball Draft edit

This was the fifth year of a Major League Baseball Draft. The Dodgers drafted 47 players in the June draft and 11 in the January draft.

The Dodgers first round selection in the June draft, High School Catcher Terry McDermott did make it to the Majors, in 1972, but played only 9 games.

The only player from this draft class who made any impact in the Majors was Lee Lacy, who was drafted twice this year... as a third baseman in the January draft and as a pitcher in the June draft. He was primarily an outfielder in the Majors, and played through 1987 with the Dodgers, Braves, Pirates and Orioles.

1969 Draft Picks

January draft edit

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Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Michael Kimbrell	2B		Yes	1969–1970	A
2	Lee Lacy	3B	Laney College	No Dodgers – June 1969	1969–1987	MLB
3	Carl Salyers	RHP	Southwestern Christian Junior College	No
4	Bob O'Brien	LHP	Fresno City College	No Dodgers – June 1969	1969–1974	MLB
5	Dean Voegerl	LHP	Trinidad State Junior College	No
6	Dave Maas	2B	Fullerton College	No

January Secondary phase edit

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Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Pat Harrison	INF	University of Southern California	No
2	William Camp	RHP	Oklahoma State University	No Cubs – 1970	1970	AA
3	George Pugh	LHP	Mesa Community College	No
4	William Ferguson	1B	Texas Christian University	No Reds – 1969 June	1969–1972	AAA
5	George Putz	1B	Springfield College	No Cardinals – 1969 June	1969–1973	AAA

June draft edit

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Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Terry McDermott	C	St. Agnes High School	Yes	1969–1976	MLB
2	Lee Lacy	LHP	Putnam City High School	Yes	1969–1987	MLB
3	Al Dawson	OF	Lyndhurst High School	Yes	1968–1972	AAA
4	Bob O'Brien	OF	Texas A&M University	Yes	1969–1974	MLB
5	Mark Mechuk	RHP	St. Bernard High School	No
6	Stan Wall	LHP	Raytown South High School	Yes	1969–1978	MLB
7	James Cardasis	OF	New York University	Yes	1969–1971	A
8	Kenneth Bruno	SS	Cliffside Park High School	Yes	1969	A-
9	Larry President	LHP	Temple High School	Yes	1969–1975	AAA
10	Ronald Mitchell	OF	Aqua Fria High School	Yes	1969–1980	AAA
11	John Hughes	1B	Parkwood High School	Yes	1969–1973	AA
12	Stanley Russell	RHP	Villa Park High School	Yes	1969–1972	A
13	Ronald Dolan	2B	Seton Hall University	No
14	Arthur Pauls	RHP	Lewis University	Yes	1969–1971	A
15	Roy Staiger	SS	Bacone College	No Mets – 1970	1970–1980	MLB
16	Jimmy Page	RHP	Hardesty High School	No
17	Edgar Bellamy	SS	Fort Cobb High School	No
18	Mark Pastrovich	LHP	Mascoutah High School	No Twins – 1970	1970	A
19	Anthony Blakley	SS	Sullivan West High School	No Pirates – 1971	1971	Rookie
20	Donald Sweetland	C	Saddleback College	No
21	Joseph Szewczyk	1B	New York University	Yes	1969	Rookie
22	Royle Stillman	OF	North Torrance High School	Yes	1969–1981	MLB
23	Manuel Washington	OF	Mississippi State University	Yes	1969–1972	AA
24	David Allen	LHP	California Western University	Yes	1970–1974	AAA
25	William Owen	3B	Willington High School	No
26	Jim Fuller	OF	San Diego City College	No Orioles – 1970	1970–1978	MLB
27	Johnny Hatcher	RHP	Andrews High School	No
28	Harry Chapman	RHP	Sarasota High School	No
29	George Horman	C	Crawford High School	No
30	Nick Devirgilis	OF	Sarasota High School	No
31	Jeffrey Hogan	SS	Florida State University	No Tigers – 1970	1970–1973	AA
32	Raymond Ippolito	SS	New York University	No
33	Robert Cox	RHP	Southeast High School	No
34	Vincent D'amico	1B	University of Albuquerque	Yes	1969	A-
35	Jerry Arnold	LHP	Woodward High School	No
36	William Wyles	LHP	New Mexico Military Institute	No
37	Gary Granville	OF	El Camino College	No Angels – 1970	1970–1973	A
38	Johnny Rodgers	INF	Tech High School	No
39	Gary Erskine	OF	Anderson High School	No
40	Dennis Haren	OF	Bishop Montgomery High School	Yes	1969–1974	AA
41	Rod Boone	C	Crawford High School	No Royals – 1972	1972–1975	AAA
42	Robert Sicilia	OF	John R. Rogers High School	Yes	1969	A-
43	Robert Payne	OF	University of California, Riverside	Yes	1969	A-

June secondary phase edit

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Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Bill Seinsoth	1B	University of Southern California	Yes	1969	A
2	Bob Randall	SS	Kansas State University	Yes	1969–1980	MLB
3	Steven Wilmet	LHP	St. Norbert College	Yes	1969	A-
4	Randall Bayer	OF	Mesa Community College	Yes	1969–1972	A

Notes edit

^ Bob Bailey page at Baseball Reference
^ Pete Mikkelsen page at Baseball Reference
^ Mike Kekich page at Baseball Reference
^ Jim Campanis page at Baseball Reference
^ Ted Savage page at Baseball Reference
^ Tommy Dean page at Baseball Reference
^ Dodgers finally bring Wills back home
^ Chuck Goggin page at Baseball Reference
^ Jack Jenkins page at Baseball Reference
^ 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
^ 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
^ 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
^ 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase

References edit

Baseball-Reference season page
Baseball Almanac season page

External links edit

1969 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
Los Angeles Dodgers official web site

[1] Bob Bailey page at Baseball Reference

[2] Pete Mikkelsen page at Baseball Reference

[3] Mike Kekich page at Baseball Reference

[4] Jim Campanis page at Baseball Reference

[5] Ted Savage page at Baseball Reference

[6] Tommy Dean page at Baseball Reference

[7] Dodgers finally bring Wills back home

[8] Chuck Goggin page at Baseball Reference

[9] Jack Jenkins page at Baseball Reference

[10] 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase

[11] 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase

[12] 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

[13] 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase

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