1969 Baltimore Orioles
American League Champions
American League East Champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMemorial Stadium
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record109–53 (.673)
Divisional place1st
OwnersJerold Hoffberger
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersEarl Weaver
TelevisionWJZ-TV
RadioWBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Jim Karvellas)
Seasons

The 1969 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in North America's Major League Baseball (MLB). In the first season after the American League was split into two divisions, the Orioles won the first-ever American League East title, finishing first with a record of 109 wins and 53 losses, 19 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers, who had won the World Series in the previous season.

After the regular season, the Orioles went on to the 1st American League Championship Series, where they faced the Minnesota Twins. They swept the Twins in the 1969 ALCS, but lost the World Series to the upstart National League champion New York Mets in five games.

The team was managed by Earl Weaver (in his first full season as manager), and played their home games at Memorial Stadium.

Offseason

Spring training

The Baltimore Orioles held spring training at Miami Stadium in Miami for the 11th season.

Regular season

On August 13, 1969, Jim Palmer threw the only no-hitter of his career, defeating the Oakland Athletics, 8-0. [6][7]

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 10953 0.673 — 60–21 49–32
Detroit Tigers 9072 0.556 19 46–35 44–37
Boston Red Sox 8775 0.537 22 46–35 41–40
Washington Senators 8676 0.531 23 47–34 39–42
New York Yankees 8081 0.497 28½ 48–32 32–49
Cleveland Indians 6299 0.385 46½ 33–48 29–51

Record vs. opponents

1969 American League records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEP WSH
Baltimore —10–86–69–313–511–711–18–411–78–49–313–5
Boston 8–10—8–45–712–610–810–27–511–74–86–66–12
California 6–64–8—9–98–45–79–97–113–96–129–9–15–7
Chicago 3–97–59–9—8–43–98–105–133–98–1010–84–8
Cleveland 5–136–124–84–8—7–117–55–79–85–77–53–15
Detroit 7–118–107–59–311–7—8–46–610–87–510–27–11
Kansas City 1–112–109–910–85–74–8—8–105–7–18–1010–87–5
Minnesota 4–85–711–713–57–56–610–8—10–213–512–66–6
New York 7–117–119–39–38–98–107–5–12–10—6–67–510–8
Oakland 4–88–412–610–87–55–710–85–136–6—13–58–4
Seattle 3–96–69–9–18–105–72–108–106–125–75–13—7–5
Washington 5–1312–67–58–415–311–75–76–68–104–85–7—

Notable transactions

Roster

1969 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

1969 Regular Season Game Log (109–53) (Home: 60–21; Road: 49–32)
April (16–7) (Home: 10–4; Road: 6–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordReportRankGB
1April 8Red Sox4–5 (12)0–1
2April 10Red Sox2–1 (13)1–1
3April 11Senators0–41–2
4April 12Senators9–02–2
5April 13Senators2–03–2
6April 13Senators9–04–2
7April 14@ Red Sox3–54–3
8April 15@ Red Sox10–55–3
9April 16@ Red Sox11–8 (8)6–3
10April 17@ Red Sox9–57–3
11April 18@ Senators6–08–3
12April 19@ Senators5–78–4
13April 20@ Senators2–19–4
14April 20@ Senators2–59–5
15April 21Indians11–010–5
16April 22Indians3–211–5
17April 23Tigers3–2 (10)12–5
18April 24Tigers5–213–5
19April 25Yankees2–713–6
20April 26Yankees5–613–7
21April 27Yankees6–014–7
22April 27Yankees10–515–7
23April 30@ Tigers3–216–7
May (18–8) (Home: 7–4; Road: 11–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordReportRankGB
24May 1@ Tigers0–216–8
25May 2@ Yankees5–117–8
26May 3@ Yankees5–418–8
27May 4@ Yankees5–319–8
28May 4@ Yankees14–220–8
29May 6White Sox0–120–9
30May 7White Sox4–620–10
31May 9Royals2–420–11
32May 10Royals6–521–11
33May 11Royals5–022–11
34May 13@ Twins2–422–12
35May 14@ Twins9–823–12
36May 15@ Twins5–024–12
37May 16@ Royals5–3 (11)25–12
38May 17@ Royals4–226–12
39May 18@ Royals5–027–12
40May 20Twins2–3 (13)27–13
41May 21Twins4–328–13
42May 22Twins6–229–13
43May 23Athletics4–330–13
44May 24Athletics2–131–13
45May 25Athletics5–332–13
46May 27@ Pilots1–832–14
47May 28@ Pilots9–533–14
48May 30@ Angels3–134–14
49May 31@ Angels3–434–15
June (21–6) (Home: 8–4; Road: 13–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordReportRankGB
50June 1@ Angels4–335–15
51June 3@ Athletics3–1 (11)36–15
52June 4@ Athletics6–137–15
53June 6Pilots5–138–15
54June 7Pilots10–039–15
55June 8Pilots5–739–16
56June 10Angels11–440–16
57June 11Angels5–7 (14)40–17
58June 13@ White Sox5–241–17
59June 14@ White Sox12–342–17
60June 15@ White Sox9–043–17
61June 15@ White Sox13–244–17
62June 17@ Senators5–145–17
63June 18@ Senators3–146–17
64June 19@ Senators2–047–17
65June 20@ Indians2–747–18
66June 20@ Indians5–148–18
67June 21@ Indians3–149–18
68June 22@ Indians2–349–19
69June 22@ Indians6–050–19
70June 23Senators5–351–19
71June 24Senators6–3 (11)52–19
72June 25Senators8–1152–20
73June 27Tigers4–153–20
74June 28Tigers6–454–20
75June 29Tigers2–354–21
76June 29Tigers4–355–21
July (17–10) (Home: 13–3; Road: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordReportRankGB
77July 1@ Yankees9–1055–22
78July 2@ Yankees2–355–23
79July 4@ Tigers1–4 (5)55–24
80July 5@ Tigers9–356–24
81July 6@ Tigers4–556–25
82July 8Yankees10–357–25
83July 8Yankees4–158–25
84July 9Yankees6–5 (10)59–25
85July 10Red Sox5–460–25
86July 11Red Sox4–760–26
87July 11Red Sox3–1260–27
88July 12Red Sox4–061–27
89July 13Red Sox6–362–27
90July 15Indians5–163–27
91July 16Indians4–663–28
92July 16Indians6–564–28
93July 17Indians3–265–28
94July 18@ Red Sox1–665–29
95July 19@ Red Sox3–565–30
96July 20@ Red Sox5–665–31
July 23: All-Star Game (NL wins—)9–3Carlton (STL)Stottlemyre (NYY)45,259RFK StadiumWashington, D.C.
97July 24White Sox5–266–31
98July 25White Sox4–267–31
99July 26White Sox2–168–31
100July 27White Sox17–069–31
101July 29@ Royals4–170–31
102July 30@ Royals4–271–31
103July 31@ Royals3–172–31
August (19–12) (Home: 12–4; Road: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordReportRankGB
104August 1@ Twins3–4 (10)72–32
105August 2@ Twins6–573–32
106August 3@ Twins2–573–33
107August 4@ Indians0–273–34
108August 5Royals7–5 (10)74–34
109August 6Royals2–175–34
110August 7Royals10–276–34
111August 8Twins6–577–34
112August 9Twins5–178–34
113August 10Twins2–079–34
114August 11Athletics4–779–35
115August 12Athletics4–380–35
116August 13Athletics8–081–35
117August 15@ Pilots2–182–35
118August 16@ Pilots15–383–35
119August 17@ Pilots4–184–35
120August 18@ Pilots12–385–35
121August 19@ Angels10–086–35
122August 20@ Angels2–386–36
123August 21@ Angels0–286–37
124August 22@ Athletics4–3 (10)87–37
125August 23@ Athletics2–487–38
126August 24@ Athletics0–987–39
127August 24@ Athletics8–9 (18)87–40
128August 26Pilots1–287–41
129August 27Pilots7–288–41
130August 28Pilots4–3 (11)89–41
131August 29Angels2–689–42
132August 29Angels1–289–43
133August 30Angels6–390–43
134August 31Angels5–491–43
September (17–10) (Home: 9–2; Road: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordReportRankGB
135September 1@ White Sox8–092–43
136September 2@ White Sox3–1092–44
137September 4@ Tigers5–493–44
138September 5@ Tigers8–494–44
139September 6@ Tigers4–5 (11)94–45
140September 7@ Tigers6–5 (14)95–45
141September 9Senators6–196–45
142September 9Senators3–297–45
143September 10Red Sox8–798–45
144September 11Red Sox4–299–45
145September 12Indians2–1100–45
146September 13Indians10–5101–45
147September 14Indians7–3102–45
148September 15@ Senators2–3102–46
149September 16@ Senators1–0103–46
150September 18@ Red Sox6–4104–46
151September 18@ Red Sox0–5104–47
152September 19Yankees4–2105–47
153September 20Yankees8–7106–47
154September 23@ Indians1–3106–48
155September 24@ Indians4–3 (11)107–48
156September 25@ Indians4–1108–48
157September 26@ Yankees2–4108–49
158September 27@ Yankees0–1108–50
159September 28@ Yankees2–3108–51
160September 29Tigers1–4108–52
161September 30Tigers3–4108–53
October (1–0) (Home: 1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordReportRankGB
162October 1Tigers2–1 (10)109–53

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CElrod Hendricks1052953672.24412380
1BBoog Powell15253383162.304371211
2BDavey Johnson14251152143.2807573
3BBrooks Robinson15659873140.23423842
SSMark Belanger15053076152.28725014
LFDon Buford14455499161.291116419
CFPaul Blair150625102178.285267620
RFFrank Robinson148539111166.308321009

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Andy Etchebarren732172954.2493261
Merv Rettenmund951902747.2474256
Dave May78120829.2423102
Chico Salmon52911827.2973120
Curt Motton56891527.3036213
Bobby Floyd3984717.202010
Clay Dalrymple3780819.238360
Terry Crowley71826.333030

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
Mike Cuellar39290.223112.38182
Dave McNally41268.22073.22166
Tom Phoebus35202.01473.52117
Jim Palmer26181.01642.34123

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
Jim Hardin30137.2673.6064

Relief pitchers

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

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Eddie Watt5671.052161.6546
Pete Richert4457.174122.2054
Dick Hall3965.25261.9231
Dave Leonhard3794.07412.4937
Marcelino López2769.15304.4157
Al Severinsen1219.21102.2913
Mike Adamson68.00104.502
Frank Bertaina36.00000.005
Fred Beene22.20000.000

Postseason

ALCS

Game 1

October 4, 1969, at Memorial Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Minnesota 000 010 200 000 342
Baltimore 000 110 001 001 4101
W: Dick Hall (1–0)   L: Ron Perranoski (0–1)  
HR: MIN – Tony Oliva (1), BAL – Frank Robinson (1), Mark Belanger (1), Boog Powell (1)

Game 2

October 5, 1969, at Memorial Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Minnesota 000 000 000 00 031
Baltimore 000 000 000 01 180
W: Dave McNally (1–0)   L: Dave Boswell (0–1)   
HR: None

Game 3

October 6, 1969, at Metropolitan Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Baltimore 030 201 023 11180
Minnesota 100 010 000 2102
W: Jim Palmer (1–0)   L: Bob Miller (0–1)   
HR: BAL – Paul Blair (1)

1969 World Series

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1Mets – 1, Orioles – 4October 11Memorial Stadium50,429
2Mets – 2, Orioles – 1October 12Memorial Stadium50,850
3Orioles – 0, Mets – 5October 14Shea Stadium56,335
4Orioles – 1, Mets – 2
(10 innings)		October 15Shea Stadium57,367
5Orioles – 3, Mets – 5October 16Shea Stadium57,397

Game log

1969 Postseason Game Log
1969 American League Championship Series vs. Minnesota – Baltimore wins series 3–0
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumReportGame TimeLocal TVNational TV
1October 4Twins
2October 5Twins
3October 6@ Twins
1969 World Series vs. New York (NL) – New York (NL) wins series 4–1
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumReportGame TimeLocal TVNational TV
1October 11Mets
2October 12Mets
3October 14@ Mets
4October 15@ Mets
5October 16@ Mets

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Cal Ripken Sr.
AA Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs Texas League Joe Altobelli
A Stockton Ports California League Bill Werle
A Miami Marlins Florida State League Woody Smith
A-Short Season Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Ken Rowe
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Jackie Ferrell

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Stockton, Miami

Notes

  1. ↑ Wally Bunker at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Curt Blefary at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Bobby Darwin at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Clay Dalrymple at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Chico Salmon at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ 100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.213
  7. ↑ "Boxscore of Jim Palmer's No-Hitter". retrosheet.org. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  8. ↑ Dave Skaggs at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Dave Winfield at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Bob Galasso at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ "1969 Baltimore Orioles Statistics".

References

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