The 1969 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 69th season and the 58th season at Tiger Stadium. The team finished a distant second in the newly established American League East with a record of 90–72, 19 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.
Offseason October 15, 1968: Dick Drago was drafted from the Tigers by the Kansas City Royals as the 31st pick in the 1968 Major League Baseball expansion draft.Dick Drago at Baseball Reference December 15, 1968: Dennis Ribant was purchased from the Tigers by the Kansas City Royals.Dennis Ribant at Baseball Reference February 1, 1969: John Young was drafted by the Tigers in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1969 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).John Young at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions June 14, 1969: Ron Woods was traded by the Tigers to the New York Yankees for Tom Tresh.Tom Tresh at Baseball Reference August 8, 1969: Don McMahon was traded by the Tigers to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later. The Giants completed the deal by sending César Gutiérrez to the Tigers on September 2.César Gutiérrez at Baseball Reference
Roster 1969 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Player stats Batting = Indicates team leader Starters by position Note: 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 143 489 128 .262 16 49 1B 143 483 135 .280 22 74 2B 74 262 71 .262 11 33 SS 94 331 74 .224 13 37 3B 132 423 95 .225 14 50 LF 141 508 133 .262 28 91 CF 148 543 160 .295 25 66 RF 131 456 124 .272 21 69
Other batters 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 149 592 139 .235 16 70 94 298 72 .242 0 32 72 192 45 .234 9 28 70 170 39 .229 5 12 60 93 19 .204 1 6 66 79 11 .139 0 4 17 49 12 .245 0 0 32 39 4 .103 0 2 17 15 4 .267 1 3 5 3 0 .000 0 0
Pitching
= Indicates league leader
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 42 325.0 24 9 2.80 181 37 280.2 19 11 3.14 271 35 214.2 12 10 3.31 150
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 39 128.1 8 6 3.37 97 49 105.0 5 10 3.60 64 40 99.1 4 4 3.99 74 23 92.2 6 8 4.76 41 8 14.2 0 0 1.84 9
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 34 3 5 11 3.89 38 32 2 1 0 3.07 26 31 4 3 1 2.75 42 18 0 2 0 2.82 12 11 2 2 0 3.38 18 7 0 1 0 5.23 3 4 1 0 0 6.75 3 3 0 0 0 6.00 3
Farm system
Awards and honors Al Kaline, Hutch Award
Notes
References
1969 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference