1969 Chicago White Sox season

Major League Baseball team season

1969 Chicago White Sox

League| American League
Division| West
Ballpark| White Sox Park
City| Chicago
Owners| Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General managers| Ed Short
Managers| Al López, Don Gutteridge
Television| WFLD
(Jack Drees, Mel Parnell)
Radio| WMAQ (AM)
(Bob Elson, Red Rush)
| <- 1968 | Seasons | 1970 ->

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The 1969 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 69th season in the major leagues, and its 70th season overall. They finished with a record of 68–94, good enough for fifth place in the newly established American League West, 29 games behind the first-place Minnesota Twins.

The White Sox nearly left Chicago in 1969. White Sox owner Arthur Allyn, Jr. considered overtures from Bud Selig and other Milwaukee interests to move the club to County Stadium.[1] Instead, he sold to his brother, John. The newly established Seattle Pilots would move there a year after their inaugural season.

## Offseason

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* October 15, 1968: Hoyt Wilhelm was drafted from the White Sox by the Kansas City Royals as the 49th pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft.[2]
* December 5, 1968: Jack Fisher was traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Don Pavletich and Don Secrist.[3]

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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AL West 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

### Record vs. opponents

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1969 American League records

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

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 | —

### Opening Day lineup

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* Luis Aparicio, SS
* Carlos May, LF
* Bill Melton, 3B
* Gail Hopkins, 1B
* Duane Josephson, C
* Buddy Bradford, RF
* Ken Berry, CF
* Sandy Alomar Sr., 2B
* Gary Peters, P

### Move to Milwaukee?

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In 1969, the White Sox schedule in Milwaukee was expanded to include 11 home games (one against every other franchise in the American League at the time). Although those games were attended by slightly fewer fans (198,211 fans, for an average of 18,019) they represented a greater percentage of the total White Sox attendance than the previous year – over one-third of the fans who went to Sox home games in 1969 did so at Milwaukee County Stadium (in the remaining 70 home dates in Chicago, the Sox drew 391,335, for an average of 5,591 per game). Bud Selig felt this fan support lent legitimacy to his quest for a Milwaukee franchise, and he went into the 1969 owners meetings with high hopes.[citation needed]

### Notable transactions

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* May 14, 1969: Sandy Alomar Sr. and Bob Priddy were traded by the White Sox to the California Angels for Bobby Knoop.[4]
* June 5, 1969: Rich Hinton was drafted by the White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1969 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).[5]

### Roster

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1969 Chicago White Sox

Roster
Pitchers

* 26 Gary Bell
* 30 Cisco Carlos
* 41 Paul Edmondson
* 32 Sammy Ellis
* 32 Jack Hamilton
* 20 Joe Horlen
* 25 Tommy John
* 42 Bart Johnson
* 40 Danny Lazar
* 23 Bob Locker
* 24 Danny Murphy
* 49 Jerry Nyman
* 47 Dennis O'Toole
* 21 Dan Osinski
* 43 Gary Peters
* 26 Bob Priddy
* 45 Fred Rath Sr.
* 27 Don Secrist
* 31 Hoyt Wilhelm
* 28 Wilbur Wood
* 46 Billy Wynne

|  | Catchers

* 32 Doug Adams
* 10 Chuck Brinkman
* 12 Ed Herrmann
* 5 Duane Josephson
* 7 Don Pavletich

Infielders

* 1 Sandy Alomar Sr.
* 11 Luis Aparicio
* 14 Ken Boyer
* 4 Ron Hansen
* 18 Gail Hopkins
* 29 Bobby Knoop
* 24,6 Tommy McCraw
* 14 Bill Melton
* 2 Rich Morales
* 22 Bob Spence
* 8 Pete Ward

|  | Outfielders

* 16 Ken Berry
* 19 Buddy Bradford
* 1 Ángel Bravo
* 15 Bob Christian
* 9 Woodie Held
* 17 Carlos May
* 23 José Ortiz
* 3 Walt Williams

|  | Manager

* 39 Don Gutteridge
* 10 Al López

Coaches

* 37 Ray Berres
* 33 Tony Cuccinello
* 34 Kerby Farrell
* 39 Don Gutteridge

## Player stats

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### Batting

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player  | G  | AB  | R  | H  | 2B  | 3B  | HR  | RBI  | BB  | SO  | AVG  | SB

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Doug Adams, C  | 8  | 14  | 1  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 3  | .214  | 0
Sandy Alomar Sr., 2B  | 22  | 58  | 8  | 13  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 4  | 6  | .224  | 2
Luis Aparicio, SS  | 156  | 599  | 77  | 168  | 24  | 5  | 5  | 51  | 66  | 29  | .280  | 24
Ken Berry, CF  | 130  | 297  | 25  | 69  | 12  | 2  | 4  | 18  | 24  | 50  | .232  | 1
Buddy Bradford, RF,CF  | 93  | 273  | 36  | 70  | 8  | 2  | 11  | 27  | 34  | 75  | .256  | 5
Ángel Bravo, CF  | 27  | 90  | 10  | 26  | 4  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 3  | 5  | .289  | 2
Chuck Brinkman, C  | 14  | 15  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 5  | .067  | 0
Bob Christian, LF  | 39  | 129  | 11  | 28  | 4  | 0  | 3  | 16  | 10  | 19  | .217  | 3
Ron Hansen, 2B,1B,3B,SS  | 85  | 185  | 15  | 48  | 6  | 1  | 2  | 22  | 18  | 25  | .259  | 2
Woodie Held, OF,3B  | 56  | 63  | 9  | 9  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 6  | 13  | 19  | .143  | 0
Ed Herrmann, C  | 102  | 290  | 31  | 67  | 8  | 0  | 8  | 31  | 30  | 35  | .231  | 0
Gail Hopkins, 1B  | 124  | 373  | 52  | 99  | 13  | 3  | 8  | 46  | 50  | 28  | .265  | 2
Duane Josephson, C  | 52  | 162  | 19  | 39  | 6  | 2  | 1  | 20  | 13  | 17  | .241  | 0
Bobby Knoop, 2B  | 104  | 345  | 34  | 79  | 14  | 1  | 6  | 41  | 35  | 68  | .229  | 2
Carlos May, LF,RF  | 100  | 367  | 62  | 103  | 18  | 2  | 18  | 62  | 58  | 66  | .281  | 1
Bill Melton, 3B,RF,LF  | 157  | 556  | 67  | 142  | 26  | 2  | 23  | 87  | 56  | 106  | .255  | 1
Tommy McCraw, 1B,OF  | 93  | 240  | 21  | 62  | 12  | 2  | 2  | 25  | 21  | 24  | .258  | 1
Rich Morales, 2B,SS  | 55  | 121  | 12  | 26  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 6  | 7  | 18  | .215  | 1
José Ortiz, OF  | 16  | 11  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 0  | .273  | 0
Don Pavletich, C,1B  | 78  | 188  | 26  | 46  | 12  | 0  | 6  | 33  | 28  | 45  | .245  | 0
Bob Spence, 1B  | 12  | 26  | 0  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 9  | .154  | 0
Pete Ward, 1B,3B,RF,LF  | 105  | 199  | 22  | 49  | 7  | 0  | 6  | 32  | 33  | 38  | .246  | 0
Walt Williams, RF,LF  | 135  | 471  | 59  | 143  | 22  | 1  | 3  | 32  | 26  | 33  | .304  | 6
Player  | G  | AB  | R  | H  | 2B  | 3B  | HR  | RBI  | BB  | SO  | AVG  | SB

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Gary Bell, P  | 23  | 5  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 2  | .000  | 0
Cisco Carlos, P  | 25  | 10  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 4  | .000  | 0
Paul Edmondson, P  | 14  | 29  | 3  | 5  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 8  | .172  | 0
Sammy Ellis, P  | 10  | 6  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 3  | .167  | 0
Joe Horlen, P  | 36  | 77  | 4  | 14  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 5  | 0  | 22  | .182  | 0
Tommy John, P  | 33  | 79  | 6  | 9  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 7  | 27  | .114  | 0
Bart Johnson, P  | 4  | 6  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 1  | .167  | 1
Danny Lazar, P  | 9  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3  | .000  | 0
Bob Locker, P  | 17  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | .000  | 0
Danny Murphy, P  | 17  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | .000  | 0
Jerry Nyman, P  | 21  | 20  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 15  | .050  | 0
Dan Osinski, P  | 51  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2  | .000  | 0
Gary Peters, P  | 37  | 71  | 9  | 12  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 2  | 15  | .169  | 0
Fred Rath Sr., P  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | .000  | 0
Don Secrist, P  | 19  | 7  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 4  | .143  | 0
Wilbur Wood, P  | 76  | 15  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 8  | .000  | 0
Billy Wynne, P  | 20  | 41  | 1  | 5  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 6  | .122  | 0

Team Totals

| 162 | 5450 | 625 | 1346 | 210 | 27 | 112 | 585 | 552 | 844 | .247 | 54

### Pitching

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Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player  | W  | L  | ERA  | G  | GS  | SV  | IP  | H  | R  | ER  | HR  | BB  | K

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Gary Bell | 0  | 0  | 6.28  | 23  | 2  | 0  | 38.2  | 48  | 27  | 27  | 8  | 25  | 26
Cisco Carlos | 4  | 3  | 5.66  | 25  | 4  | 0  | 49.1  | 52  | 33  | 31  | 4  | 26  | 28
Paul Edmondson | 1  | 6  | 3.70  | 14  | 13  | 0  | 87.2  | 72  | 36  | 36  | 5  | 43  | 46
Sammy Ellis | 0  | 3  | 5.83  | 10  | 5  | 0  | 29.1  | 42  | 20  | 19  | 6  | 18  | 15
Jack Hamilton | 0  | 3  | 11.68  | 8  | 0  | 0  | 12.1  | 23  | 16  | 16  | 1  | 10  | 5
Joe Horlen | 13  | 16  | 3.78  | 36  | 35  | 0  | 235.2  | 237  | 105  | 99  | 20  | 87  | 121
Tommy John | 9  | 11  | 3.25  | 33  | 33  | 0  | 232.1  | 230  | 91  | 84  | 16  | 100  | 128
Bart Johnson | 1  | 3  | 3.22  | 4  | 3  | 0  | 22.1  | 22  | 11  | 8  | 2  | 6  | 18
Danny Lazar | 0  | 0  | 6.53  | 9  | 3  | 0  | 20.2  | 21  | 15  | 15  | 5  | 13  | 9
Bob Locker | 2  | 3  | 6.55  | 17  | 0  | 4  | 22.0  | 28  | 18  | 16  | 6  | 7  | 15
Danny Murphy | 2  | 1  | 2.01  | 17  | 0  | 4  | 31.1  | 28  | 8  | 7  | 2  | 10  | 16
Jerry Nyman | 4  | 4  | 5.29  | 20  | 10  | 0  | 64.2  | 58  | 40  | 38  | 7  | 40  | 40
Denny O'Toole | 0  | 0  | 6.75  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 4.0  | 5  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 2  | 4
Dan Osinski | 5  | 5  | 3.56  | 51  | 0  | 2  | 60.2  | 56  | 28  | 24  | 3  | 28  | 27
Gary Peters | 10  | 15  | 4.53  | 36  | 32  | 0  | 218.2  | 238  | 118  | 110  | 21  | 79  | 140
Bob Priddy | 0  | 0  | 4.50  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 8.0  | 10  | 5  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 5
Fred Rath Sr. | 0  | 2  | 7.71  | 3  | 2  | 0  | 11.2  | 11  | 10  | 10  | 4  | 9  | 4
Don Secrist | 0  | 1  | 6.08  | 19  | 0  | 0  | 40.0  | 35  | 28  | 27  | 7  | 16  | 23
Wilbur Wood | 10  | 11  | 3.01  | 76  | 0  | 15  | 119.2  | 113  | 48  | 40  | 13  | 55  | 73
Billy Wynne | 7  | 7  | 4.06  | 20  | 20  | 0  | 128.2  | 143  | 63  | 58  | 14  | 58  | 67

Team Totals

| 68 | 94 | 4.21 | 162 | 162 | 25 | 1437.2 | 1470 | 723 | 672 | 146 | 634 | 810

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Tucson Toros | Pacific Coast League | Bill Adair
AA | Columbus White Sox | Southern League | Gary Johnson
A | Lynchburg White Sox | Carolina League | Stan Wasiak
A | Appleton Foxes | Midwest League | Tom Saffell
A-Short Season | Duluth–Superior Dukes | Northern League | Pel Austin
Rookie | GCL White Sox | Gulf Coast League | Bruce Andrew

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Appleton, Duluth-Superior

## Notes

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1. ^ "WSI's FLYINGSOCK.COM. Chicago White Sox coverage with totally biased attitude!". Archived from the original on December 22, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
2. ^ Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball-Reference
3. ^ Jack Fisher at Baseball-Reference
4. ^ Sandy Alomar at Baseball-Reference
5. ^ Rich Hinton at Baseball-Reference

## References

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* 1969 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

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1969 MLB season by team

| AL East|

* Baltimore
* Boston
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* New York
* Washington

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AL West|

* California
* Chicago
* Kansas City
* Minnesota
* Oakland
* Seattle

| NL East|

* Chicago
* Montréal
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

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NL West|

* Atlanta
* Cincinnati
* Houston
* Los Angeles
* San Diego
* San Francisco

* 1969 MLB draft
* 1969 All-Star Game
* 1969 World Series

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Chicago White Sox

* Established in 1900
* Based in Chicago, Illinois

Franchise|

* History
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Ballparks|

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* Spring training:
* Recreation Park
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* Payne Park
* Ed Smith Stadium
* Tucson Electric Park
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Culture|

* Andy the Clown
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* Eight Men Out
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* Nancy Faust
* Nicknames
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* 1994 bat burglary
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* Mark Buehrle
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* Worst modern era record

Rivalries|

* Chicago Cubs
* Detroit Tigers
* Minnesota Twins

Key personnel|

* Chairman: Jerry Reinsdorf
* General Manager: Chris Getz
* Special Assistant to the GM: Jim Thome
* Manager: Pedro Grifol

World Series
championships (3)|

* 1906
* 1917
* 2005

American League
championships (6)|

* 1901
* 1906
* 1917
* 1919
* 1959
* 2005

Division championships (6)|

* West: 1983
* 1993
* Central: 2000
* 2005
* 2008
* 2021

Wild Card berths (1)|

* 2020

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affiliates|

* Charlotte Knights (Triple-A)
* Birmingham Barons (Double-A)
* Winston-Salem Dash (High-A)
* Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (Single-A)
* ACL White Sox (Rookie)
* DSL White Sox (Rookie)

Media|

* Chicago Sports Network
* ESPN Radio 1000
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* ESPN Deportes 1220 AM

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