1969_New_York_Yankees_season

1969 New York Yankees
1969 New York Yankees
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Owners	CBS
General managers	Lee MacPhail
Managers	Ralph Houk
Television	WPIX; (Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Frank Messer, Whitey Ford)
Radio	WHN; (Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman)

1969 New York Yankees season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1969 New York Yankees season was the 67th season for the team. The team finished in fifth-place in the newly established American League East with a record of 80–81, 28+1⁄2 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

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v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	109	53	0.673	—	60–21	49–32
Detroit Tigers	90	72	0.556	19	46–35	44–37
Boston Red Sox	87	75	0.537	22	46–35	41–40
Washington Senators	86	76	0.531	23	47–34	39–42
New York Yankees	80	81	0.497	28½	48–32	32–49
Cleveland Indians	62	99	0.385	46½	33–48	29–51

1969 American League records v t e Sources:
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	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Jake Gibbs	71	219	18	49	.224	0	18	3
1B	Joe Pepitone	135	513	49	124	.242	27	70	8
2B	Horace Clarke	156	641	82	183	.285	4	48	33
3B	Jerry Kenney	130	447	49	115	.257	2	34	25
SS	Gene Michael	119	412	41	112	.272	2	31	7
LF	Roy White	130	448	55	130	.290	7	74	18
CF	Ron Woods	72	171	18	30	.175	1	7	2
RF	Bobby Murcer	152	564	82	146	.259	26	82	7

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Frank Fernández	89	229	34	51	.223	12	29	1
Bill Robinson	87	222	23	38	.171	3	21	3
Jimmie Hall	80	212	21	50	.236	3	26	8
Bobby Cox	85	191	17	41	.215	2	17	0
Tom Tresh	45	143	13	26	.182	1	9	2
Len Boehmer	45	108	5	19	.176	0	7	0
Thurman Munson	26	86	6	22	.256	1	9	0
Jim Lyttle	28	83	7	15	.181	0	4	1
John Ellis	22	62	2	18	.290	1	8	0
Tom Shopay	28	48	2	4	.083	0	0	0
Billy Cowan	32	48	5	8	.167	1	3	0
Frank Tepedino	13	39	6	9	.231	0	4	1
Dave McDonald	9	23	0	5	.217	0	2	0
Dick Simpson	6	11	2	3	.273	0	4	0
Ron Blomberg	4	6	0	3	.500	0	0	0
Nate Oliver	1	1	0	0	.000	0	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Mel Stottlemyre	39	303.0	20	14	2.82	97	113
Fritz Peterson	37	272.0	17	16	2.55	43	150
Stan Bahnsen	40	220.2	9	16	3.83	90	130
Bill Burbach	31	140.2	6	8	3.65	102	82

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Al Downing	30	130.2	7	5	3.38	85
Mike Kekich	28	105.0	4	6	4.54	66
Ron Klimkowski	3	14.0	0	0	0.64	3

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jack Aker	38	8	4	11	2.06	40
Lindy McDaniel	51	5	6	5	3.55	60
Steve Hamilton	38	3	4	2	3.32	39
Ken Johnson	12	1	2	0	3.46	21
Fred Talbot	8	0	0	0	5.11	7
Don Nottebart	4	0	0	0	4.50	5
John Cumberland	2	0	0	0	4.50	0

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Frank Verdi
AA	Manchester Yankees	Eastern League	Jerry Walker
A	Kinston Eagles	Carolina League	Gene Hassell
A	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	Florida State League	Billy Shantz
A-Short Season	Oneonta Yankees	New York–Penn League	George Case
Rookie	Johnson City Yankees	Appalachian League	Bill Monbouquette