1969_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season

1969 Pittsburgh Pirates
1969 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managers	Joe L. Brown
Managers	Larry Shepard, Alex Grammas
Television	KDKA-TV; Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Nellie King
Radio	KDKA; Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Nellie King

1969 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1969 Pittsburgh Pirates season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Pirates finishing in third place in the newly established National League East, twelve games behind the eventual World Series champion New York Mets. The Pirates were managed by Larry Shepard, and played their home games at Forbes Field, which was in its final full season of operation, before moving into their new facility in the middle of the following season.

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Regular season

August 6, 1969: Willie Stargell hit a home run out of Dodger Stadium.
September 20, 1969: Bob Moose no-hits the eventual world champion New York Mets, 4-0 at Shea Stadium.

Game log

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1969 Game Log: 88–74 (Home: 47–34; Away: 41–40)

April: 13–8 (Home: 9–4; Away: 4–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 8	@ Cardinals	6–2 (14)	Dal Canton (1–0)	Nelson	Hartenstein (1)	38,163	1–0
2	April 9	@ Cardinals	6–1	Veale (1–0)	Briles	—	10,739	2–0
3	April 10	@ Cardinals	3–2	Ellis (1–0)	Washburn	—	10,283	3–0
4	April 11	Phillies	7–1	Moose (1–0)	Johnson	—	31,641	4–0
5	April 12	Phillies	1–8	Jackson	Bunning (0–1)	—	12,474	4–1
6	April 13	Phillies	6–5	Kline (1–0)	Wilson	—	14,981	5–1
7	April 14	@ Cubs	0–4	Holtzman	Veale (1–1)	—	3,114	5–2
8	April 15	@ Cubs	4–7	Aguirre	Ellis (1–1)	Abernathy	4,362	5–3
9	April 16	Mets	11–3	Moose (2–0)	Koosman	—	7,666	6–3
10	April 17	Mets	4–0	Bunning (1–1)	Cardwell	Kline (1)	8,097	7–3
11	April 19	@ Phillies	8–6	Blass (1–0)	Jackson	Dal Canton (1)	3,953	8–3
12	April 20	@ Phillies	1–7	Wise	Veale (1–2)	Lersch	4,930	8–4
13	April 22	Cubs	7–5	Hartenstein (1–0)	Hands	—		9–4
14	April 22	Cubs	6–5	Dal Canton (2–0)	Nye	Kline (2)	7,906	10–4
15	April 23	@ Mets	0–2	Koosman	Bunning (1–2)	—	7,274	10–5
16	April 25	Expos	8–2	Blass (2–0)	Morton	Hartenstein (2)	10,947	11–5
17	April 26	Expos	4–3	Veale (2–2)	Stoneman	Hartenstein (3)	8,372	12–5
18	April 27	Expos	2–4	Jaster	Ellis (1–2)	—	24,425	12–6
19	April 28	Cardinals	2–6	Carlton	Moose (2–1)	—	3,859	12–7
20	April 30	Cardinals	2–1	Bunning (2–2)	Giusti	—		13–7
21	April 30	Cardinals	1–8	Gibson	Blass (2–1)	—	10,895	13–8

May: 11–15 (Home: 4–7; Away: 7–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
22	May 1	Cardinals	3–9	Briles	Veale (2–3)	—	7,043	13–9
23	May 2	@ Expos	7–3	Ellis (2–2)	Jaster	—	11,892	14–9
24	May 3	@ Expos	4–2	Moose (3–1)	Morton	Hartenstein (4)	14,147	15–9
25	May 4	@ Expos	4–6	Face	Kline (1–1)	—	16,931	15–10
26	May 6	Padres	2–4	Kelley	Blass (2–2)	Reberger	5,793	15–11
27	May 7	Padres	2–0	Veale (3–3)	Kirby	Hartenstein (5)	4,189	16–11
28	May 9	Dodgers	3–13	Singer	Ellis (2–3)	Moeller	6,837	16–12
29	May 10	Dodgers	1–4	Sutton	Bunning (2–3)	Brewer	4,979	16–13
30	May 12	Giants	4–3	Hartenstein (2–0)	Gibbon	—	3,396	17–13
31	May 13	Giants	8–11	Herbel	Moose (3–2)	Linzy	5,846	17–14
32	May 14	Giants	0–3	Marichal	Bunning (2–4)	—	8,296	17–15
33	May 16	@ Dodgers	3–4	Brewer	Kline (1–2)	—	19,016	17–16
34	May 17	@ Dodgers	0–6	Osteen	Ellis (2–4)	—	50,120	17–17
35	May 18	@ Dodgers	5–6	Brewer	Ramos (0–1)	—	21,086	17–18
36	May 20	@ Padres	6–3	Bunning (3–4)	Niekro	Hartenstein (6)	4,947	18–18
37	May 21	@ Padres	11–1	Moose (4–2)	Sisk	—	34,334	19–18
38	May 22	@ Padres	7–1	Blass (3–2)	Kirby	—	4,001	20–18
39	May 23	@ Giants	0–3	Robertson	Ellis (2–5)	—	8,217	20–19
40	May 24	@ Giants	2–5	McCormick	Veale (3–4)	—	18,616	20–20
41	May 25	@ Giants	2–1	Bunning (4–4)	Perry	—		21–20
42	May 25	@ Giants	6–2	Moose (5–2)	Sadecki	Dal Canton (2)	24,041	22–20
43	May 28	@ Reds	6–7	Carroll	Kline (1–3)	—	7,458	22–21
44	May 29	@ Reds	4–10	Merritt	Veale (3–5)	—	8,161	22–22
45	May 30	Astros	9–3	Bunning (5–4)	Lemaster	—		23–22
46	May 30	Astros	6–9	Billingham	Hartenstein (2–1)	Gladding	18,381	23–23
47	May 31	Astros	3–1	Ellis (3–5)	Ray	Kline (3)	6,663	24–23

June: 14–15 (Home: 7–4; Away: 7–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
48	June 1	Astros	14–7	Blass (4–2)	Wilson	—	21,023	25–23
49	June 3	Reds	3–7	Merritt	Veale (3–6)	—	4,576	25–24
50	June 4	Reds	3–5	Carroll	Hartenstein (2–2)	Granger	6,685	25–25
51	June 6	@ Braves	1–3	Niekro	Ellis (3–6)	—	17,049	25–26
52	June 7	@ Braves	10–2	Blass (5–2)	Jarvis	—	21,120	26–26
53	June 8	@ Braves	10–11	Niekro	Hartenstein (2–3)	—		26–27
54	June 8	@ Braves	3–4	Pappas	Veale (3–7)	—	27,318	26–28
55	June 10	@ Astros	4–7	Griffin	Ellis (3–7)	—	14,660	26–29
56	June 11	@ Astros	13–8	Blass (6–2)	Guinn	Hartenstein (7)	15,871	27–29
57	June 12	@ Astros	4–3	Bunning (6–4)	Gladding	—	14,260	28–29
58	June 13	Braves	2–1 (10)	Dal Canton (3–0)	Pappas	—	11,610	29–29
59	June 14	Braves	4–2	Moose (6–2)	Upshaw	—	18,283	30–29
60	June 15	Braves	4–6	Reed	Blass (6–3)	Upshaw	19,974	30–30
61	June 16	Cubs	9–8	Dal Canton (4–0)	Regan	Blass (1)	8,810	31–30
62	June 17	Cubs	1–0	Veale (4–7)	Jenkins	Dal Canton (3)		32–30
63	June 17	Cubs	4–3	Blass (7–3)	Abernathy	—	26,817	33–30
64	June 18	Cubs	3–2 (10)	Gibbon (1–0)	Regan	—	12,198	34–30
65	June 20	@ Phillies	7–8	Wilson	Marone (0–1)	Boozer	10,669	34–31
66	June 21	@ Phillies	8–2	Dal Canton (5–0)	Palmer	—	5,469	35–31
67	June 22	@ Phillies	6–0	Ellis (4–7)	Champion	—		36–31
68	June 22	@ Phillies	2–3	Jackson	Blass (7–4)	—	33,712	36–32
69	June 23	@ Cubs	4–5	Regan	Dal Canton (5–1)	—	12,500	36–33
70	June 24	@ Cubs	2–3	Hands	Bunning (6–5)	—	17,530	36–34
71	June 25	@ Cubs	2–5	Jenkins	Veale (4–8)	—	26,434	36–35
72	June 26	@ Cubs	5–7 (10)	Regan	Dal Canton (5–2)	—	29,473	36–36
73	June 27	@ Mets	3–1	Blass (8–4)	Koosman	Gibbon (1)	42,276	37–36
74	June 28	@ Mets	7–4	Bunning (7–5)	Gentry	Gibbon (2)	48,398	38–36
75	June 29	@ Mets	3–7	Seaver	Veale (4–9)	—	27,455	38–37
76	June 30	Phillies	2–4	Fryman	Ellis (4–8)	Boozer	17,954	38–38

July: 15–12 (Home: 12–7; Away: 3–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
77	July 1	Phillies	4–7	Jackson	Blass (8–5)	Wilson	6,652	38–39
78	July 2	Phillies	4–14	Raffo	Bunning (7–6)	Boozer	6,322	38–40
79	July 4	Mets	6–11	Seaver	Veale (4–10)	Koonce		38–41
80	July 4	Mets	2–9	Cardwell	Ellis (4–9)	DiLauro	17,631	38–42
81	July 6	Mets	7–8	Taylor	Hartenstein (2–4)	Koonce	11,552	38–43
82	July 8	Expos	8–1	Blass (9–5)	Wegener	—	4,930	39–43
83	July 9	Expos	4–3 (10)	Gibbon (2–0)	Radatz	—		40–43
84	July 9	Expos	3–2	Ellis (5–9)	Reed	Gibbon (3)	9,372	41–43
85	July 10	Expos	2–1 (11)	Hartenstein (3–4)	McGinn	—	4,982	42–43
86	July 11	@ Cardinals	1–6	Carlton	Walker (0–1)	—	24,910	42–44
87	July 12	@ Cardinals	3–6	Washburn	Blass (9–6)	—	17,950	42–45
88	July 13	@ Cardinals	3–0	Bunning (8–6)	Gibson	Moose (1)		43–45
89	July 13	@ Cardinals	2–4	Briles	Ellis (5–10)	Hoerner	36,469	43–46
90	July 14	@ Expos	0–2	Stoneman	Veale (4–11)	—	20,054	43–47
91	July 15	@ Expos	9–3	Walker (1–1)	Waslewski	—	20,876	44–47
92	July 16	@ Expos	8–7	Gibbon (3–0)	McGinn	Hartenstein (8)	24,214	45–47
93	July 17	@ Expos	4–5	Shaw	Bunning (8–7)	—	11,935	45–48
94	July 18	Cardinals	4–1	Ellis (6–10)	Gibson	—	13,666	46–48
95	July 19	Cardinals	3–2	Veale (5–11)	Briles	Gibbon (4)	8,915	47–48
96	July 24	Padres	4–3 (10)	Ellis (7–10)	Ross	—	6,206	48–48
97	July 25	Padres	2–3	Niekro	Blass (9–7)	—	7,404	48–49
98	July 26	Padres	4–3 (10)	Moose (7–2)	McCool	—	6,769	49–49
99	July 27	Padres	4–1	Bunning (9–7)	Kirby	Moose (2)	14,888	50–49
100	July 29	Dodgers	4–2 (10)	Gibbon (4–0)	McBean	—		51–49
101	July 29	Dodgers	5–6	Mikkelsen	Ellis (7–11)	—	18,436	51–50
102	July 30	Dodgers	4–2	Blass (10–7)	Osteen	—	8,833	52–50
103	July 31	Dodgers	2–1 (15)	Hartenstein (4–4)	McBean	—	8,605	53–50

August: 17–10 (Home: 7–5; Away: 10–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
104	August 1	Giants	1–5	McCormick	Bunning (9–8)	—	10,500	53–51
105	August 2	Giants	7–3	Veale (6–11)	Marichal	—	12,566	54–51
106	August 3	Giants	2–3	Perry	Ellis (7–12)	—	14,841	54–52
107	August 5	@ Dodgers	11–3	Blass (11–7)	Foster	—	22,604	55–52
108	August 6	@ Dodgers	5–7	Sutton	Walker (1–2)	Brewer	18,347	55–53
109	August 7	@ Dodgers	0–6	Osteen	Bunning (9–9)	—	20,475	55–54
110	August 8	@ Padres	7–1	Veale (7–11)	Niekro	—	6,061	56–54
111	August 10	@ Padres	7–5	Ellis (8–12)	Kelley	Gibbon (5)		57–54
112	August 10	@ Padres	8–6	Blass (12–7)	Kirby	Gibbon (6)	10,073	58–54
113	August 12	@ Giants	3–6	Perry	Walker (1–3)	—	5,496	58–55
114	August 13	@ Giants	10–5	Bunning (10–9)	McCormick	Moose (3)	5,966	59–55
115	August 15	@ Reds	5–1	Veale (8–11)	Nolan	—	21,314	60–55
116	August 16	@ Reds	2–5	Merritt	Ellis (8–13)	—	13,218	60–56
117	August 17	@ Reds	8–5	Blass (13–7)	Fisher	Hartenstein (9)	20,732	61–56
118	August 18	@ Reds	12–5 (10)	Dal Canton (6–2)	Granger	—	16,657	62–56
119	August 19	Astros	5–1	Walker (2–3)	Wilson	Gibbon (7)	5,409	63–56
120	August 20	Astros	1–0	Veale (9–11)	Lemaster	—	10,563	64–56
121	August 22	Reds	8–2	Ellis (9–13)	Fisher	—		65–56
122	August 22	Reds	5–3	Dal Canton (7–2)	Carroll	—	28,184	66–56
123	August 23	Reds	3–1	Moose (8–2)	Arrigo	Hartenstein (10)	16,283	67–56
124	August 24	Reds	9–4	Veale (10–11)	Maloney	Dal Canton (4)	16,506	68–56
125	August 26	Braves	4–6	Reed	Walker (2–4)	Doyle	15,449	68–57
126	August 27	Braves	0–1	Niekro	Ellis (9–14)	—	11,454	68–58
127	August 28	Braves	2–8	Stone	Blass (13–8)	Doyle	10,767	68–59
128	August 29	@ Astros	4–2 (10)	Moose (9–2)	Bouton	—	20,405	69–59
129	August 30	@ Astros	1–2	Dierker	Belinsky (0–1)	—	27,747	69–60
130	August 31	@ Astros	6–4	Marone (1–1)	Gladding	Blass (2)	24,722	70–60

September: 16–14 (Home: 6–7; Away: 10–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
131	September 1	@ Braves	7–1	Moose (10–2)	Britton	—	10,479	71–60
132	September 3	@ Braves	1–8	Reed	Ellis (9–15)	Upshaw	6,317	71–61
133	September 5	@ Cubs	9–2	Blass (14–8)	Holtzman	—	10,411	72–61
134	September 6	@ Cubs	13–4	Veale (11–11)	Jenkins	—	24,566	73–61
135	September 7	@ Cubs	7–5 (11)	Dal Canton (8–2)	Johnson	—	28,698	74–61
136	September 8	@ Expos	6–2	Hartenstein (5–4)	Raymond	Dal Canton (5)	9,526	75–61
137	September 9	@ Expos	2–4	Renko	Walker (2–5)	—	9,129	75–62
138	September 10	Cardinals	2–11	Gibson	Blass (14–9)	—		75–63
139	September 10	Cardinals	1–2	Torrez	Belinsky (0–2)	Grant	11,898	75–64
140	September 11	Cardinals	3–2	Veale (12–11)	Carlton	—	4,579	76–64
141	September 12	Mets	0–1	Koosman	Moose (10–3)	—		76–65
142	September 12	Mets	0–1	Cardwell	Ellis (9–16)	McGraw	19,303	76–66
143	September 13	Mets	2–5	Seaver	Walker (2–6)	—	10,440	76–67
144	September 14	Mets	5–3	Blass (15–9)	Ryan	—	11,324	77–67
145	September 15	@ Phillies	1–2	Wise	Veale (12–12)	—		77–68
146	September 15	@ Phillies	3–4	James	Belinsky (0–3)	—	2,933	77–69
147	September 16	@ Phillies	9–5	Moose (11–3)	Fryman	Gibbon (8)	1,169	78–69
148	September 17	@ Cardinals	4–2	Ellis (10–16)	Taylor	—	11,646	79–69
149	September 18	@ Cardinals	7–8	Campisi	Gibbon (4–1)	—	8,612	79–70
150	September 19	@ Mets	8–2	Veale (13–12)	Ryan	—		80–70
151	September 19	@ Mets	8–0	Walker (3–6)	McAndrew	—	51,885	81–70
152	September 20	@ Mets	4–0	Moose (12–3)	Gentry	—	38,784	82–70
153	September 21	@ Mets	3–5	Koosman	Ellis (10–17)	—		82–71
154	September 21	@ Mets	1–6	Cardwell	Blass (15–10)	—	55,901	82–72
155	September 23	Phillies	3–4	Jackson	Veale (13–13)	Johnson	2,364	82–73
156	September 25	Phillies	5–3	Walker (4–6)	Wise	—		83–73
157	September 25	Phillies	9–7	Moose (13–3)	James	Gibbon (9)	2,379	84–73
158	September 26	Cubs	2–0	Ellis (11–17)	Jenkins	—	4,973	85–73
159	September 27	Cubs	4–1	Blass (16–10)	Holtzman	Moose (4)	4,157	86–73
160	September 28	Cubs	1–3	Hands	Veale (13–14)	—	24,435	86–74

October: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
161	October 1	Expos	5–4	Gibbon (5–1)	Reed	—	2,496	87–74
162	October 2	Expos	8–2	Moose (14–3)	Robertson	—	2,700	88–74

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Bold = Pirates team member

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v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Mets	100	62	0.617	—	52–30	48–32
Chicago Cubs	92	70	0.568	8	49–32	43–38
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	74	0.543	12	47–34	41–40
St. Louis Cardinals	87	75	0.537	13	42–38	45–37
Philadelphia Phillies	63	99	0.389	37	30–51	33–48
Montreal Expos	52	110	0.321	48	24–57	28–53

Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
18	Matty Alou	CF
20	Richie Hebner	3B
21	Roberto Clemente	RF
8	Willie Stargell	LF
25	Bob Robertson	1B
9	Bill Mazeroski	2B
12	Jerry May	C
2	Freddie Patek	SS
28	Steve Blass	SP

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Don Hoak
AA	York Pirates	Eastern League	Joe Morgan
A	Salem Rebels	Carolina League	Chuck Hiller
A	Gastonia Pirates	Western Carolinas League	Frank Oceak
A-Short Season	Geneva Pirates	New York–Penn League	Bob Clear
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Buddy Pritchard

1969_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season

1969 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Detailed records

Game log

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

Statistics

Farm system

Notes

References

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1969 National League record v t e Sources:
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	—