1969_Washington_Senators_season

1969 Washington Senators
1969 Washington Senators
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	RFK Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Owners	Bob Short
Managers	Ted Williams
Television	WTOP
Radio	WWDC (FM); (Ron Menchine, Shelby Whitfield, Warner Wolf)

1969 Washington Senators season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1969 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing fourth in the newly established American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses.

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1969 regular season game log: 86–76 (Home: 47–34; Away: 39–42)

April: 12–11 (Home: 5–5; Away: 7–6)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
1	April 7	1:30 p.m. EST	Yankees	L 4–8	Stottlemyre (1–0)	Pascual (0–1)	–	2:47	45,113	0–1	L1
2	April 9	8:05 p.m. EST	Yankees	W 6–4	Coleman (1–0)	Bahnsen (0–1)	–	2:00	15,162	1–1	W1
3	April 10	1:30 p.m. EST	Yankees	W 9–6	Hannan (1–0)	Peterson (0–1)	Higgins (1)	2:33	3,971	2–1	W2
4	April 11	8:00 p.m. EST	@ Orioles	W 4–0	Moore (1–0)	Hardin (0–1)	Higgins (2)	2:15	8,415	3–1	W3
5	April 12	2:15 p.m. EST	@ Orioles	L 0–9	McNally (1–0)	Pascual (0–2)	–	2:16	6,379	3–2	L1
6	April 13	2:00 p.m. EST	@ Orioles	L 0–2	Palmer (1–0)	Coleman (1–1)	–	2:03	–	3–3	L2
7	April 13	4:38 p.m. EST	@ Orioles	L 0–9	Phoebus (1–0)	Bosman (0–1)	–	2:07	20,483	3–4	L3
8	April 15	2:00 p.m. EST	@ Yankees	L 2–8	Peterson (1–1)	Bertaina (0–1)	–	2:32	13,889	3–5	L4
–	April 16		@ Yankees	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: April 17)
9	April 17	1:00 p.m. EST	@ Yankees	L 3–7 (10)	Stottlemyre (3–0)	Higgins (0–1)	–	2:28	–	3–6	L5
10	April 17	4:03 p.m. EST	@ Yankees	W 5–2	Moore (2–0)	Bahnsen (0–3)	Higgins (3)	2:17	6,883	4–6	W1
11	April 18	8:05 p.m. EST	Orioles	L 0–6	Phoebus (2–0)	Coleman (1–2)	–	2:27	4,457	4–7	L1
12	April 19	2:15 p.m. EST	Orioles	W 7–5	Bosman (1–1)	Cuellar (0–2)	Higgins (4)	2:20	5,495	5–7	W1
13	April 20	1:00 p.m. EST	Orioles	L 1–2	McNally (2–0)	Hannan (1–1)	Watt (2)	2:52	–	5–8	L1
14	April 20	4:27 p.m. EST	Orioles	W 5–2	Bertaina (1–1)	Hardin (0–2)	Humphreys (1)	2:19	18,055	6–8	W1
15	April 21	8:05 p.m. EST	Tigers	L 0–2	Sparma (2–0)	Moore (2–1)	–	2:15	3,813	6–9	L1
16	April 22	8:05 p.m. EST	Tigers	L 2–4	Hiller (1–0)	Pascual (0–3)	McMahon (3)	2:48	4,922	6–10	L2
–	April 24		@ Red Sox	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 5)
21	April 28	8:00 p.m. EDT	@ Tigers	W 6–1	Pascual (1–3)	Wilson (1–3)	Bosman (1)	2:39	7,353	11–10	W5
22	April 29	8:00 p.m. EDT	@ Tigers	L 4–5	Radatz (1–0)	Bertaina (1–2)	–	2:24	6,986	11–11	L1

May: 12–16 (Home: 9–7; Away: 3–9)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

June: 14–12 (Home: 6–7; Away: 8–5)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
–	June 15		Angels	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 2)
64	June 17	8:05 p.m. EDT	Orioles	L 1–5	Cuellar (0–2)	Shellenback (1–2)	–	2:26	22,134	31–33	L2
65	June 18	8:05 p.m. EDT	Orioles	L 1–3	Hardin (3–3)	Moore (5–2)	Hall (2)	2:11	10,420	31–34	L3
66	June 19	8:05 p.m. EDT	Orioles	L 0–2	McNally (10–0)	Higgins (4–7)	–	2:04	13,376	31–35	L4
67	June 20	8:00 p.m. EDT	@ Tigers	W 7–2 (10)	Knowles (3–0)	McMahon (1–4)	–	3:07	27,725	32–35	W1
68	June 21	1:15 p.m. EDT	@ Tigers	L 5–9	Lolich (8–1)	Humphreys (1–2)	–	2:31	25,340	32–36	L1
69	June 22	1:30 p.m. EDT	@ Tigers	W 9–4	Higgins (5–7)	Dobson (2–5)	–	2:51	–	33–36	W1
70	June 22	4:56 p.m. EDT	@ Tigers	W 9–5 (6)	Moore (6–2)	Sparma (4–3)	–	1:51	52,721	34–36	W2
71	June 23	8:00 p.m. EDT	@ Orioles	L 3–5	Palmer (9–2)	Knowles (3–1)	Richert (6)	1:57	7,830	34–37	L1
72	June 24	8:00 p.m. EDT	@ Orioles	L 3–6 (11)	Hall (4–2)	Shellenback (1–3)	–	3:06	14,763	34–38	L2
73	June 25	8:00 p.m. EDT	@ Orioles	W 11–8	Humphreys (2–2)	Hardin (3–4)	Knowles (2)	2:41	11,130	35–38	W1
–	June 30		@ Indians	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 1)

July: 16–15 (Home: 4–3; Away: 12–12)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
90	July 11	8:05 p.m. EDT	Yankees	L 3–4	Stottlemyre (13–6)	Moore (7–4)	–	2:13	22,254	46–44	L1
91	July 12	2:15 p.m. EDT	Yankees	L 1–3	Burbach (6–7)	Bosman (6–3)	Aker (7)	2:39	17,818	46–45	L2
92	July 13	1:00 p.m. EDT	Yankees	W 5–4	Cox (7–1)	Peterson (9–11)	–	2:19	–	47–45	W1
93	July 13	3:54 p.m. EDT	Yankees	W 10–1	Shellenback (2–4)	Downing (1–3)	–	2:22	31,700	48–45	W2
94	July 14	8:05 p.m. EDT	Tigers	W 3–0	Coleman (6–7)	Sparma (5–7)	–	2:50	23,831	49–45	W3
95	July 15	8:05 p.m. EDT	Tigers	W 7–3	Moore (8–4)	Hiller (2–3)	Baldwin (3)	2:28	16,122	50–45	W4
96	July 16	8:05 p.m. EDT	Tigers	L 0–3	Lolich (8–1)	Bosman (6–4)	–	2:27	21,568	50–46	L1
97	July 17	8:05 p.m. EDT	Tigers	L 3–4	Wilson (8–7)	Cox (7–2)	McMahon (8)	2:31	24,701	50–47	L2
98	July 18	8:00 p.m. EDT	@ Yankees	L 0–5	Peterson (10–11)	Shellenback (2–5)	–	2:13	11,002	50–48	L3
99	July 19	5:00 p.m. EDT	@ Yankees	L 0–9	Stottlemyre (14–7)	Moore (8–5)	–	2:12	–	50–49	L4
100	July 19	7:47 p.m. EDT	@ Yankees	W 4–0	Coleman (7–7)	Bahnsen (5–11)	–	2:37	16,547	51–49	W1
101	July 20	2:00 p.m. EDT	@ Yankees	L 2–3 (11)	Aker (5–2)	Cox (7–3)	–	3:17	32,933	51–50	L1
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August: 14–11 (Home: 8–6; Away: 6–5)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

September: 17–11 (Home: 12–4; Away: 5–7)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
–	September 8		@ Orioles	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 9)
141	September 9	8:00 p.m. EDT	@ Orioles	L 1–6	Cuellar (21–10)	Carlos (5–4)	–	2:25	–	72–69	L1
142	September 9	8:00 p.m. EDT	@ Orioles	L 2–3	Phoebus (13–6)	Coleman (10–13)	Watt (14)	2:39	10,747	72–70	L2
143	September 10	8:05 p.m. EDT	Yankees	W 6–1	Bosman (12–5)	Stottlemyre (18–13)	–	2:10	6,016	73–70	W1
144	September 11	8:05 p.m. EDT	Yankees	W 7–3	Hannan (6–5)	Bahnsen (9–14)	Knowles (12)	2:10	5,389	74–70	W2
145	September 12	8:05 p.m. EDT	Tigers	W 4–3	Cox (12–5)	Wilson (12–10)	–	2:17	9,398	75–70	W3
146	September 13	2:15 p.m. EDT	Tigers	W 11–6	Knowles (1–2)	Timmermann (3–3)	–	2:56	9,921	76–70	W4
147	September 14	1:30 p.m. EDT	Tigers	L 4–7 (12)	Dobson (5–10)	Dukes (0–1)	Hiller (4)	3:58	12,114	76–71	L1
148	September 15	8:05 p.m. EDT	Orioles	W 3–2	Humphreys (3–3)	Palmer (14–3)	–	1:51	5,376	77–71	W1
149	September 16	8:05 p.m. EDT	Orioles	L 0–1	McNally (19–6)	Hannan (6–6)	Watt (16)	2:41	8,165	77–72	L1
150	September 17	8:00 p.m. EDT	@ Yankees	L 1–2 (5)	Peterson (16–15)	Cox (12–6)	–	1:17	5,025	77–73	L2
151	September 18	8:00 p.m. EDT	@ Yankees	L 3–4	Stottlemyre (19–13)	Moore (8–8)	–	2:13	6,020	77–74	L3
–	September 23		@ Tigers	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 24)
154	September 24	5:30 p.m. EDT	@ Tigers	W 8–4	Hannan (7–6)	McLain (23–9)	Shellenback (1)	2:38	–	79–75	W1
155	September 24	8:43 p.m. EDT	@ Tigers	W 7–4	Higgins (10–9)	Lolich (18–10)	Knowles (13)	2:44	14,032	80–75	W2
156	September 25	1:30 p.m. EDT	@ Tigers	W 7–2	Bosman (13–5)	Kilkenny (7–6)	–	2:18	4,589	81–75	W3

October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
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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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Paul Casanova	124	379	26	82	.216	4	37	0
1B	Mike Epstein	131	403	73	112	.278	30	85	2
2B	Bernie Allen	122	365	33	90	.247	9	45	5
3B	Ken McMullen	158	562	83	153	.272	19	87	4
SS	Ed Brinkman	151	576	71	153	.266	2	43	2
LF	Frank Howard	161	592	111	175	.296	48	111	1
CF	Del Unser	153	581	69	166	.286	7	57	8
RF	Lee Maye	71	238	41	69	.290	9	26	1

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Hank Allen	109	271	42	75	.277	1	17	12
Tim Cullen	119	249	22	52	.209	1	15	1
Brant Alyea	104	237	29	59	.249	11	40	1
Ed Stroud	123	206	35	52	.252	4	29	12
Jim French	63	158	14	29	.184	2	13	1
Zoilo Versalles	31	75	9	20	.267	0	6	1
Sam Bowens	33	57	6	11	.193	0	4	1
Dick Billings	27	37	3	5	.135	0	0	0
Gary Holman	41	31	1	5	.161	0	2	0
Dick Smith	21	28	2	3	.107	0	0	0
Doug Camilli	1	3	0	1	.333	0	0	0
Toby Harrah	8	1	4	0	.000	0	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Joe Coleman	40	247.2	12	13	3.27	182
Dick Bosman	31	193.0	14	5	2.19	99
Jim Hannan	35	158.1	7	6	3.64	72
Barry Moore	31	134.0	9	8	4.30	51
Camilo Pascual	14	55.1	2	5	6.83	34

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Casey Cox	52	171.2	12	7	2.78	73
Jim Shellenback	30	84.2	4	7	4.04	50
Frank Bertaina	14	35.2	1	3	6.56	25
Cisco Carlos	6	17.2	1	1	4.58	5

1969_Washington_Senators_season

1969 Washington Senators season

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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	—

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Dennis Higgins	55	10	9	16	3.48	71
Darold Knowles	53	9	2	13	2.24	59
Bob Humphreys	47	3	3	5	3.05	43
Dave Baldwin	43	2	4	4	4.05	51
Jim Miles	10	0	1	0	6.20	15
Jan Dukes	8	0	2	0	2.45	3
Frank Kreutzer	4	0	0	0	4.50	2

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Héctor López
AA	Savannah Senators	Southern League	Hub Kittle
A	Burlington Senators	Carolina League	Buddy Hicks and Bill Haywood
A	Shelby Senators	Western Carolinas League	Joe Klein
Rookie	Wytheville Senators	Appalachian League	Dick Gernert