1969 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1969 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in North America's Major League Baseball. In the first season after the American League was split into two divisions, the Orioles won the first-ever American League East title, finishing first with a record of 109 wins and 53 losses, 19 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers, who had won the World Series in the previous season.
After the regular season, the Orioles went on to the 1st American League Championship Series, where they faced the Minnesota Twins. They swept the Twins in the 1969 ALCS, but lost the World Series to the upstart National League champion New York Mets in five games.
The team was managed by Earl Weaver, and played their home games at Memorial Stadium.

Offseason

October 15, 1968: Wally Bunker was drafted from the Orioles by the Kansas City Royals with the 25th pick in the 1968 Major League Baseball expansion draft.
December 4, 1968: Curt Blefary and John Mason were traded by the Orioles to the Houston Astros for Mike Cuellar, Enzo Hernández, and Elijah Johnson.
December 2, 1968: Bobby Darwin was drafted from the Orioles by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1968 rule 5 draft.
January 20, 1969: Ron Stone was traded by the Orioles to the Philadelphia Phillies for Clay Dalrymple.
March 31, 1969: Gene Brabender and Gordy Lund were traded by the Orioles to the Seattle Pilots for Chico Salmon.

Spring training

The Baltimore Orioles held spring training at Miami Stadium in Miami for the 11th season.

Regular season

On August 13, 1969, Jim Palmer threw the only no-hitter of his career, defeating the Oakland Athletics, 8–0.

Notable transactions

June 5, 1969: 1969 Major League Baseball draft
*Dave Skaggs was drafted by the Orioles in the 6th round.
*Dave Winfield was drafted by the Orioles in the 40th round, but did not sign.
August 16, 1969: Bob Galasso was signed as an amateur free agent by the Orioles.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C		105	295	36	72	.244	12	38	0
1B		152	533	83	162	.304	37	121	1
2B		142	511	52	143	.280	7	57	3
3B		156	598	73	140	.234	23	84	2
SS		150	530	76	152	.287	2	50	14
LF		144	554	99	161	.291	11	64	19
CF		150	625	102	178	.285	26	76	20
RF		148	539	111	166	.308	32	100	9

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
	73	217	29	54	.249	3	26	1
	95	190	27	47	.247	4	25	6
	78	120	8	29	.242	3	10	2
	52	91	18	27	.297	3	12	0
	56	89	15	27	.303	6	21	3
	39	84	7	17	.202	0	1	0
	37	80	8	19	.238	3	6	0
	7	18	2	6	.333	0	3	0

Pitching

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
	39	290.2	23	11	2.38	182
	41	268.2	20	7	3.22	166
	35	202.0	14	7	3.52	117
	26	181.0	16	4	2.34	123

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
	30	137.2	6	7	3.60	64

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	56	71.0	5	2	16	1.65	46
	44	57.1	7	4	12	2.20	54
	39	65.2	5	2	6	1.92	31
	37	94.0	7	4	1	2.49	37
	27	69.1	5	3	0	4.41	57
	12	19.2	1	1	0	2.29	13
	6	8.0	0	1	0	4.50	2
	3	6.0	0	0	0	0.00	5
	2	2.2	0	0	0	0.00	0

1969 Baltimore Orioles season

Offseason

Spring training

Regular season

Notable transactions

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Postseason

ALCS

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Farm system