1969 Boston Red Sox season
The 1969 Boston Red Sox season was the 69th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. With the American League now split into two divisions, the Red Sox finished third in the newly established American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses, 22 games behind the Baltimore Orioles, who went on to win the AL championship.
Dick Williams, who had managed the team to the 1967 AL pennant, was fired on September 23; coach Eddie Popowski led the team for the final nine games of the season.
Offseason
- October 15, 1968: Joe Foy was drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the Boston Red Sox as the 4th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
- March 18, 1969: Bill Kelso was purchased by the Red Sox from the Cincinnati Reds.
- March 29, 1969: Bill Kelso was returned to the Reds by the Red Sox.
Regular season
Notable transactions
- April 19, 1969: Dick Ellsworth, Ken Harrelson and Juan Pizarro were traded by the Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Joe Azcue, Vicente Romo and Sonny Siebert.
- June 15, 1969: Joe Azcue was traded by the Red Sox to the California Angels for Tom Satriano.
Opening Day lineup
Source:Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Carl Yastrzemski | 162 | 603 | 96 | 154 | 28 | 2 | 40 | 111 | 15 | 101 | .255 | .507 |
| George Scott | 152 | 549 | 63 | 139 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 52 | 4 | 61 | .253 | .384 |
| Reggie Smith | 143 | 543 | 87 | 168 | 29 | 7 | 25 | 93 | 7 | 54 | .309 | .527 |
| Rico Petrocelli | 154 | 535 | 92 | 159 | 32 | 2 | 40 | 97 | 3 | 98 | .297 | .589 |
| Tony Conigliaro | 141 | 506 | 57 | 129 | 21 | 3 | 20 | 82 | 2 | 48 | .255 | .427 |
| Mike Andrews | 121 | 464 | 79 | 136 | 26 | 2 | 15 | 59 | 1 | 71 | .293 | .455 |
| Dalton Jones | 111 | 336 | 50 | 74 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 39 | .220 | .318 |
| Russ Gibson | 85 | 287 | 21 | 72 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 15 | .251 | .321 |
| Syd O'Brien | 100 | 263 | 47 | 64 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 15 | .243 | .422 |
| Ducky Schofield | 94 | 226 | 30 | 58 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 29 | .257 | .350 |
| Joe Lahoud | 101 | 218 | 32 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 40 | .188 | .335 |
| Jerry Moses | 53 | 135 | 13 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 5 | .304 | .474 |
| Tom Satriano | 47 | 127 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 22 | .189 | .205 |
| Billy Conigliaro | 32 | 80 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 9 | .288 | .563 |
| Don Lock | 53 | 58 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | .224 | .293 |
| George Thomas | 29 | 51 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | .353 | .451 |
| Joe Azcue | 19 | 51 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .216 | .255 |
| Ken Harrelson | 10 | 46 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | .217 | .435 |
| Tony Muser | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 |
| Carlton Fisk | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| Luis Alvarado | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 397 | 23 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 28 | .116 | .161 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5494 | 743 | 1381 | 234 | 37 | 197 | 701 | 41 | 658 | .251 | .415 |
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Pitching
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; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Ray Culp | 17 | 8 | 3.81 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 227.0 | 195 | 103 | 96 | 79 | 172 |
| Mike Nagy | 12 | 2 | 3.11 | 33 | 28 | 0 | 196.2 | 183 | 84 | 68 | 106 | 84 |
| Sonny Siebert | 14 | 10 | 3.80 | 43 | 22 | 5 | 163.1 | 151 | 93 | 69 | 68 | 127 |
| Jim Lonborg | 7 | 11 | 4.51 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 143.2 | 148 | 78 | 72 | 65 | 100 |
| Lee Stange | 6 | 9 | 3.68 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 137.0 | 137 | 70 | 56 | 56 | 59 |
| Vicente Romo | 7 | 9 | 3.18 | 52 | 11 | 11 | 127.1 | 116 | 51 | 45 | 50 | 89 |
| Sparky Lyle | 8 | 3 | 2.54 | 71 | 0 | 17 | 102.2 | 91 | 33 | 29 | 48 | 93 |
| Ray Jarvis | 5 | 6 | 4.75 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 100.1 | 105 | 59 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Bill Landis | 5 | 5 | 5.25 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 82.1 | 82 | 53 | 48 | 49 | 50 |
| Bill Lee | 1 | 3 | 4.50 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 56 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 45 |
| Ken Brett | 2 | 3 | 5.26 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 39.1 | 41 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 23 |
| Ron Kline | 0 | 1 | 4.76 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 7 |
| Gary Wagner | 1 | 3 | 6.06 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16.1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 9 |
| Mike Garman | 1 | 0 | 4.38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12.1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
| Dick Ellsworth | 0 | 0 | 3.75 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Fred Wenz | 1 | 0 | 5.73 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 |
| Garry Roggenburk | 0 | 1 | 8.38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
| Juan Pizarro | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9.0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| José Santiago | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Team Totals | 87 | 75 | 3.92 | 162 | 162 | 41 | 1466.2 | 1423 | 736 | 639 | 685 | 935 |
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Statistical leaders
| Category | Player | Statistic |
| Youngest player | Mike Garman | 19 |
| Oldest player | Ron Kline | 37 |
| Wins Above Replacement | Rico Petrocelli | 10.0 |
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