1969 California Angels season

The 1969 California Angels season was the 9th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 4th in Anaheim, and their 4th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. In the first season following the split of the American League into two divisions, the Angels finished third in the newly established American League West with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

Offseason

October 8, 1968: Eddie Fisher was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the California Angels for Jack Hamilton.
October 15, 1968: 1968 MLB expansion draft
*Paul Schaal was drafted from the Angels by the Kansas City Royals with the 27th pick.
*Steve Hovley was drafted from the Angels by the Seattle Pilots with the 35th pick.
November 6, 1968: Rubén Amaro Sr. was purchased by the Angels from the New York Yankees.
December 2, 1968: Pedro Borbón was drafted by the Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 rule 5 draft.
December 12, 1968: Ed Kirkpatrick and Dennis Paepke were traded by the Angels to the Kansas City Royals for Hoyt Wilhelm.

Regular season

Notable transactions

April 3, 1969: Bo Belinsky was purchased by the Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals.
May 14, 1969: Bobby Knoop was traded by the Angels to the Chicago White Sox for Sandy Alomar Sr. and Bob Priddy.
June 5, 1969: Rudy Meoli was drafted by the Angels in the 4th round of the 1969 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 13, 1969.
June 15, 1969: Tom Satriano was traded by the Angels to the Boston Red Sox for Joe Azcue.
July 26, 1969: Billy Cowan was purchased by the Angels from the New York Yankees.
July 30, 1969: Bo Belinsky was purchased from the Angels by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
September 8, 1969: Hoyt Wilhelm and Bob Priddy were traded by the Angels to the Atlanta Braves for Mickey Rivers and Clint Compton.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Joe Azcue	80	248	54	.218	1	19
1B	Jim Spencer	113	386	98	.254	10	31
2B		134	559	140	.250	1	30
3B		159	561	130	.232	7	49
SS		161	580	151	.260	12	47
LF		137	493	125	.254	13	68
CF		148	540	146	.270	10	59
RF		133	349	91	.261	2	40

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Roger Repoz	103	219	36	.164	8	19
Bubba Morton	87	172	42	.244	7	32
Lou Johnson	67	133	27	.203	0	9
Tom Egan	46	120	17	.142	5	16
	41	108	28	.259	1	16
Vic Davalillo	33	71	11	.155	0	1
	27	71	14	.197	1	6
Billy Cowan	28	56	17	.304	4	10
Dick Stuart	22	51	8	.157	1	4
Jim Hicks	37	48	4	.083	3	8
Winston Llenas	34	47	8	.170	0	0
Buck Rodgers	18	46	9	.196	0	2
	41	27	6	.222	0	1
	13	25	4	.160	0	0
Jarvis Tatum	10	22	7	.318	0	0
Marty Perez	13	13	3	.231	0	0
Bob Chance	5	7	1	.143	0	1
Chuck Cottier	2	2	0	.000	0	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
	40	250.0	16	11	2.52	211
	36	215.2	10	16	4.21	100
	37	201.0	8	16	3.18	96
	23	100.2	6	7	3.84	56

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
	43	180.1	10	13	3.44	133
Clyde Wright	37	63.2	1	8	4.10	31
Steve Kealey	15	36.2	2	0	3.93	17
Vern Geishert	11	31.0	1	1	4.65	18
Greg Washburn	8	11.1	0	2	7.94	4
	4	10.0	0	1	5.40	5
Rickey Clark	6	9.2	0	0	5.59	6

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	45	7	2	22	1.36	65
	52	3	2	2	3.63	47
	44	5	7	10	2.47	53
	22	2	3	0	6.15	20
	15	0	1	0	4.78	15
Phil Ortega	5	0	0	0	10.13	4
	2	0	0	0	11.57	2
	3	0	1	0	27.00	2