1969 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1969
misc =

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current league = National League
y1 = 1892
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Busch Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = August "Gussie" Busch
managers = Red Schoendienst
television = KSD-TV
radio = KMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck)
espntn = stl
brtn = stlThe St. Louis Cardinals 1969 season was the team's 88th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 78th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 87-75 during the season and finished fourth in the National League East, 13 games behind the eventual NL Pennant and World Series champion New York Mets. They joined the newly formed NL East when the MLB playoffs were expanded in 1969.

Pitcher Bob Gibson and outfielder Curt Flood won Gold Gloves this year.

1969 also marked the final season for the Busch Stadium grass before the installation of AstroTurf, which would be their home surface for the next 26 seasons.

After the season, long-time broadcaster Harry Caray was fired.

Offseason

* October 14, 1968: Coco Laboy was drafted by the Montreal Expos from the St. Louis Cardinals as the 54th pick in the 1968 expansion draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/laboyco01.shtml Coco Laboy Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* December 2, 1968: Pedro Borbon, Sr. was drafted by the California Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 rule 5 draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/borbope01.shtml Pedro Borbon Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 2, 1968: Bo Belinsky was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Houston Astros in the 1968 rule 5 draft. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/belinbo01.shtml ]
* March 17, 1969: Orlando Cepeda was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Atlanta Braves for Joe Torre.

Regular Season

Opening Day Starters

* Lou Brock
* Curt Flood
* Bob Gibson
* Julian Javier
* Dal Maxvill
* Tim McCarver
* Vada Pinson
* Mike Shannon
* Joe Torre [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1969&t=SLN 1969 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac ] ]

eason standings

Notable transactions

*April 3, 1969: Bo Belinsky was purchased by the California Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/belinbo01.shtml ]
* May 22, 1969: John Sipin was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Sonny Ruberto to the San Diego Padres for Bill Davis and Jerry Davanon.
*June 5, 1969: Bill Madlock was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 11th round of the 1969 amateur draft, but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/madlobi01.shtml Bill Madlock Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Roster

Starting pitchers

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1969.shtml 1969 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1969&t=SLN 1969 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]