1969 California Angels season

MLB yearly infobox
name = California Angels
season = 1969
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1961
division = West Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Anaheim Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = Anaheim, California
y5 = 1966
owners = Gene Autry
managers = Bill Rigney and Lefty Phillips
television =KTLA
radio = KMPC
(Dick Enberg, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)|

The California Angels 1969 season involved the Angels finishing 3rd in the American League west with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

Offseason

*October 15, 1968: Paul Schaal was drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the California Angels as the 27th pick in the 1968 expansion draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schaapa01.shtml Paul Schaal Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*November 6, 1968: Ruben Amaro, Sr. was purchased by the California Angels from the New York Yankees. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/amaroru01.shtml Ruben Amaro 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 12, 1968: Hoyt Wilhelm was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the California Angels for Ed Kirkpatrick and Dennis Paepke. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilheho01.shtml Hoyt Wilhelm Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

eason standings

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 14, 1969: Sandy Alomar, Sr. was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Bob Priddy to the California Angels for Bobby Knoop. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa01.shtml]
*July 30, 1969: Bo Belinsky was purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the California Angels. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/belinbo01.shtml ]
*September 8, 1969: Hoyt Wilhelm was traded by the California Angels with Bob Priddy to the Atlanta Braves for Mickey Rivers and Clint Compton.

Player stats

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AAA: Hawaii Islanders (Pacific Coast League; Chuck Tanner, manager)
* Class AA: El Paso Sun Kings (Texas League; Del Rice, manager)
* Class A: San Jose Bees (California League; Tom Morgan and Eddie Bressoud, managers)
* Class A: Quad Cities Angels (Midwest League; Fred Koenig, manager)
* Rookie: Idaho Falls Angels (Pioneer League; Norm Sherry, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CAL/1969.shtml 1969 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1969&t=CAL 1969 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]