- 1969 Seattle Pilots season
MLB yearly infobox
name = Seattle Pilots
season = 1969
misc = Only season in Seattle
current league = American League
y1 = 1969
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark =Sicks Stadium
y4 = 1969
city = Seattle,Washington
y5 = 1969
owners =Dewey Soriano
managers =Joe Schultz
television =none
radio =KVI
(Bill Schonely ,Jimmy Dudley )
espntn = sea
brtn = SEP|The Seattle Pilots' 1969 season involved the Pilots' finishing 6th in theAmerican League West with a record of 64 wins and 98 losses, 33 games behind theMinnesota Twins . The team would spend only one season in Seattle, as the franchise would move to Milwaukee the following season. A book about the season exists called The 1969 Seattle Pilots: Major League Baseball's One-Year Team by Kenneth Hogan. Part of the Pilots season was also documented in the book Ball Four byJim Bouton . After the Pilots, there would not be another MLB team in Seattle, until the birth of the Mariners in by|1977.Offseason
* April 1, 1968:
Marv Staehle was purchased by the Pilots from theCleveland Indians . [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/staehma01.shtml Marv Staehle page at Baseball Reference] ]
* June 7, 1968:Wilbur Howard was selected by the Pilots in the 19th round of the1968 Major League Baseball Draft . [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/howarwi01.shtml Wilbur Howard page at Baseball Reference] ]
* October 21, 1968:Jim Bouton was purchased by the Pilots from theNew York Yankees . [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boutoji01.shtml Jim Bouton page at Baseball Reference] ]Expansion Draft
The MLB Expansion Draft for the Pilots and the
Kansas City Royals was held on October 15, 1968.Game log
1969 Seattle Pilots season
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Player stats
Pitching
Starting pitchers
"Note: G = Games played; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts"
Relocation to Milwaukee
During the offseason, Soriano crossed paths with Selig. They met in secret for over a month after the end of the season, and during Game 1 of the World Series, Soriano agreed to sell the Pilots to Selig for $10 million to $13 million (depending on the source). Selig would then move the team to Milwaukee and rename it the Brewers. However, the owners turned it down in the face of pressure from
After a winter and spring full of court action, the Pilots reported for spring training under new manager
References
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEP/1969.shtml 1969 Seattle Pilots team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1969&t=SE1 1969 Seattle Pilots team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]
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