1969 Cleveland Indians season

The 1969 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The club finished in last place in the newly established American League East with a record of 62 wins and 99 losses. The 1969 season seemed hopeful before the season started, based on the Indian's modest 86-75 record the previous season, along with their solid pitching. However, a 1-15 start shattered any illusions of a successful season. Not helping, was that the Indians strong pitching the previous season fell apart. Luis Tiant fell to 9-20 in 1969 and didn't look like the same pitcher from 1968, when he went 21-9, with a 1.60 ERA. Sam McDowell stayed solid at the very least, going 18-14, with a 2.94 ERA.

1969 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersVernon Stouffer
General managersGabe Paul, Alvin Dark
ManagersAlvin Dark
Local televisionWJW-TV
Local radioWERE (1300)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 10953 0.673 — 60–21 49–32
Detroit Tigers 9072 0.556 19 46–35 44–37
Boston Red Sox 8775 0.537 22 46–35 41–40
Washington Senators 8676 0.531 23 47–34 39–42
New York Yankees 8081 0.497 28½ 48–32 32–49
Cleveland Indians 6299 0.385 46½ 33–48 29–51

Record vs. opponents
1969 American League records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEP WSH
Baltimore —10–86–69–313–511–711–18–411–78–49–313–5
Boston 8–10—8–45–712–610–810–27–511–74–86–66–12
California 6–64–8—9–98–45–79–97–113–96–129–9–15–7
Chicago 3–97–59–9—8–43–98–105–133–98–1010–84–8
Cleveland 5–136–124–84–8—7–117–55–79–85–77–53–15
Detroit 7–118–107–59–311–7—8–46–610–87–510–27–11
Kansas City 1–112–109–910–85–74–8—8–105–7–18–1010–87–5
Minnesota 4–85–711–713–57–56–610–8—10–213–512–66–6
New York 7–117–119–39–38–98–107–5–12–10—6–67–510–8
Oakland 4–88–412–610–87–55–710–85–136–6—13–58–4
Seattle 3–96–69–9–18–105–72–108–106–125–75–13—7–5
Washington 5–1312–67–58–415–311–75–76–68–104–85–7—

Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup
Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
1José CardenalCF
16Larry BrownSS
28Richie ScheinblumRF
11Tony Horton1B
20Jimmie HallLF
7Joe AzcueC
17Zoilo Versalles3B
13Vern Fuller2B
33Luis TiantP

[8]

Roster
1969 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CDuke Sims11432677.2361845
1BTony Horton159625174.2782793
2BVern Fuller10825460.236422
SSLarry Brown132469112.239424
3BMax Alvis6619143.225115
LFFrank Baker5217244.256315
CFJosé Cardenal146557143.2571145
RFKen Harrelson149519115.2222784

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
Russ Snyder12226666.248224
Lou Klimchock9025874.287626
Zoilo Versalles7221749.226113
Eddie Leon6421351.239319
Richie Scheinblum10219937.186113
Dave Nelson5212325.20306
Chuck Hinton9412131.256319
Ray Fosse3711620.17229
Cap Peterson7611025.227114
Lee Maye4310827.250115
Ken Suarez368525.29419
Joe Azcue7247.29211
Russ Nagelson12176.35300
Lou Camilli13140.00000
Jimmie Hall4100.00000
Jack Heidemann330.00000

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
Sam McDowell39285.018142.94279
Luis Tiant38249.29203.71156
Sonny Siebert214.0013.216

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
Stan Williams61178.16143.94139
Steve Hargan32143.25145.7076
Dick Ellsworth34135.0694.1348
Mike Paul47117.15103.6198
Gary Boyd811.0029.009

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
Juan Pizarro483343.1644
Ron Law353414.9929
Horacio Piña314215.2132
Larry Burchart290204.2526
Jack Hamilton200214.4013
Gary Kroll190004.1328
Phil Hennigan92103.3110
Vicente Romo31102.257

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Red Davis
AA Waterbury Indians Eastern League Clay Bryant
A Reno Silver Sox California League Ken Aspromonte
A Statesville/Monroe Indians Western Carolinas League Pinky May
Rookie GCL Indians Gulf Coast League Joe Lutz

Statesville franchise moved to Monroe, June 20, 1969[9]

Notes
  1. "Eddie Fisher Stats".
  2. Chico Salmon page at Baseball Reference
  3. Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference
  4. Oscar Zamora page at Baseball Reference
  5. Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference
  6. John Orsino page at Baseball Reference
  7. Lee Maye page at Baseball Reference
  8. 1969 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References
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