August 29, 1969 Chi. at Atl.

Bill Hands (20-9) of the Chicago Cubs became MLB's first 20 game winner of the 1969 season. He threw a complete game while defeating the Atlanta Braves 6-3. Hank Aaron hit his 49th homerun in a losing effort for the hometown Braves.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 Chicago Cubs At 1969 Atlanta Braves                  8/29/1969


 


  Cubs               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG


  D.Kessinger SS      5  1  1  0 .287     F.Millan 2B         4  1  2  1 .250  


  G.Beckert 2B        5  2  2  1 .285     T.Gonzalez CF       4  0  1  0 .264  


  B.Williams LF       4  1  1  1 .313     H.Aaron RF          4  1  2  2 .344  


  R.Santo 3B          4  0  2  2 .314     R.Carty LF          4  0  1  0 .356  


  E.Banks 1B          4  0  0  0 .266     O.Cepeda 1B         4  0  0  0 .207  


  J.Hickman RF        3  0  0  0 .211     C.Boyer 3B          4  0  0  0 .282  


  R.Hundley C         4  1  1  0 .251     B.Didier C          4  1  2  0 .249  


  O.Gamble CF         4  1  1  1 .111     G.Garrido SS        3  0  0  0 .230  


  B.Hands P           2  0  0  1 .173   B-O.Brown PH          1  0  1  01.000  


                                          P.Jarvis P          2  0  0  0 .175  


                                        A-T.Aaron PH          0  0  0  0 .239  


                                          G.Neibauer P        0  0  0  0 ----  


                                        C-M.Lum PH            1  0  0  0 .268  


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         Totals      35  6  8  6                 Totals      35  3  9  3


 


A-Pinch Hit For Jarvis In 7th Inning


B-Pinch Hit For Garrido In 9th Inning


C-Pinch Hit For Neibauer In 9th Inning


 


Cubs............ 0 0 4  0 2 0  0 0 0  -  6  8  1


Braves.......... 2 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  3  9  1


 


Cubs (74-59)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA


B.Hands WIN(20-9)         9       9   3   3   1   2   1 143   3.20


Totals                    9       9   3   3   1   2   1


 


Braves (80-53)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA


P.Jarvis LOSS(16-8)       7       8   6   5   2   7   0 115   3.14


G.Neibauer                2       0   0   0   0   2   0  29   3.71


Totals                    9       8   6   5   2   9   0


 


ATTENDANCE- 42,830 DATE- Friday, August 29th 1969 TIME- Night 


UMPIRES- Augie Donatelli, Mel Steiner, Bob Engel, Dick Stello


T- 2:35


LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 5  Braves: 6


DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 2  Braves: 0


ERRORS- B.Hands, C.Boyer


DOUBLES- B.Williams(30th), F.Millan(18th), B.Didier(16th)


TRIPLES- D.Kessinger(8th), R.Santo(6th), O.Gamble(1st)


HOME RUNS- H.Aaron(49th)


SACRIFICE HITS- B.Hands


WALKS- J.Hickman, B.Hands, T.Aaron


STRIKE OUTS- D.Kessinger, R.Santo, E.Banks-4, J.Hickman, B.Hands-2, C.Boyer,


             B.Didier


GIDP- F.Millan, O.Cepeda


PASSED BALLS- R.Hundley


2-out RBI- F.Millan


 


Bill Hands allowed Leo Durocher to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game


at Fulton Co. Stadium as the Chicago Cubs beat the Atlanta Braves 6 to


3.


 


Chicago brought 4 runs across the plate in the top of the 3rd inning with the


help of 5 hits.  That scoring would be all that was needed.  Chicago had 8


hits for the night.  


 


The win went to Hands(20-9) who allowed 3 runs in the game. The losing pitcher


was Pat Jarvis(16-8).  He surrendered 8 hits and 2 walks in 7 innings.  


 

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