The Baltimore Orioles emerged victorious as World Champions of my 1969 MLB season replay that concluded last week and took a year for me to finish. Between playing along with the current MLB season, other SOM projects and just living life, one year seems to be the time I need to enjoyably play an entire retro season.
My goal in every replay is to manage the Detroit Tigers to an AL Championship, so I fell short with the 1969 season. Baltimore was just too strong. They had the best record in MLB at 104-58. My Tigers finished 98-64, 6 games behind the Orioles in the AL East. Baltimore under-performed by 5 games when compared to their actual record in '69. Detroit over-performed by 8 games. That led to an exciting, season long chase by Detroit. But to be honest, I never felt I had a good enough team to overtake them. Detroit did not have the pitching depth Baltimore had. I also couldn't put a team on the field that compared to the Orioles every day starters. Baltimore sat on top of the AL East all season long, except for 3 days in early July when the Tigers swept a 3 game series from them and moved into 1st place, temporarily.
Baltimore swept a very strong Minnesota Twins team in the AL Championship Series and then defeated the New York Mets 4 games to 1 in the World Series. The Mets were surprise winners in the NL. I didn't think they had a good enough team to win like they did in real life. In my replay, they didn't climb into 1st place in the NL East until the last week of the season. The Chicago Cubs led the NL East for the 1st 4 months of the season and the Pittsburgh Pirates led for most of the last 2 months. But the Mets passed them both by and finished 2 games ahead of the Pirates. The Atlanta Braves won the NL West walking away from their competition but got swept by New York in the NL Championship Series.
The 1969 season had a good balance of great pitching and great hitting. The NL produced seven 20 game winners and the AL had 4. In the NL, Hank Aaron (55) and Willie McCovey (50) topped 50 HR. In the AL, Frank Howard and Reggie Jackson both hit 53 HR. Both leagues each had over 12 players hitting better than .300.
NL Top Pitchers: Koosman (NY) 24-6, 1.75ERA, 217K; Marichal (SF) 24-10, 1.63, 221; Dierker (HOS) 22-11, 2.22, 212; Jenkins (CHI) 22-16, 2.99 305; Reed (ATL) 21-4, 2.43, 152.
AL Top Pitchers: Cuellar (BAL) 25-6, 2.42ERA, 203K; McLain (DET) 22-9, 2.79, 180; McDowell (CLV) 22-11, 3.11, 281; Boswell (MIN) 20-10, 2.74, 192; Lolich (DET) 18-10, 2.67, 274.
NL Top Batters: Aaron (ATL) .342BA, 55HR, 134RBI; McCovey (SF) .324, 50, 126; Williams (CHI) .323, 30, 125; Perez (CIN) .300, 35, 111; Agee (NY) .283, 36, 94; Clemente (PIT) .342, 26, 98.
AL Top Batters: Howard (WAS) .307BA, 53HR, 126; Jackson (OAK) .315, 53, 116; Killebrew (MIN) .269, 48, 142; Epstein (WAS) .320, 41, 104, Powell (BAL) .322, 36, 95; Yastrzemski (BSN) .268, 46, 119.
Like I said, 1969 was a very strong, balanced season in both hitting and pitching. Changes to the pitching mound and strike zone prior to the '69 season helped increase batting production after an anemic year of hitting in 1968. Even though the only close pennant races were in the East divisions of both leagues, it was a very fun season to replay.
1969 was a year of expansion in baseball. For the 1st time, there were 2 divisions in each league and League Championship playoffs were needed to determine the World Series participants. I finished the replay using the new Baseball 2012 version from SOM and am now getting ready to do my annual 'play-along' of the current MLB season, 2012 this year. Next up for a retro asplayed replay will be the 1911 season. It will be the oldest, carded season I have ever done.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
1969 AL Season Awards
October 18, 1969 Mike Cuellar's pitching stats: 25-6 2.42ERA 300.2IP 203K |
Strat-O-Matic Report
AWARDS VOTING FOR 1969 American League Date: 10/3/1969
MVP AWARD CY YOUNG AWARD
M.Cuellar(BAA) 421 M.Cuellar(BAA) 143
H.Killebrew(MNA) 347 D.Boswell(MNA) 81
R.Jackson(OAA) 202 S.McDowell(CLA) 41
F.Howard(WAA) 131 D.McLain(DEA) 16
C.Yastrzemski(BOA) 96 M.Lolich(DEA) 7
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION
C B.Freehan(DEA) 1,095,680 D.Sims(CLA) 999,024
1B B.Powell(BAA) 2,269,151 M.Epstein(WAA) 2,187,677
2B H.Clarke(NYA) 1,438,494 M.Andrews(BOA) 1,186,503
3B H.Killebrew(MNA) 3,192,571 S.Bando(OAA) 1,745,436
SS R.Petrocelli(BOA) 2,545,525 J.Fregosi(CAA) 1,752,172
LF F.Howard(WAA) 3,492,208 C.Yastrzemski(BOA) 3,392,938
CF P.Blair(BAA) 1,849,040 R.Smith(BOA) 1,780,827
RF R.Jackson(OAA) 3,851,514 F.Robinson(BAA) 2,112,389
Pi M.Cuellar(BAA) 3,697,453 S.McDowell(CLA) 2,331,639
D.Boswell(MNA) 2,111,177 M.Lolich(DEA) 1,967,180
D.McLain(DEA) 1,785,259 R.Perranoski(MNA) 1,565,718
B.Odom(OAA) 1,520,417 J.Hunter(OAA) 1,381,250
J.Perry(MNA) 1,310,189 K.Tatum(CAA) 1,178,669
R.May(CAA) 1,146,861 J.Palmer(BAA) 1,066,835
GOLD GLOVE SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER RUNNER UP
P F.Peterson(NYA) J.Hunter(OAA)
C B.Freehan(DEA) G.McNertney(SEA)
1B N.Cash(DEA) J.Pepitone(NYA)
2B D.Green(OAA) D.Johnson(BAA)
3B B.Robinson(BAA) K.McMullen(WAA)
SS L.Cardenas(MNA) L.Aparicio(CHA)
OF P.Blair(BAA) D.Unser(WAA)
OF T.Oliva(MNA) J.Cardenal(CLA)
OF C.Yastrzemski(BOA) R.Smith(BOA)
SILVER SLUGGER SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER RUNNER UP
C B.Freehan(DEA) D.Sims(CLA)
1B M.Epstein(WAA) B.Powell(BAA)
2B H.Clarke(NYA) M.Andrews(BOA)
3B H.Killebrew(MNA) B.Robinson(BAA)
SS R.Petrocelli(BOA) J.Fregosi(CAA)
LF F.Howard(WAA) C.Yastrzemski(BOA)
CF P.Blair(BAA) R.Smith(BOA)
RF R.Jackson(OAA) F.Robinson(BAA)
ROLAIDS FIREMAN RELIEF AWARD MANAGER OF THE YEAR
R.Perranoski(MNA) 91 Earl Weaver(BAA)
E.Watt(BAA) 64 Billy Martin(MNA)
H.Wilhelm(CAA) 62 Mayo Smith(DEA)
D.McMahon(DEA) 56 Ted Williams(WAA)
D.Osinski(CHA) 43 Hank Bauer(OAA)
1969 NL Season Awards
October 18, 1969
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Hank Aaron: 567AB .346BA 55HR 134RBI Jerry Koosman: 24-6 1.74ERA 262IP 217K
Strat-O-Matic Report
AWARDS VOTING FOR 1969 National League Date: 10/3/1969
MVP AWARD CY YOUNG AWARD
H.Aaron(ATN) 396 J.Koosman(NYN) 120
J.Koosman(NYN) 383 J.Marichal(SFN) 98
W.McCovey(SFN) 210 R.Reed(ATN) 47
B.Williams(CHN) 120 L.Dierker(HON) 16
T.Agee(NYN) 89 B.Singer(LAN) 7
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION
C J.Bench(CIN) 1,556,682 R.Hundley(CHN) 1,240,688
1B W.McCovey(SFN) 3,157,615 L.May(CIN) 1,809,787
2B J.Morgan(HON) 1,371,373 F.Millan(ATN) 1,074,730
3B T.Perez(CIN) 2,016,525 R.Santo(CHN) 1,978,378
SS D.Kessinger(CHN) 1,528,443 D.Menke(HON) 1,510,734
LF B.Williams(CHN) 2,350,429 C.Jones(NYN) 1,528,632
CF T.Agee(NYN) 2,130,576 J.Wynn(HON) 1,957,411
RF H.Aaron(ATN) 3,855,480 P.Rose(CIN) 2,031,355
Pi J.Koosman(NYN) 3,701,261 J.Marichal(SFN) 3,092,000
R.Reed(ATN) 2,697,042 L.Dierker(HON) 2,477,285
B.Singer(LAN) 2,229,203 B.Gibson(SLN) 1,874,530
D.Ellis(PIN) 1,793,738 G.Gentry(NYN) 1,590,641
F.Jenkins(CHN) 1,574,723 B.Hands(CHN) 1,556,929
P.Niekro(ATN) 1,344,219 P.Jarvis(ATN) 1,210,002
GOLD GLOVE SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER RUNNER UP
P G.Perry(SFN) R.Wise(PHN)
C R.Hundley(CHN) J.Grote(NYN)
1B W.Parker(LAN) E.Banks(CHN)
2B F.Millan(ATN) R.Hunt(SFN)
3B C.Boyer(ATN) T.Taylor(PHN)
SS D.Kessinger(CHN) B.Harrelson(NYN)
OF T.Agee(NYN) H.Aaron(ATN)
OF R.Clemente(PIN) J.Callison(PHN)
OF C.Flood(SLN) W.Davis(LAN)
SILVER SLUGGER SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER RUNNER UP
C J.Bench(CIN) R.Hundley(CHN)
1B W.McCovey(SFN) L.May(CIN)
2B J.Morgan(HON) F.Millan(ATN)
3B T.Perez(CIN) R.Santo(CHN)
SS D.Menke(HON) D.Kessinger(CHN)
LF B.Williams(CHN) W.Stargell(PIN)
CF T.Agee(NYN) J.Wynn(HON)
RF H.Aaron(ATN) P.Rose(CIN)
ROLAIDS FIREMAN RELIEF AWARD MANAGER OF THE YEAR
W.Granger(CIN) 73 Lum Harris(ATN)
C.Upshaw(ATN) 69 Gil Hodges(NYN)
R.Taylor(NYN) 45 Larry Shepard(PIN)
F.Reberger(SDN) 38 Clyde King(SFN)
B.Wilson(PHN) 37 Harry Walker(HON)
Baltimore Orioles win 1969 World Series!
| Octobers 16, 1969 The Baltimore Orioles are MLB's 1969 World Champions! The Orioles  defeated the New York Mets 10-4 and won the World Series 4 games to 1. The combination of Baltimore power and New York fielding misques were just too much for the Mets to overcome. Paul Blair hit 2 homeruns and Dave May added a key, pinch hit, 3 run homer to lead the Oriole hitting attack. 4 New York errors led to 5 unearned runs scored against them.The Mets kept coming back in the early innings but May's homerun in the 6th was the final blow. The Orioles Tom Phoebus threw 3 shutout innings of relief, allowing starter Dave McNally to get the win despite a poor pitching performance. Baltimore 3rd baseman Brooks Robinson was named the Series MVP. In 23 PA he hit .500 with 2 HR and 6 RBI. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1969 Baltimore Orioles At 1969 New York Mets 10/16/1969
Orioles AB R H RBI AVG Mets AB R H RBI AVG
D.Buford LF 4 2 1 0 .200 T.Agee CF 4 1 1 0 .261
P.Blair CF 4 3 2 2 .348 B.Pfeil 2B 3 1 1 0 .300
F.Robinson RF 5 0 0 0 .217 C-W.Garrett PH 1 0 0 0 .333
B.Powell 1B 4 0 0 0 .143 D.Cardwell P 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Robinson 3B 4 1 1 0 .500 N.Ryan P 0 0 0 0 ----
D.Johnson 2B 5 1 2 2 .500 J.Dilauro P 0 0 0 0 ----
E.Hendricks C 2 0 0 1 .000 C.Koonce P 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Belanger SS 4 1 0 0 .059 C.Jones LF 4 1 2 0 .350
D.McNally P 2 0 0 0 .000 D.Clendenon 1B 4 1 3 3 .375
A-D.May PH 1 1 1 3 .333 R.Swoboda RF 4 0 1 1 .313
T.Phoebus P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Grote C 2 0 0 0 .067
D-C.Salmon PH 1 1 1 01.000 E-J.Martin PH 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Hardin P 0 0 0 0 ---- E.Charles 3B 3 0 0 0 .000
F-A.Shamsky PH 1 0 0 0 .400
B.Harrelson SS 3 0 0 0 .118
G-E.Kranepool PH 1 0 0 0 .375
T.Seaver P 2 0 0 0 .000
J.McAndrew P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-K.Boswell PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .091
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 10 8 8 Totals 34 4 8 4
A-Pinch Hit For McNally In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For McAndrew In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Pfeil In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Phoebus In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Grote In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Charles In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Harrelson In 9th Inning
Orioles......... 2 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 - 10 8 0
Mets............ 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 4
Orioles (4-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.McNally WIN(1-0) 5 8 4 4 1 1 1 84 4.09
T.Phoebus HOLD(1st) 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 0.00
J.Hardin 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0.00
Totals 9 8 4 4 1 3 1
Mets (1-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Seaver LOSS(0-1) 5 1/3 6 8 5 3 5 3 115 3.14
J.McAndrew 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 19 0.00
D.Cardwell 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 18 0.00
N.Ryan 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 15.43
J.Dilauro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
C.Koonce 0 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.00
Totals 9 8 10 5 4 8 3
ATTENDANCE- 53,878 DATE- Thursday, October 16th 1969 TIME- Night
T- 2:34
LEFT ON BASE- Orioles: 5 Mets: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 1 Mets: 0
ERRORS- B.Pfeil, D.Clendenon, E.Charles, B.Harrelson
DOUBLES- D.Johnson(3rd), C.Salmon(1st), B.Pfeil(1st), C.Jones(1st)
HOME RUNS- P.Blair-2(2nd), D.May(1st), D.Clendenon(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Blair
SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Hendricks
WALKS- D.Buford, B.Powell, B.Robinson, E.Hendricks, J.Grote
STRIKE OUTS- P.Blair, F.Robinson-2, B.Powell, B.Robinson, D.Johnson,
E.Hendricks, D.McNally, D.Clendenon, J.Martin, E.Charles
GIDP- R.Swoboda
2-out RBI- D.Johnson-2, D.Clendenon-2
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Jerry Grote blocked the plate, saving a run!
Center fielder Paul Blair smacked 2 homeruns and scored 3 times and Tom
Phoebus went 3 strong innings as the Baltimore Orioles bested the New York
Mets 10 to 4 at Shea Stadium.
Blair enjoyed a fine evening at the plate. He blasted a solo shot in the 3rd
inning and hit a bases-empty home run in the 5th inning. Both teams finished
the game with 8 hits.
The victory was credited to Dave McNally(1-0) who went 5 innings, allowing 4
runs. Tom Seaver(0-1) absorbed the loss. He was touched for 3 homeruns in
his 5 and 1/3 innings of work.
*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 D.Buford 1- 5 5 Walk b-1
0 1 P.Blair 3 2 Base Error - 1B 1-3 b-2
0 23 F.Robinson 5-10 6 Strike Out b-0
1 23 B.Powell 4- 8 6 Walk b-1
1 123 B.Robinson 1- 7 3 Line Out b-0
2 123 D.Johnson 3- 6 4 Double 3-H 2-H 1-o b-2
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 T.Agee 2- 4 4 Ground Out b-0
1 B.Pfeil 1- 5 4 Double b-2
1 2 C.Jones 5- 6 3 Fly Out b-0
2 2 D.Clendenon 1- 7 4 Home Run 2-H b-H
2 R.Swoboda 6- 3 1 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0 E.Hendricks 3- 7 3 Strike Out b-0
1 M.Belanger 3- 6 6 Fly Out b-0
2 D.McNally 5- 6 3 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 J.Grote 2- 4 3 Ground Out b-0
1 E.Charles 3- 9 3 Line Out b-0
2 B.Harrelson 1-11 5 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0 D.Buford 2- 7 5 Ground Out b-0
1 P.Blair 1- 7 6 Home Run b-H
1 F.Robinson 6- 7 3 Strike Out b-0
2 B.Powell 5- 2 5 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0 T.Seaver 1- 6 15 3 Line Out b-0
1 T.Agee 3- 5 13 3 Fly Out b-0
2 B.Pfeil 3- 6 1 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0 B.Robinson 5- 7 3 Strike Out b-0
1 D.Johnson 5- 9 4 1 Base Error - SS b-1
1 1 E.Hendricks 5-11 6 Walk 1-2 b-1
1 12 M.Belanger 3- 5 1 Fly Out b-0
2 12 D.McNally 1- 9 3 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0 C.Jones 6- 8 4 6 Double b-2
0 2 D.Clendenon 4-11 5 Single 2-3 b-1
0 1 3 R.Swoboda 3- 7 17 4 Single 3-H 1-3 b-1
0 1 3 J.Grote 4- 6 7 Walk 1-2 b-1
0 123 E.Charles 2- 7 3 Strike Out b-0
1 123 B.Harrelson 4- 4 3 Foul Out b-0
2 123 T.Seaver 3- 7 1 Line Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 D.Buford 1- 6 6 Fly Out b-0
1 P.Blair 4- 5 5 5 Home Run b-H
1 F.Robinson 6-10 3 Ground Out b-0
2 B.Powell 5- 9 6 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0 T.Agee 5- 7 5 Single b-1
0 1 B.Pfeil 5 Pop Out b-0
1 1 C.Jones 2- 6 5 Single 1-3 b-1
1 1 3 D.Clendenon 1- 9 13 5 Single 3-H 1-3 b-1
1 1 3 R.Swoboda 3- 5 1 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0 B.Robinson 4- 6 17 6 Single b-1
0 1 D.Johnson 4- 6 6 3 Single 1-3 b-1
0 1 3 E.Hendricks 6- 2 3 Sac Fly 3-H b-0
1 1 M.Belanger 5-11 5 1 Base Error - 2B 1-2 b-1
SUBSTITUTE PH- Dave May
1 12 D.May 1-11 11 3 Home Run 2-H 1-H b-H
SUBSTITUTE P - Jim McAndrew
1 D.Buford 2- 4 5 Ground Out b-0
2 P.Blair 2- 8 3 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Tom Phoebus
0 J.Grote 1-11 3 Fly Out b-0
1 E.Charles 4- 4 5 Ground Out b-0
2 B.Harrelson 1-10 5 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0 F.Robinson 2-11 4 Pop Out b-0
1 B.Powell 5- 7 3 Strike Out b-0
2 B.Robinson 2- 3 4 Pop Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
SUBSTITUTE PH- Ken Boswell
0 K.Boswell 3- 7 2 Fly Out b-0
1 T.Agee 4-10 3 Fly Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE PH- Wayne Garrett
2 W.Garrett 4- 3 5 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Don Cardwell
SUBSTITUTE 2B- Ken Boswell
0 D.Johnson 6- 4 3 Strike Out b-0
1 E.Hendricks 3- 8 4 Fly Out b-0
2 M.Belanger 5- 7 3 Pop Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
0 C.Jones 5- 8 3 Pop Out b-0
1 D.Clendenon 1- 5 3 Strike Out b-0
2 R.Swoboda 5- 9 2 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE PH- Chico Salmon
0 C.Salmon 3-12 2 2 Double b-2
0 2 D.Buford 4- 9 6 Single 2-3 b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Nolan Ryan
0 1 3 P.Blair 3- 5 3 Ground Out 1-2 b-0
1 23 F.Robinson 2- 6 17 5 Line Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE P - Jack Dilauro
2 23 B.Powell 4- 4 2 2 Base Error - 3B 3-H 2-H b-2
SUBSTITUTE P - Cal Koonce
2 2 B.Robinson 0 Int Walk b-1
2 12 D.Johnson 1- 6 3 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Jim Hardin
SUBSTITUTE PH- J.C. Martin
0 J.Martin 3- 7 8 Strike Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE PH- Art Shamsky
1 A.Shamsky 3-10 1 Fly Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE PH- Ed Kranepool
2 E.Kranepool 4- 4 6 Fly Out b-0
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