1969 California Angels season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = California Angels

| season = 1969

| misc =

| league = American League

| division = West

| ballpark = Anaheim Stadium

| city = Anaheim, California

| owners = Gene Autry

| general_managers = Dick Walsh

| managers = Bill Rigney, Lefty Phillips

| television = KTLA

| radio = KMPC
(Dick Enberg, Don Wells, Steve Bailey, Dave Niehaus)

|}}

The 1969 California Angels season was a season in American baseball. In the first season following the split of the American League into two divisions, the Angels finished third in the newly established American League West with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

Offseason

October 8, 1968: Eddie Fisher was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the California Angels for Jack Hamilton.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fisheed02.shtml|title=Eddie Fisher Stats}}
October 15, 1968: 1968 MLB expansion draft
Paul Schaal was drafted from the Angels by the Kansas City Royals with the 27th pick.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schaapa01.shtml Paul Schaal] at Baseball Reference
Steve Hovley was drafted from the Angels by the Seattle Pilots with the 35th pick.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hovlest01.shtml Steve Hovley] at Baseball Reference
November 6, 1968: Rubén Amaro Sr. was purchased by the Angels from the New York Yankees.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/amaroru01.shtml Rubén Amaro, Sr.] at Baseball Reference
December 2, 1968: Pedro Borbón was drafted by the Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 rule 5 draft.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/borbope01.shtml Pedro Borbón] at Baseball Reference
December 12, 1968: Ed Kirkpatrick and Dennis Paepke were traded by the Angels to the Kansas City Royals for Hoyt Wilhelm.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilheho01.shtml Hoyt Wilhelm] at Baseball Reference

Regular season

= Season standings =

= Record vs. opponents =

= Notable transactions =

April 3, 1969: Bo Belinsky was purchased by the Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/belinbo01.shtml Bo Belinsky] at Baseball Reference
May 14, 1969: Bobby Knoop was traded by the Angels to the Chicago White Sox for Sandy Alomar Sr. and Bob Priddy.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa01.shtml Sandy Alomar] at Baseball Reference
June 5, 1969: Rudy Meoli was drafted by the Angels in the 4th round of the 1969 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 13, 1969.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/meoliru01.shtml Rudy Meoli] at Baseball Reference
June 15, 1969: Tom Satriano was traded by the Angels to the Boston Red Sox for Joe Azcue.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/azcuejo01.shtml Joe Azcue page at Baseball-Reference]
July 26, 1969: Billy Cowan was purchased by the Angels from the New York Yankees.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cowanbi01.shtml Billy Cowan page at Baseball-Reference]
July 30, 1969: Bo Belinsky was purchased from the Angels by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
September 8, 1969: Hoyt Wilhelm and Bob Priddy were traded by the Angels to the Atlanta Braves for Mickey Rivers and Clint Compton.

= Roster =

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #CE2029; color: white; text-align: center;" \| 1969 California Angels
colspan="10" style="background-color: #333366; color: white; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|51,50,40\|Lloyd Allen}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Pedro Borbón}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Tom Bradley}} {{MLBplayer\|43\|George Brunet}} {{MLBplayer\|44\|Rickey Clark}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Eddie Fisher}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Vern Geishert}} {{MLBplayer\|31,43\|Steve Kealey}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Rudy May}} {{MLBplayer\|45\|Jim McGlothlin}} {{MLBplayer\|47\|Andy Messersmith}} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Tom Murphy}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Phil Ortega}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Bob Priddy}} {{MLBplayer\|40,19\|Ken Tatum}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Greg Washburn}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Hoyt Wilhelm}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Wally Wolf}} {{MLBplayer\|38\|Clyde Wright}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Joe Azcue}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Randy Brown}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|Tom Egan}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Buck Rodgers}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Tom Satriano}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Sandy Alomar Sr.}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Rubén Amaro Sr.}} {{MLBplayer\|37\|Bob Chance}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Chuck Cottier}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Jim Fregosi}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Bobby Knoop}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Winston Llenas}} {{MLBplayer\|42\|Marty Perez}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Aurelio Rodríguez}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Jim Spencer}} {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Dick Stuart}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \|Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|35\|Billy Cowan}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Vic Davalillo}} {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Jim Hicks}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Lou Johnson}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Jay Johnstone}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Bubba Morton}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Rick Reichardt}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Roger Repoz}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Jarvis Tatum}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Bill Voss}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|36\|Lefty Phillips}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Bill Rigney}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|22\|Rocky Bridges}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Marv Grissom}} {{MLBplayer\|48\|Mickey McDermott}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Lefty Phillips}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Mike Roarke}}

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #CE2029; color: white; text-align: center;" | 1969 California Angels

colspan="10" style="background-color: #333366; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" |Outfielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Batting =

== Starters by position ==

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	Joe Azcue	80	248	54	.218	1	19
align=center \| 1B	Jim Spencer	113	386	98	.254	10	31
align=center \| 2B	{{sortname\|Sandy\|Alomar Sr.}}	134	559	140	.250	1	30
align="center" \| 3B	{{sortname\|Aurelio\|Rodríguez}}	159	561	130	.232	7	49
align="center" \| SS	{{sortname\|Jim\|Fregosi}}	161	580	151	.260	12	47
align="center" \| LF	{{sortname\|Rick\|Reichardt}}	137	493	125	.254	13	68
align="center" \| CF	{{sortname\|Jay\|Johnstone}}	148	540	146	.270	10	59
align="center" \| RF	{{sortname\|Bill\|Voss}}	133	349	91	.261	2	40

== Other batters ==

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Roger Repoz	103	219	36	.164	8	19
align=center \| Bubba Morton	87	172	42	.244	7	32
align=center \| Lou Johnson	67	133	27	.203	0	9
align=center \| Tom Egan	46	120	17	.142	5	16
align=center \| {{sortname\|Tom\|Satriano}}	41	108	28	.259	1	16
align="center" \| Vic Davalillo	33	71	11	.155	0	1
align=center \| {{sortname\|Bobby\|Knoop}}	27	71	14	.197	1	6
align="center" \| Billy Cowan	28	56	17	.304	4	10
align=center \| Dick Stuart	22	51	8	.157	1	4
align=center \| Jim Hicks	37	48	4	.083	3	8
align=center \| Winston Llenas	34	47	8	.170	0	0
align=center \| Buck Rodgers	18	46	9	.196	0	2
align=center \| {{sortname\|Rubén\|Amaro Sr.}}	41	27	6	.222	0	1
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Randy\|Brown\|Randy Brown (baseball)}}	13	25	4	.160	0	0
align="center" \| Jarvis Tatum	10	22	7	.318	0	0
align=center \| Marty Perez	13	13	3	.231	0	0
align=center \| Bob Chance	5	7	1	.143	0	1
align=center \| Chuck Cottier	2	2	0	.000	0	0

= Pitching =

== Starting pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Andy\|Messersmith}}	40	250.0	16	11	2.52	211
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Tom\|Murphy\|Tom Murphy (pitcher)}}	36	215.2	10	16	4.21	100
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jim\|McGlothlin}}	37	201.0	8	16	3.18	96
align="center" \| {{sortname\|George\|Brunet}}	23	100.2	6	7	3.84	56
align="center"

== Other pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Rudy\|May}}	43	180.1	10	13	3.44	133
align="center" \| Clyde Wright	37	63.2	1	8	4.10	31
align=center \| Steve Kealey	15	36.2	2	0	3.93	17
align=center \| Vern Geishert	11	31.0	1	1	4.65	18
align=center \| Greg Washburn	8	11.1	0	2	7.94	4
align=center \| {{sortname\|Lloyd\|Allen}}	4	10.0	0	1	5.40	5
align="center" \| Rickey Clark	6	9.2	0	0	5.59	6

== Relief pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Ken\|Tatum}}	45	7	2	22	1.36	65
align=center \| {{sortname\|Eddie\|Fisher\|Eddie Fisher (baseball)}}	52	3	2	2	3.63	47
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Hoyt\|Wilhelm}}	44	5	7	10	2.47	53
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Pedro\|Borbón}}	22	2	3	0	6.15	20
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bob\|Priddy\|dab=baseball}}	15	0	1	0	4.78	15
align="center" \| Phil Ortega	5	0	0	0	10.13	4
align=center \| {{sortname\|Wally\|Wolf\|Wally Wolf (baseball)}}	2	0	0	0	11.57	2
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Tom\|Bradley\|Tom Bradley (baseball)}}	3	0	1	0	27.00	2

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level16=AAA|team16=Hawaii Islanders|league16=Pacific Coast League|manager16=Chuck Tanner

|level17=AA |team17=El Paso Sun Kings|league17=Texas League|manager17=Del Rice

|level18=A |team18=San Jose Bees|league18=California League|manager18=Tom Morgan and Eddie Bressoud

|level19=A |team19=Quad Cities Angels|league19=Midwest League|manager19=Fred Koenig

|level20=Rookie|team20=Idaho Falls Angels|league20=Pioneer League|manager20=Norm Sherry

}}

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CAL/1969.shtml 1969 California Angels team] at Baseball Reference
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1969&t=CAL 1969 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]
{{Cite book| editor1-last=Johnson| editor1-first=Lloyd| editor2-last=Wolff| editor2-first=Miles| title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball| edition=2nd| location=Durham, North Carolina| publisher=Baseball America| year=1997| isbn=978-0-9637189-8-3}}

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