1969 San Francisco Giants season

The 1969 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 87th year in Major League Baseball, their twelfth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their tenth at Candlestick Park. The team finished second in the newly established National League West with a record of 90–72, 3 games behind the Atlanta Braves, their fifth consecutive season of finishing second. The Giants set a Major League record which still stands for the most double plays grounded into by a team in a single game, with 7 against the Houston Astros on May 4.[1]

1969 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Horace Stoneham
General manager(s)Chub Feeney
Manager(s)Clyde King
Local televisionKTVU
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
Local radioKSFO
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson, Bill Rigney)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9369 0.574 — 50–31 43–38
San Francisco Giants 9072 0.556 3 52–29 38–43
Cincinnati Reds 8973 0.549 4 50–31 39–42
Los Angeles Dodgers 8577 0.525 8 50–31 35–46
Houston Astros 8181 0.500 12 52–29 29–52
San Diego Padres 52110 0.321 41 28–53 24–57

Record vs. opponents
1969 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —3–912–615–39–98–44–86–68–413–59–96–6
Chicago 9–3—6–6–18–46–610–88–1012–67–1111–16–69–9
Cincinnati 6–126–6–1—9–910–88–46–610–25–711–710–88–4
Houston 3–154–89–9—6–1211–110–28–43–910–810–87–5
Los Angeles 9–96–68–1012–6—10–24–88–48–412–65–133–9
Montreal 4–88–104–81–112–10—5–1311–75–134–81–117–11
New York 8–410–86–62–108–413–5—12–610–811–18–412–6
Philadelphia 6-66–122–104–84–87–116–12—10–88–43–97–11
Pittsburgh 4–811–77–59–34–813–58–108–10—10–25–79–9
San Diego 5–131–117–118–106–128–41–114–82–10—6–124–8
San Francisco 9–96–68–108–1013–511–14–89–37–512–6—3–9
St. Louis 6–69–94–85–79–311–76–1211–79–98–49–3—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1969 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

  •  3 Ozzie Virgil
 Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos. Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CDick Dietz792442856.23011350
1BWillie McCovey149491101157.320451260
2BRon Hunt12847872125.2623419
3BJim Davenport1123032073.2412420
SSHal Lanier15049537113.2280350
LFDave Marshall1102673262.2322331
CFWillie Mays11740364114.28313586
RFBobby Bonds158622120161.259329045

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Other batters

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

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Ken Henderson1133744284.2256446
Don Mason1042504357.2280131
Jim Ray Hart952362760.2543260
Jack Hiatt691941838.1967340
Tito Fuentes671832854.2951142
Bob Burda971612037.2306270
Bobby Etheridge561311334.2601100
Bob Barton49106518.170010
John Stephenson222726.222030
César Gutiérrez152345.217001
Leon Wagner111204.333020
Frank Johnson71021.100000
John Harrell2603.500020
George Foster9512.400010
Ozzie Virgil1100.000000

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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO
Gaylord Perry4039325.119142.4991233
Juan Marichal3736299.221112.1054205
Mike McCormick3228196.21193.347776
Bobby Bolin3022146.1774.4349102
Ray Sadecki2917138.1584.2353104

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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
Ron Bryant1657.2434.3730
Rich Robertson1744.1135.4820
Ron Kline711024.097
Mike Davison12004.502

Relief pitchers

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

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Frank Linzy58116.1149113.6462
Ron Herbel3987.14114.0234
Joe Gibbon16201303.609
Don McMahon1323.23123.0421

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Charlie Fox
AA Amarillo Giants Texas League Andy Gilbert
A Fresno Giants California League Dennis Sommers
A Decatur Commodores Midwest League Frank Funk
Rookie Great Falls Giants Pioneer League Harvey Koepf

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Notes
  1. "Game Related Grounding Into Double Play Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  2. Jesús Alou at Baseball-Reference
  3. Charley Smith at Baseball-Reference
  4. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=196907200SFN
  5. César Gutiérrez at Baseball-Reference
  6. 1969 San Francisco Giants Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References
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