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1969 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Detroit Tigers
season	1969
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Tiger Stadium
city	Detroit, Michigan
owners	John Fetzer
general_managers	Jim Campbell
managers	Mayo Smith
television	WJBK
(George Kell, Larry Osterman)
radio	WJR
(Ernie Harwell, Ray Lane)

(George Kell, Larry Osterman) (Ernie Harwell, Ray Lane) |}}

The 1969 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 69th season and the 58th season at Tiger Stadium. The team finished a distant second in the newly established American League East with a record of 90–72, 19 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.

Offseason

October 15, 1968: Dick Drago was drafted from the Tigers by the Kansas City Royals as the 31st pick in the 1968 Major League Baseball expansion draft.
December 15, 1968: Dennis Ribant was purchased from the Tigers by the Kansas City Royals.
February 1, 1969: John Young was drafted by the Tigers in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1969 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 14, 1969: Ron Woods was traded by the Tigers to the New York Yankees for Tom Tresh.
August 8, 1969: Don McMahon was traded by the Tigers to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later. The Giants completed the deal by sending César Gutiérrez to the Tigers on September 2.

Roster

1969 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

	= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	143	489	128	.262	16	49
1B	143	483	135	.280	22	74
2B	74	262	71	.262	11	33
SS	94	331	74	.224	13	37
3B	132	423	95	.225	14	50
LF	141	508	133	.262	28	91
CF	148	543	160	.295	25	66
RF	131	456	124	.272	21	69

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
149	592	139	.235	16	70
94	298	72	.242	0	32
72	192	45	.234	9	28
70	170	39	.229	5	12
60	93	19	.204	1	6
66	79	11	.139	0	4
17	49	12	.245	0	0
32	39	4	.103	0	2
17	15	4	.267	1	3
5	3	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

	= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
42	325.0	24	9	2.80	181
37	280.2	19	11	3.14	271
35	214.2	12	10	3.31	150

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
39	128.1	8	6	3.37	97
49	105.0	5	10	3.60	64
40	99.1	4	4	3.99	74
23	92.2	6	8	4.76	41
8	14.2	0	0	1.84	9

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
34	3	5	11	3.89	38
32	2	1	0	3.07	26
31	4	3	1	2.75	42
18	0	2	0	2.82	12
11	2	2	0	3.38	18
7	0	1	0	5.23	3
4	1	0	0	6.75	3
3	0	0	0	6.00	3

Farm system

Awards and honors

Al Kaline, Hutch Award

Notes

References

1969 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dragodi01.shtml Dick Drago] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ribande01.shtml Dennis Ribant] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/youngjo01.shtml John Young] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/treshto01.shtml Tom Tresh] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gutiece01.shtml César Gutiérrez] at ''Baseball Reference''
"Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".

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