1969 Chicago White Sox season


The 1969 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 69th season in the major leagues, and its 70th season overall. They finished with a record 68–94, good enough for fifth place in the newly established American League West, 29 games behind the first-place Minnesota Twins.
The White Sox nearly left Chicago in 1969. White Sox owner Arthur Allyn, Jr. considered overtures from Bud Selig and other Milwaukee interests to move the club to County Stadium. Instead, he sold to his brother, John. The newly established Seattle Pilots would move there a year after their inaugural season.

Offseason

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

In 1969, the White Sox schedule in Milwaukee was expanded to include 11 home games. Although those games were attended by slightly fewer fans they represented a greater percentage of the total White Sox attendance than the previous year – over one-third of the fans who went to Sox home games in 1969 did so at Milwaukee County Stadium. Bud Selig felt this fan support lent legitimacy to his quest for a Milwaukee franchise, and he went into the 1969 owners meetings with high hopes.

Notable transactions

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOAVGSB
Doug Adams, C81413000113.2140
Sandy Alomar, 2B2258813200446.2242
Luis Aparicio, SS156599771682455516629.28024
Ken Berry, CF13029725691224182450.2321
Buddy Bradford, RF,CF9327336708211273475.2565
Ángel Bravo, CF27901026421335.2892
Chuck Brinkman, C141521000015.0670
Bob Christian, LF391291128403161019.2173
Ron Hansen, 2B,1B,3B,SS851851548612221825.2592
Woodie Held, OF,3B56639920361319.1430
Ed Herrmann, C1022903167808313035.2310
Gail Hopkins, 1B12437352991338465028.2652
Duane Josephson, C521621939621201317.2410
Bobby Knoop, 2B10434534791416413568.2292
Carlos May, LF,RF1003676210318218625866.2811
Bill Melton, 3B,RF,LF15755667142262238756106.2551
Tommy McCraw, 1B,OF9324021621222252124.2581
Rich Morales, 2B,SS5512112260106718.2151
José Ortiz, OF161103100210.2730
Don Pavletich, C,1B7818826461206332845.2450
Bob Spence, 1B122604100309.1540
Pete Ward, 1B,3B,RF,LF1051992249706323338.2460
Walt Williams, RF,LF135471591432213322633.3046

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERHRBBK
Gary Bell006.28232038.248272782526
Cisco Carlos435.66254049.152333142628
Paul Edmondson163.701413087.272363654346
Sammy Ellis035.83105029.142201961815
Jack Hamilton0311.6880012.12316161105
Joe Horlen13163.7836350235.2237105992087121
Tommy John9113.2533330232.1230918416100128
Bart Johnson133.2243022.1221182618
Danny Lazar006.5393020.22115155139
Bob Locker236.55170422.02818166715
Danny Murphy212.01170431.1288721016
Jerry Nyman445.292010064.258403874040
Denny O'Toole006.752004.0533024
Dan Osinski553.56510260.256282432827
Gary Peters10154.5336320218.22381181102179140
Bob Priddy004.504008.01054225
Fred Rath027.7132011.2111010494
Don Secrist016.08190040.035282771623
Wilbur Wood10113.0176015119.21134840135573
Billy Wynne774.0620200128.21436358145867
Team totals
68944.21162162251437.21470723672146634810

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Appleton, Duluth-Superior