1969 Oakland Athletics season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Oakland Athletics
season = 1969
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
y4 = 1968
city = Oakland, California
y5 = 1968
owners = Charles O. Finley
managers = Hank Bauer and John McNamara
television = KBHK
radio = KNBR
(Monte Moore, Al Helfer) |The Oakland Athletics' 1969 season involved the A's finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses, nine games in back of the Minnesota Twins. With expansion to 12 teams in 1969, the American League was divided into two 6-team divisions. During that year, the Athletics finished second in the A.L. West Division behind the Minnesota Twins—the first time they had finished in the first division since 1952.

Offseason

*December 2, 1968: Darrell Evans was drafted by the Atlanta Braves from the Oakland Athletics in the 1968 rule 5 draft. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/evansda01.shtml]

Regular season

Reggie Jackson hit 47 home runs in Baseball Year|1969, and was briefly ahead of the pace that Roger Maris set when he broke the single-season record for home runs with 61 in Baseball Year|1961, and that of Babe Ruth when he set the previous record of 60 in Baseball Year|1927.

eason standings

Opening Day Starters

*Sal Bando
*Bert Campaneris
*Danny Cater
*Dave Duncan
*Dick Green
*Mike Hershberger
*Reggie Jackson
*Rick Monday
*Blue Moon Odom [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1969&t=OAK]

Transactions

*June 5, 1969: Jim Sundberg was drafted by the Athletics in the 6th round of the 1969 amateur draft, but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sundbji01.shtml Jim Sundberg page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 14, 1969: John Donaldson was traded by the Athletics to the Seattle Pilots for Larry Haney. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/donaljo01.shtml John Donaldson page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Starting pitchers

[http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/1969.shtml]

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/1969.shtml 1969 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1969&t=OAK 1969 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]