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1969 American League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Players Division Team W L WPct GB Seattle 107 55 .660 -- Toronto 83 79 .512 24 Minnesota 82 80 .506 25 New York (A) 66 96 .407 41 Detroit 54 108 .333 53	Union Division Team W L WPct GB Kansas City 110 52 .679 -- Boston (A) 87 75 .537 23 Tampa Bay 86 76 .531 24 Oakland 83 79 .512 27 Cleveland (A) 57 105 .352 53

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-3)	Boston (A) Red Sox over Colorado Rockies
AL League Series (4-1)	Boston (A) Red Sox over Toronto Blue Jays
AL Divisional Series (4-3)	Boston (A) Red Sox over Seattle Mariners
AL Divisional Series (4-2)	Toronto Blue Jays over Kansas City Royals

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
KCR	6.0	966	162	5617	1536	276	33	210	736	1128	.273	.358	.447	.804
SEM	5.1	834	162	5481	1439	227	50	134	679	921	.263	.344	.396	.739
BOS	4.9	791	162	5537	1384	263	19	192	634	1112	.250	.327	.408	.735
OAK	4.7	761	162	5598	1489	250	35	137	535	878	.266	.330	.397	.727
TAM	4.5	725	162	5517	1333	199	35	158	608	1119	.242	.317	.376	.693
MIN	4.0	653	162	5621	1501	241	23	91	459	827	.267	.322	.367	.689
TOR	4.0	649	162	5574	1307	244	18	99	600	956	.234	.309	.338	.647
NYA	3.8	620	162	5524	1346	246	35	120	465	1042	.244	.302	.366	.668
CLE	3.7	607	162	5592	1405	236	20	82	427	943	.251	.304	.345	.649
DET	3.0	488	162	5312	1136	206	23	110	368	1153	.214	.265	.323	.588
Totals	4.4	7094	1620	55373	13876	2388	291	1333	5511	10079	.251	.318	.376	.695
Average		709	162	5537	1388	239	29	133	551	1008

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
SEM	3.6	587	162	3.20	1462.7	1337	8.3	493	3.0	1028	6.3	38
TOR	3.8	622	162	3.41	1484.0	1245	7.7	496	3.1	1234	7.6	27
KCR	4.0	650	162	3.67	1459.3	1319	8.1	450	2.8	1166	7.2	31
BOS	4.1	661	162	3.82	1446.7	1294	8.0	565	3.5	1093	6.7	22
OAK	4.1	669	162	3.77	1442.7	1289	8.0	572	3.5	1053	6.5	29
TAM	4.2	675	162	3.77	1471.7	1415	8.7	481	3.0	948	5.9	36
MIN	4.2	683	162	3.87	1458.0	1316	8.1	605	3.7	1129	7.0	28
NYA	5.0	814	162	4.51	1436.3	1523	9.4	541	3.3	896	5.5	18
DET	5.2	844	162	4.98	1416.0	1488	9.2	672	4.1	784	4.8	28
CLE	5.3	851	162	4.76	1441.3	1543	9.5	571	3.5	829	5.1	22
Totals	4.4	7056	1620	3.97	14518.6	13769	8.5	5446	3.4	10160	6.3	279
Average		706	162		1452	1377		545		1016		28

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
KCR	109	53	1	6	17	2	0	2	10	1.02	1.17	2,402,885		Ricky Sanford
OAK	91	71	-8	5	14	0	4	1	10	0.90	0.76	1,762,504		Marwan Najdawi
SEM	106	56	1	4	10	5	3	1	15	0.91	0.95	2,302,645		Peter Fletcher
MIN	78	84	4	3	13	0	7	2	15	0.94	0.86	1,817,429		Billy Martin
BOS	94	68	-7	2	14	7	0	0	14	1.00	1.00	1,887,208		Brian Rodgers
CLE	57	105	0	2	12	0	0	1	2	1.02	1.11	957,673		Jason Morton
NYA	61	101	5	1	16	1	0	1	14	1.10	0.96	1,745,981		Jason Spiegel
TAM	86	76	0	1	11	0	1	4	16	0.94	0.78	1,552,701		Jeff Randall
TOR	84	78	-1	1	10	0	4	1	5	1.03	1.00	967,716		Chuck Glidden
DET	43	119	11	0	8	0	0	1	22	1.03	1.14	1,423,026		Pie Traynor

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
KCR	330	191.88	96.08	42.00	4.56	0.51	9.20	5.49	8.62	13.62
SEM	321	166.85	112.50	41.62	8.65	1.96	7.89	5.37	9.92	7.84
BOS	261	133.87	85.02	42.06	5.34	3.83	6.95	5.37	5.48	15.11
TAM	258	125.98	90.86	41.11	9.67	2.26	6.00	4.30	7.56	11.34
TOR	249	88.94	111.11	48.91	7.08	3.34	6.97	5.19	7.60	18.74
OAK	249	134.83	76.34	37.79	9.20	2.00	7.19	2.65	5.71	11.05
MIN	246	110.46	94.26	41.25	5.07	4.96	4.60	5.07	8.85	12.72
NYA	198	88.72	75.60	33.64	7.02	4.87	4.69	4.80	7.23	5.04
CLE	171	87.38	54.38	29.21	8.93	1.92	3.34	3.33	4.97	6.73
DET	162	57.50	62.17	42.29	8.25	2.92	5.56	5.34	5.44	14.80

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Johnny Briggs	SEM	.318, 31 HR, 120 RBI
Platinum Arm:	John Gelnar	TOR	16-13, 2.57, 273.0 IP, 233 K
Bronze Rookie:	Rollie Fingers	TAM	18-11, 2.44, 266.0 IP, 189 K
Gold Glove Winners
P	Jim Palmer	BOS	.978, 32 PO, 59 A, 2 E
C	Clay Dalrymple	TOR	.992, 778 PO, 40 A, 7 E 33.3% (28-84) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Willie McCovey	BOS	.995, 1357 PO, 112 A, 7 E
2B	Rod Carew	DET	.979, 298 PO, 527 A, 18 E
3B	Dick Schofield	DET	.975, 105 PO, 291 A, 10 E
SS	Charley Smith	NYA	.981, 193 PO, 426 A, 12 E
LF	Orlando Cepeda	DET	.990, 300 PO, 12 A, 3 E
CF	Steve Whitaker	BOS	1.000, 343 PO, 8 A, 0 E
RF	George Alusik	DET	1.000, 276 PO, 13 A, 0 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Alou MIN .330 Briggs SEM .318 Causey KCR .316 Small MIN .308 Josephson CLE .299	On-Base Pct Briggs SEM .435 Wynn KCR .398 Morgan SEM .379 Killebrew BOS .379 Causey KCR .377	Slugging Pct Killebrew BOS .556 Briggs SEM .551 Allen KCR .532 White TAM .471 McCovey BOS .463	OPS Briggs SEM .985 Killebrew BOS .935 Allen KCR .889 Wynn KCR .842 White TAM .828
XR Briggs SEM 129.3 Allen KCR 113.6 Killebrew BOS 112.8 Wynn KCR 105.5 Morgan SEM 104.0	Games Covington DET 162 Hadley DET 162 Powell TOR 159 Sorrell TOR 159 Small MIN 157	At-Bats Alou MIN 637 Allen KCR 618 Taylor CLE 618 Sorrell TOR 617 Torre MIN 615	Runs Allen KCR 117 Briggs SEM 116 Killebrew BOS 106 Wynn KCR 102 Causey KCR 97
Hits Alou MIN 210 Small MIN 186 Causey KCR 184 Briggs SEM 175 Hazle NYA 175	Total Bases Allen KCR 329 Killebrew BOS 304 Briggs SEM 303 Hazle NYA 271 Cook BOS 270	Singles Alou MIN 185 Small MIN 155 Causey KCR 146 Taylor CLE 136 Josephson CLE 134	Doubles Hazle NYA 45 Rudi TOR 45 Robinson BOS 40 Allen KCR 38 Rose CLE 36
Triples Allen KCR 9 Morgan SEM 9 Callison NYA 7 Kirkland OAK 7 Briggs SEM 6	Homeruns Killebrew BOS 47 McCovey BOS 36 Allen KCR 35 Briggs SEM 31 Jackson TAM 30	RBIs Allen KCR 123 Briggs SEM 120 Killebrew BOS 115 Bryan KCR 111 McCovey BOS 104	Stolen Bases Morgan SEM 89 Brock SEM 58 Allen KCR 41 Wood SEM 38 Campaneris SEM 33
Caught Stealing Morgan SEM 38 Taylor CLE 22 Brock SEM 20 Blasingame OAK 17 Buford SEM 16	Walks Morgan SEM 120 Briggs SEM 117 Killebrew BOS 115 Wynn KCR 109 Phillips KCR 93	Strikeouts Allen KCR 178 Stuart DET 161 Wynn KCR 158 Jackson TAM 157 Cook BOS 153

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Qualters SEM 2.25 Fingers TAM 2.44 Gelnar TOR 2.57 Drysdale TOR 2.76 Reniff SEM 2.82	Wins Sheldon SEM 20 Drysdale TOR 19 Moeller MIN 19 Sutton KCR 19 Fingers TAM 18	Losses Pappas DET 23 Baumann DET 21 Hook DET 18 Taylor NYA 18 Lolich OAK 17	Winning Pct Dobson KCR .850 Sutton KCR .760 Drott KCR .750 Qualters SEM .750 Koufax OAK .667
Saves Lee OAK 21 Ritchie SEM 16 Drott KCR 15 Estelle MIN 15 Segui BOS 14	Games Pitched Sisk DET 68 Gardner OAK 67 Drott KCR 65 Moeller SEM 58 McLain TAM 57	Games Started Fingers TAM 36 Gelnar TOR 36 Moeller MIN 36 Selma CLE 36 Baumann DET 35	Complete Games Carlton OAK 20 Moeller MIN 20 Palmer BOS 19 Sheldon SEM 18 Drysdale TOR 17
Shutouts Drysdale TOR 4 Fingers TAM 3 Gelnar TOR 3 Seaver OAK 3 Wickersham MIN 3	Innings Pitched Moeller MIN 305.7 Drysdale TOR 290.7 Sheldon SEM 284.3 Palmer BOS 283.0 Carlton OAK 277.0	Hits Allowed Taylor NYA 299 Palmer BOS 292 Moeller MIN 282 Hands CLE 281 Sheldon SEM 273	Homeruns Allowed Sutton KCR 39 Hook DET 35 Baumann DET 32 Lemay KCR 32 Beene DET 29
Strikeouts Sutton KCR 309 Score BOS 308 Murakami TOR 251 Brunet MIN 241 Drysdale TOR 240	Walks Allowed Beamon MIN 141 Baumann DET 138 Score BOS 132 Pappas DET 117 Wickersham MIN 113	Walks per 9IP Gelnar TOR 1.1 Sheldon SEM 1.3 Hoeft KCR 1.4 Moeller MIN 1.6 Taylor NYA 1.8	Hits per 9IP Score BOS 6.0 Gelnar TOR 6.3 Qualters SEM 6.4 Sutton KCR 6.8 Beamon MIN 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Score BOS 11.6 Sutton KCR 10.3 Beamon MIN 9.9 Murakami TOR 9.7 Koufax OAK 8.5	WHiP Gelnar TOR 0.82 Drysdale TOR 1.03 Brunet MIN 1.05 Murakami TOR 1.05 Qualters SEM 1.06	OAVG Score BOS .187 Gelnar TOR .192 Qualters SEM .200 Sutton KCR .206 Beamon MIN .206	OOBP Gelnar TOR .227 Drysdale TOR .266 Sutton KCR .267 Murakami TOR .267 Qualters SEM .271
OSLG Qualters SEM .252 Reniff SEM .282 Gelnar TOR .303 Beamon MIN .314 Fingers TAM .314	OOPS Qualters SEM .523 Gelnar TOR .530 Drysdale TOR .582 Fingers TAM .589 Reniff SEM .590

League All-Stars
Dick Allen	Johnny Briggs	Billy Bryan
Wayne Causey	Cliff Cook	Dick Drott
Don Drysdale	Dick Estelle	Rollie Fingers
Jim Fregosi	Billy Hoeft	Frank Howard
Duane Josephson	Harmon Killebrew	Willie Kirkland
Joe Moeller	Joe Morgan	Tom Qualters
Pete Rose	Joe Schaffernoth	Rollie Sheldon
Tim Talton	Roy White	Dave Wickersham
Jimmy Wynn

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Don Drysdale	TOR	$ 16,190,000
2.	Harmon Killebrew	BOS	$ 13,930,000
3.	Tom Qualters	SEM	$ 13,600,000
4.	Jim Fregosi	OAK	$ 10,220,000
5.	Jim O'Toole	TAM	$ 9,260,000
6.	Sandy Koufax	OAK	$ 8,960,000
7.	Joe Torre	MIN	$ 8,750,000
8.	Dick Allen	KCR	$ 8,250,000
9.	Ken Boyer	DET	$ 8,000,000
	Dean Chance	SEM	$ 8,000,000
11.	Steve Hamilton	TAM	$ 7,500,000
	Orlando Cepeda	DET	$ 7,500,000
13.	Frank Baumann	DET	$ 7,200,000
14.	Rollie Sheldon	SEM	$ 7,178,571
15.	Wes Covington	DET	$ 7,100,000
16.	George Brunet	MIN	$ 6,800,000
17.	Willie McCovey	BOS	$ 6,500,000
	Joe Morgan	SEM	$ 6,500,000
	Bob Veale	BOS	$ 6,500,000
20.	Gus Keriazakos	CLE	$ 6,300,000
	Milt Pappas	DET	$ 6,300,000
22.	Billy Hoeft	KCR	$ 6,000,000
	Gene Conley	MIN	$ 6,000,000
	Bill White	TAM	$ 6,000,000
	Hal Reniff	SEM	$ 6,000,000

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