1969 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 87-75
Finish: 2nd in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 791
Runs Allowed: 661
Exp W-L: 94-68
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 1,887,208
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 7th in the American League
AA: 70-67, 4th in the American League
A: 64-73, 7th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-3 over Colorado Rockies
Won AL League Series 4-1 over Toronto Blue Jays
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over Seattle Mariners
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
3B  Harmon Killebrew 33 153 547 106 137 26 0 47 115 0 0 115 125 .250 .379 .556 .935 112.8 26.5 4.7
LF  Cliff Cook 32 154 600 71 159 31 1 26 94 2 1 45 153 .265 .317 .450 .767 82.5 16.2 3.1
2B  Chuck Schilling 31 152 565 65 151 33 1 4 54 1 0 77 77 .267 .356 .350 .707 69.7 13.0 5.7
RF  Frank Robinson 33 149 539 72 138 40 0 20 92 1 1 61 145 .256 .331 .442 .773 79.3 15.4 1.0
1B *Willie McCovey 31 145 512 72 106 15 4 36 104 1 2 66 148 .207 .300 .463 .763 74.9 13.0 3.3
RF *Steve Whitaker 26 149 539 73 133 15 3 19 52 5 5 38 93 .247 .302 .391 .694 60.6 9.2 6.0
SS #Tom Tresh 31 155 494 71 119 25 2 19 75 7 9 43 78 .241 .309 .415 .724 62.0 9.7 4.8
C *Jake Gibbs 30 122 400 59 118 11 3 4 44 4 2 37 30 .295 .352 .368 .720 52.1 9.9 3.1
2B  Paul Schaal 26 108 326 52 94 21 3 4 47 3 3 31 30 .288 .348 .408 .756 43.4 8.8 2.3
C  Jack Hiatt 26 82 260 46 65 8 0 5 24 0 0 47 78 .250 .364 .338 .702 35.0 6.2 2.2
RF *Roger Repoz 28 52 187 20 36 7 0 3 10 5 3 24 47 .193 .282 .278 .560 15.0 0.5 1.3
3B *Mack Jones 30 74 195 26 45 11 1 2 20 3 2 11 45 .231 .286 .328 .614 16.3 1.4 1.4
SS  Ken Hamlin 34 75 167 21 38 10 0 1 22 0 0 20 12 .228 .309 .305 .614 16.6 2.1 1.8
SS  Jerry Adair 32 62 124 20 23 5 0 1 10 1 1 13 32 .185 .261 .250 .511 7.6 0.0 1.2
LF  Jim Hickman 32 23 70 9 20 5 1 0 6 1 0 6 16 .286 .342 .386 .728 8.5 1.8 0.1
C  Don Bryant 27 4 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.6 0.0 0.1
P *Ed Connolly 29 22 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 1.0 0.3 0.0
P  Paul Edmondson 26 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 1687 5537 791 1384 263 19 192 772 34 30 634 1112 .250 .328 .408 .737 736.9 133.9 42.1
  Rank among 10 AL teams 6 3 6 2 9 2 3 10 2 3 7 6 4 2 3 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Jim Palmer 23 13 14 .481 34 34 0 283.0 292 110 19 60 115 3.50 16.1
*Bob Veale 33 14 11 .560 34 34 0 247.7 200 94 16 100 181 3.42 15.7
*Herb Score 36 17 9 .654 33 33 0 238.3 160 92 29 132 308 3.47 14.9
*Joe Hoerner 32 16 9 .640 48 16 3 181.0 151 70 22 48 139 3.48 12.8
 Dave Boswell 24 5 12 .294 33 21 0 161.0 173 110 25 95 120 6.15 0.0
 Diego Segui 31 10 6 .625 53 0 14 90.3 86 31 9 26 72 3.09 9.8
 Danny Frisella 23 3 5 .375 13 13 0 89.3 68 30 5 35 81 3.02 6.1
*Tommy John 26 5 2 .714 27 5 4 74.0 69 24 7 28 27 2.92 6.5
*Jerry Koosman 26 0 6 .000 7 7 0 41.0 48 33 4 22 25 7.24 0.0
 Larry Sherry 33 3 1 .750 15 0 1 25.0 26 7 3 5 17 2.52 2.7
 Lindy McDaniel 33 1 0 1.000 12 0 0 13.7 14 8 1 12 8 5.27 0.2
*Ed Connolly 29 0 0 .000 3 0 0 3.7 6 5 2 1 0 12.30 0.0
 Paul Edmondson 26 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 28.8 87 75 .537 313 163 22 1449.6 1294 614 142 565 1093 3.81 85.0
Rank among 10 AL teams 3 3 9 3 6 3 7 5 6 4 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 36.3
J.Gibbs 865.3 94 113 640 48 8 1 .989 36.7
J.Hiatt 566.3 66 69 470 21 3 0 .994 27.1
D.Bryant 18.0 2 4 13 1 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1449.7 162 186 1123 70 11 1 .991 34.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.94
W.McCovey 1181.0 134 143 1357 112 7 116 .995 11.19
F.Robinson 151.0 18 20 151 12 2 11 .988 9.72
K.Hamlin 75.3 7 16 84 9 1 4 .989 11.11
J.Hiatt 14.0 1 4 23 0 1 1 .958 14.79
C.Schilling 8.0 0 6 10 0 0 1 1.000 11.25
J.Hickman 3.1 0 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 11.61
R.Repoz 0.3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 30.00
Team Total 1432.7 160 190 1629 134 11 134 .994 11.07
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.64
C.Schilling 1251.3 148 149 227 504 17 91 .977 5.26
J.Adair 105.0 9 29 25 50 0 7 1.000 6.43
P.Schaal 75.3 5 22 17 36 1 9 .981 6.33
T.Tresh 12.0 0 3 1 5 0 1 1.000 4.50
K.Hamlin 5.0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Hiatt 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 209 270 596 18 108 .980 5.38
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 2.58
H.Killebrew 828.3 95 96 42 204 13 19 .950 2.67
P.Schaal 542.3 60 64 30 114 7 3 .954 2.39
K.Hamlin 77.0 7 17 4 22 0 3 1.000 3.04
C.Schilling 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Cook 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 179 76 340 20 25 .954 2.58
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.85
T.Tresh 1285.7 145 149 176 459 15 86 .977 4.45
J.Adair 122.3 14 21 19 43 2 9 .969 4.56
K.Hamlin 33.7 3 12 7 15 1 2 .957 5.88
C.Schilling 6.0 0 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 7.50
P.Schaal 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 187 204 520 18 97 .976 4.49
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.78
H.Killebrew 474.7 55 56 84 8 0 1 1.000 1.74
F.Robinson 398.3 45 46 50 1 0 0 1.000 1.15
M.Jones 325.8 38 43 58 3 3 1 .953 1.69
K.Hamlin 54.0 6 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.83
S.Whitaker 11.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
C.Cook 9.0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
W.McCovey 8.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Hickman 3.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Hiatt 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1285.6 146 160 209 13 3 2 .987 1.55
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.43
S.Whitaker 1221.7 136 142 343 8 0 3 1.000 2.59
K.Hamlin 87.0 10 11 23 0 1 0 .958 2.38
M.Jones 20.2 2 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.67
J.Hickman 15.9 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.26
R.Repoz 14.9 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
F.Robinson 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1361.7 152 163 380 9 1 3 .997 2.57
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.93
C.Cook 1021.3 115 119 200 3 0 1 1.000 1.79
R.Repoz 380.4 43 43 77 3 0 1 1.000 1.89
M.Jones 134.2 16 16 33 1 3 1 .919 2.28
K.Hamlin 101.0 11 14 29 0 1 0 .967 2.58
S.Whitaker 15.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Hickman 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Robinson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1656.0 187 196 342 7 4 3 .989 1.90
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.93
J.Palmer 283.0 34 34 32 59 2 3 .978 2.89
B.Veale 247.7 34 34 19 42 2 1 .968 2.22
H.Score 238.3 33 33 6 20 4 0 .867 0.98
J.Hoerner 181.0 16 48 9 31 0 0 1.000 1.99
D.Boswell 161.0 21 33 9 17 1 2 .963 1.45
D.Segui 90.3 0 53 8 18 0 0 1.000 2.59
D.Frisella 89.3 13 13 7 10 0 0 1.000 1.71
T.John 74.0 5 27 2 15 0 0 1.000 2.07
J.Koosman 41.0 7 7 2 6 2 1 .800 1.76
L.Sherry 25.0 0 15 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.44
L.McDaniel 13.7 0 12 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
E.Connolly 3.7 0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 4.92
P.Edmondson 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.6 163 313 96 224 12 7 .964 1.99
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Schilling .267
On-Base Pct Killebrew .379
Slugging Pct Killebrew .556
OPS Killebrew .935
XR Killebrew 112.8
Games Tresh 155
At-Bats Cook 600
Runs Killebrew 106
Hits Cook 159
Total Bases Killebrew 304
Singles Schilling 113
Doubles Robinson 40
Triples McCovey 4
Homeruns Killebrew 47
RBIs Killebrew 115
Stolen Bases Tresh 7
Caught Stealing Tresh 9
Walks Killebrew 115
Strikeouts Cook 153
ERA Veale 3.42
Wins Score 17
Losses Palmer 14
Winning Pct Score .654
Saves Segui 14
Games Pitched Segui 53
Games Started Palmer, Veale 34
Complete Games Palmer 19
Shutouts Score 2
Innings Pitched Palmer 283.0
Hits Allowed Palmer 292
Homeruns Allowed Score 29
Strikeouts Score 308
Walks Allowed Score 132
Walks per 9IP Palmer 1.9
Hits per 9IP Score 6.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Score 11.6
WHiP Hoerner 1.10
OAVG Score .187
OOBP Hoerner .279
OSLG Veale .325
OOPS Veale .623
Team All-Stars
Cliff Cook
Harmon Killebrew
Player Salaries
Harmon Killebrew $ 13,930,000
Bob Veale $ 6,500,000
Willie McCovey $ 6,500,000
Frank Robinson $ 4,900,000
Chuck Schilling $ 4,515,000
Cliff Cook $ 4,200,000
Tom Tresh $ 3,300,000
Joe Hoerner $ 3,100,000
Dave Boswell $ 2,821,429
Herb Score $ 2,710,000
Roger Repoz $ 2,198,571
Jake Gibbs $ 2,078,571
Jim Hickman $ 1,870,714
Jerry Adair $ 1,750,000
Paul Schaal $ 1,528,571
Tommy John $ 1,450,000
Ken Hamlin $ 1,000,000
Diego Segui $ 874,286
Gary Bell $ 710,000
Larry Sherry $ 480,000
Ed Connolly $ 350,000
Steve Whitaker $ 300,000
Lindy McDaniel $ 300,000
Jack Hiatt $ 300,000
Jim Palmer $ 300,000
Danny Frisella $ 300,000
Paul Edmondson $ 300,000
Don Bryant $ 300,000
Jerry Koosman $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Galen Cisco Cleveland (N) Joe Hoerner
Bob Veale
Cliff Cook
Tom Tresh
7/31 Traded Mike Fiore
Dick Woodson
Don Young
Frank Baker
Mack Jones
Boston (N) Jerry Koosman
Roger Repoz
7/31 Traded Jerry Johnson Boston (N) Jim Hickman