• Source: 1969 Washington Senators season

      • The 1969 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing fourth in the newly established American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses.


      Offseason


      January 8, 1969: John Orsino was purchased from the Senators by the New York Yankees.


      Regular season


      The year 1969 was a turning point in Washington sports history. The Senators named Ted Williams as manager. The Washington Redskins hired Vince Lombardi as Head Coach and he had brought a winning attitude to the nation's capital. In the same year, the nearby University of Maryland had hired Lefty Driesell to coach basketball. It marked a renaissance in sports interest in America's most transient of cities.
      The hiring of Ted Williams sparked at least increased curiosity in the team. Williams' fanatical approach to hitting helped improve the Senators offense considerably, and inspired the team to its one and only winning season during its 11-year stay in Washington. The Senators won 86 games, 21 more than in 1968, and improved from last place in the ten-team 1968 American League to one game out of third in the new AL East division. For this remarkable turnaround, Williams was voted American League Manager of the Year. As a result, attendance at RFK Stadium improved to over 900,000, the highest attendance for the "new" Senators and, at the time, the highest in Washington's baseball history.


      = Season standings

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      = Record vs. opponents

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      = Opening Day starters

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      CF Del Unser
      RF Ed Stroud
      LF Frank Howard
      1B Mike Epstein
      3B Ken McMullen
      SS Ed Brinkman
      2B Tim Cullen
      C Paul Casanova
      P Camilo Pascual


      = Notable transactions

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      June 5, 1969: 1969 Major League Baseball draft
      Dave Moates was drafted by the Senators in the 4th round.
      Dave Criscione was drafted by the Senators in the 5th round.
      June 20, 1969: Bill Denehy and cash was traded by the Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Lee Maye.


      = Roster

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      Game log




      = Regular season

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      Player stats




      = Batting

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      Starters by position


      Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases


      Other batters


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


      = Pitching

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      Starting pitchers


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


      Other pitchers


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


      Relief pitchers


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


      Awards and honors


      Del Unser, American League Leader, Triples (8)
      Del Unser, American League Record, Fewest Triples in One Season by an American League Leader (8)
      Ted Williams, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year
      All-Star Game

      Frank Howard, starting LF
      Darold Knowles, reserve


      Farm system



      Savannah affiliation shared with Houston Astros


      Notes




      References


      1969 Washington Senators at Baseball Reference
      1969 Washington Senators at Baseball Almanac
      Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

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