1969 Atlanta Braves season
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1969 Atlanta Braves National League West Champions |
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Owner(s) | William Bartholomay |
General Manager(s) | Paul Richards |
Manager(s) | Lum Harris |
Local television | WSB-TV (Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton, Bob Uecker) |
Local radio | WSB (Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton) |
The Atlanta Braves 1969 season resulted in their first National League West title. Second baseman Felix Millan would start at the All-Star Game along with Hank Aaron, and would win his first Gold Glove.
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[edit] Offseason
- March 17, 1969: Orlando Cepeda was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Atlanta Braves for Joe Torre.
[edit] Regular season
[edit] Opening Day Starters
- Hank Aaron
- Felipe Alou
- Clete Boyer
- Orlando Cepeda
- Tito Francona
- Sonny Jackson
- Pat Jarvis
- Felix Millan
- Bob Tillman
[edit] Season standings
NL West | W | L | GB | Pct. |
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Atlanta Braves | 93 | 69 | -- | .574 |
San Francisco Giants | 90 | 72 | 3 | .556 |
Cincinnati Reds | 89 | 73 | 4 | .549 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 85 | 77 | 8 | .525 |
Houston Astros | 81 | 81 | 12 | .500 |
San Diego Padres | 52 | 110 | 41 | .321 |
[edit] Notable Transactions
- June 13, 1969: Van Kelly was traded by the Atlanta Braves with Andy Finlay (minors) and Walt Hriniak to the San Diego Padres for Tony Gonzalez.
[edit] Roster
1969 Atlanta Braves roster
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[edit] National League Championship Series
[edit] New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves
Game | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Score | Record
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1 | October 4 | New York | 9 | Atlanta | 5 | 1-0 | 50,122 |
2 | October 5 | New York | 11 | Atlanta | 6 | 2-0 | 50,270 |
3 | October 6 | Atlanta | 4 | New York | 7 | 3-0 | 53,195 |
NYM won 3, ATL won 0. New York wins the National League Championship |
[edit] Player stats
[edit] Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In
Player | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | Avg. |
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Bob Didier | 114 | 352 | 90 | 0 | 32 | .256 |
Orlando Cepeda | 154 | 573 | 147 | 22 | 88 | .257 |
Felix Millan | 162 | 652 | 174 | 6 | 57 | .267 |
Felipe Alou | 123 | 476 | 134 | .282 | 5 | 32 |
Clete Boyer | 144 | 496 | 124 | 14 | 57 | .250 |
Sonny Jackson | 98 | 318 | 76 | 1 | 27 | .239 |
Hank Aaron | 147 | 547 | 164 | 44 | 97 | .300 |
Mike Lum | 121 | 168 | 45 | 1 | 22 | .268 |
[edit] Other batters
Player | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | Avg. |
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Rico Carty | 104 | 304 | 104 | 16 | 58 | .342 |
Dusty Baker | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Tommie Aaron | 49 | 60 | 15 | 1 | 5 | .250 |
Tito Francona | 51 | 88 | 26 | 2 | 22 | .295 |
Ralph Garr | 22 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .222 |
Darrell Evans | 12 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .231 |
[edit] Starting pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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[edit] Other pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA |
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[edit] Relief pitchers
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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[edit] Award Winners
- Felix Millan, Second Base, Gold Glove Award
1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Hank Aaron, OF, Starter
- Felix Millan, 2B, Starter
- Phil Niekro, P, Reserve
[edit] References
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Preceded by First Season |
NL West Championship Season 1969 |
Succeeded by Cincinnati Reds 1970 |
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