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1969 San Francisco Giants season

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Owner(s)
  
Horace Stoneham

Manager(s)
  
Clyde King

General manager(s)
  
Chub Feeney

Local television
  
KTVU (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)

Local radio
  
KSFO (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson, Bill Rigney)

The 1969 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 87th year in Major League Baseball, their twelfth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their tenth at Candlestick Park. The team finished second in the newly established National League West with a record of 90–72, 3 games behind the Atlanta Braves, their fifth consecutive season of finishing second. The Giants set a Major League record which still stands for the most double plays grounded into by a team in a single game, with 7 against the Houston Astros on May 4.

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Offseason

  • October 14, 1968: Jesús Alou was drafted from the Giants by the Montreal Expos as the 13th pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft.
  • December 6, 1968: Nate Oliver was traded by the Giants to the New York Yankees for Charley Smith.
  • March 16, 1969, Giants pitching prospect Néstor Chávez was killed in a plane crash
  • March 28, 1969: Charley Smith was purchased from the Giants by the Chicago Cubs.

    • Regular season

  • July 20, 1969: Pitcher Gaylord Perry hit the first home run of his career (he hit 6). It was in the third inning off pitcher Claude Osteen.

    • Opening Day starters

  • Bobby Bonds
  • Dick Dietz
  • Bobby Etheridge
  • Jim Ray Hart
  • Ron Hunt
  • Hal Lanier
  • Juan Marichal
  • Willie Mays
  • Willie McCovey

    • Notable transactions

  • August 8, 1969: The Giants traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers for Don McMahon. The Giants completed the deal by sending César Gutiérrez to the Tigers on September 2.

    • 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

    Starting pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; 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; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Awards and honors

    All-Star Game

    References

    1969 San Francisco Giants season Wikipedia
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