1969 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkCrosley Field
CityCincinnati
OwnersFrancis L. Dale
General managersBob Howsam
ManagersDave Bristol
TelevisionWLW
(Ed Kennedy, Pee Wee Reese)
RadioWLW
(Jim McIntyre, Joe Nuxhall)
Seasons

The 1969 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Reds finishing in third place in the newly established National League West, four games behind the National League West champion Atlanta Braves. The Reds were managed by Dave Bristol, and played their home games at Crosley Field, which was in its final full season of operation, before moving into their new facility in the middle of the following season. The Reds led the major leagues this year with 798 runs scored.

Offseason

Crosley Field, pictured in August 1969

Divisional alignment

1969 not only marked the 100th anniversary of the original Cincinnati Red Stockings being the first fully professional baseball team, but it also marked the first year of divisional play in Major League Baseball. The Reds (along with the Atlanta Braves) were placed in the National League West division, despite being located further east than the two westernmost teams in the NL East division, the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals. This was because the New York Mets wanted to be in the same division as the reigning power in the NL, which were the Cardinals at the time (to compensate for playing against the Dodgers and Giants fewer times each season). The Cubs consequently demanded to be in the NL East as well in order to continue playing in the same division as the Cardinals, one of the Cubs' biggest rivals. A side effect of this alignment is that it set the stage for what is considered one of the greatest pennant races – and comebacks in such a race – in MLB history (see 1969 New York Mets season for more info).

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9369 0.574 — 50–31 43–38
San Francisco Giants 9072 0.556 3 52–29 38–43
Cincinnati Reds 8973 0.549 4 50–31 39–42
Los Angeles Dodgers 8577 0.525 8 50–31 35–46
Houston Astros 8181 0.500 12 52–29 29–52
San Diego Padres 52110 0.321 41 28–53 24–57

Record vs. opponents

1969 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —3–912–615–39–98–44–86–68–413–59–96–6
Chicago 9–3—6–6–18–46–610–88–1012–67–1111–16–69–9
Cincinnati 6–126–6–1—9–910–88–46–610–25–711–710–88–4
Houston 3–154–89–9—6–1211–110–28–43–910–810–87–5
Los Angeles 9–96–68–1012–6—10–24–88–48–412–65–133–9
Montreal 4–88–104–81–112–10—5–1311–75–134–81–117–11
New York 8–410–86–62–108–413–5—12–610–811–18–412–6
Philadelphia 6-66–122–104–84–87–116–12—10–88–43–97–11
Pittsburgh 4–811–77–59–34–813–58–108–10—10–25–79–9
San Diego 5–131–117–118–106–128–41–114–82–10—6–124–8
San Francisco 9–96–68–108–1013–511–14–89–37–512–6—3–9
St. Louis 6–69–94–85–79–311–76–1211–79–98–49–3—

Notable transactions

Roster

1969 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJohnny Bench148532156.2932690
1BLee May158607169.27838110
2BTommy Helms126480129.269140
SSWoody Woodward9724163.261015
3BTony Pérez160629185.29437122
LFAlex Johnson139523165.3151788
CFBobby Tolan152637194.3052193
RFPete Rose156627218.3481682

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jimmy Stewart11922156.253424
Darrel Chaney9320940.191015
Chico Ruiz8819648.245013
Ted Savage6811025.227211
Fred Whitfield747411.14918
Pat Corrales297219.26415
Jim Beauchamp436015.25018
Danny Breeden381.12501
Bernie Carbo430.00000
Mike de la Hoz110.00000
Clyde Mashore210.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Merritt42251.01794.37144
Tony Cloninger35189.211175.03103
Jim Maloney30178.21252.77102
Gary Nolan16108.2883.5683
Gerry Arrigo2091.0474.1535
Mel Queen212.0102.257

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jack Fisher34113.0445.5055
George Culver32101.1574.2658
Camilo Pascual57.1008.593

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Wayne Granger9096272.8068
Clay Carroll7712673.5290
Pedro Ramos384325.1640
Al Jackson331035.2716
Dennis Ribant70001.087
José Peña611018.003
John Noriega50005.874
Bill Short400015.430

Awards and honors

  • Pete Rose, National League batting champion
  • Pete Rose, Lou Gehrig Award
  • Johnny Bench, Marathon Oil Cincinnati Reds Player of the Year

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Vern Rapp
AA Asheville Tourists Southern League Alex Cosmidis
A Tampa Tarpons Florida State League Bunky Warren
A-Short Season Sioux Falls Packers Northern League Jim Snyder
Rookie GCL Reds Gulf Coast League George Scherger

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References

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