1969 Boston Red Sox

87-75 • .537 Win% • 3rd in AL E

The 1969 Boston Red Sox went 87-75 (.537) finishing 3rd in the AL E division. The club scored 743 runs, allowed 736, and played home games at Fenway Park II. Team leaders included Carl Yastrzemski (40 HR, 111 RBI) and Ray Culp (17-8, 3.81 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

87 Wins
75 Losses
.537 Win %
3rd Rank
743 R 736 RA
Diff +7

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743 Runs Scored
736 Runs Allowed
+7 Run Diff
1,837K Attendance

📈 vs. 1969 AL Average

Batting Avg .251 2% above the 1969 league average (.245)
OBP .332 4% above the 1969 league average (.321)
SLG .414 12% above the 1969 league average (.369)
Team ERA 3.92 8% worse than the 1969 league average (3.62)
Runs Scored 743 12% above the 1969 league average (663 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,837,449
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Avg per Game 22,684

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1969

Batting Avg

1 George Thomas 0.353 2 Reggie Smith 0.309 3 Jerry Moses 0.304 4 Rico Petrocelli 0.297 5 Mike Andrews 0.293

Home Runs

1 Rico Petrocelli 40 2 Carl Yastrzemski 40 3 Reggie Smith 25 4 Tony Conigliaro 20 5 George Scott 16

RBI

1 Carl Yastrzemski 111 2 Rico Petrocelli 97 3 Reggie Smith 93 4 Tony Conigliaro 82 5 Mike Andrews 59
1969 Boston Red Sox — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Carl Yastrzemski 162 603 96 154 28 2 40 111 101 91 15 0.255
George Scott 152 549 63 139 14 5 16 52 61 74 4 0.253
Reggie Smith 143 543 87 168 29 7 25 93 54 67 7 0.309
Rico Petrocelli 154 535 92 159 32 2 40 97 98 68 3 0.297
Tony Conigliaro 141 506 57 129 21 3 20 82 48 111 2 0.255
Mike Andrews 121 464 79 136 26 2 15 59 71 53 1 0.293
Dalton Jones 111 336 50 74 18 3 3 33 39 36 1 0.220
Russ Gibson 85 287 21 72 9 1 3 27 15 25 1 0.251
Syd O'Brien 100 263 47 64 10 5 9 29 15 37 2 0.243
Dick Schofield 94 226 30 58 9 3 2 20 29 44 0 0.257
Joe Lahoud 101 218 32 41 5 0 9 21 40 43 2 0.188
Jerry Moses 53 135 13 41 9 1 4 17 5 23 0 0.304
Tom Satriano 47 127 9 24 2 0 0 11 22 12 0 0.189
Billy Conigliaro 32 80 14 23 6 2 4 7 9 23 1 0.287
Ray Culp 32 79 9 12 4 0 1 5 4 33 0 0.152
Mike Nagy 34 65 4 5 1 0 0 2 6 27 1 0.077
Don Lock 53 58 8 13 1 0 1 2 11 21 0 0.224
Sonny Siebert 43 53 5 8 1 0 1 3 3 20 0 0.151
Joe Azcue 19 51 7 11 2 0 0 3 4 5 0 0.216
George Thomas 29 51 9 18 3 1 0 8 3 11 0 0.353
Ken Harrelson 10 46 6 10 1 0 3 8 4 6 0 0.217
Jim Lonborg 29 41 1 4 1 0 0 2 5 22 0 0.098
Lee Stange 41 35 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 15 0 0.086
Vicente Romo 52 31 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 9 0 0.129
Ray Jarvis 29 29 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 19 0 0.069
Sparky Lyle 71 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0.118
Bill Landis 46 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 0.000
Ken Brett 8 10 1 3 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0.300
Bill Lee 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.000
Tony Muser 2 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.111
Luis Alvarado 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Carlton Fisk 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Mike Garman 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.400
Dick Ellsworth 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Juan Pizarro 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Gary Wagner 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Garry Roggenburk 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ron Kline 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Santiago 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fred Wenz 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1969

ERA

1 Sparky Lyle 2.54 2 Mike Nagy 3.11 3 Vicente Romo 3.18 4 Lee Stange 3.68 5 Sonny Siebert 3.80

Wins

1 Ray Culp 17 2 Sonny Siebert 14 3 Mike Nagy 12 4 Sparky Lyle 8 5 Jim Lonborg 7

Strikeouts

1 Ray Culp 172 2 Sonny Siebert 127 3 Jim Lonborg 100 4 Sparky Lyle 93 5 Vicente Romo 89
1969 Boston Red Sox — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Ray Culp 17 8 3.81 32 32 0 227.0 195 96 79 172
Mike Nagy 12 2 3.11 33 28 0 196.2 183 68 106 84
Sonny Siebert 14 10 3.80 43 22 5 163.1 151 69 68 127
Jim Lonborg 7 11 4.51 29 23 0 143.2 148 72 65 100
Lee Stange 6 9 3.68 41 15 3 137.0 137 56 56 59
Vicente Romo 7 9 3.18 52 11 11 127.1 116 45 50 89
Sparky Lyle 8 3 2.54 71 0 17 102.2 91 29 48 93
Ray Jarvis 5 6 4.75 29 12 1 100.1 105 53 43 36
Bill Landis 5 5 5.25 45 5 1 82.1 82 48 49 50
Bill Lee 1 3 4.50 20 1 0 52.0 56 26 28 45
Ken Brett 2 3 5.26 8 8 0 39.1 41 23 22 23
Ron Kline 0 1 4.76 16 0 1 17.0 24 9 17 7
Gary Wagner 1 3 6.06 6 1 0 16.1 18 11 15 9
Mike Garman 1 0 4.38 2 2 0 12.1 13 6 10 10
Dick Ellsworth 0 0 3.75 2 2 0 12.0 16 5 4 4
Fred Wenz 1 0 5.73 8 0 0 11.0 9 7 10 11
Garry Roggenburk 0 1 8.38 7 0 0 9.2 13 9 5 8
Juan Pizarro 0 1 6.00 6 0 2 9.0 14 6 6 4
Jose Santiago 0 0 3.52 10 0 0 7.2 11 3 4 4

👥 Roster (40)

Luis Alvarado Mike Andrews Joe Azcue Ken Brett Billy Conigliaro Tony Conigliaro Ray Culp Dick Ellsworth Carlton Fisk Mike Garman Russ Gibson Ken Harrelson +28 more

40 players

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The 1969 Boston Red Sox in brief

The 1969 Boston Red Sox finished 87-75, a .537 winning percentage, placing 3rd in the AL East. Runs came in at 743 scored against 736 allowed (+7). Against a league average of .245, the 1969 Boston Red Sox batted .251. The Boston Red Sox staff finished with a 3.92 ERA; the league as a whole was at 3.62. League clubs averaged 663 runs that year, so the Boston Red Sox scored 12% more.

Attendance at Fenway Park II totaled 1,837,449 for the year. For power, Carl Yastrzemski led the way with 40 homers. The hits leader was Reggie Smith with 168. Ray Culp led the pitchers with 17 wins. Sparky Lyle saved 17 games. The 1969 roster runs to 40 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1969 Boston Red Sox

What was the 1969 Boston Red Sox record?
The 1969 Boston Red Sox finished 87-75 (.537 win pct).
Who led the 1969 Boston Red Sox in home runs?
Rico Petrocelli led the 1969 Boston Red Sox with 40 home runs.
What was the 1969 Boston Red Sox team ERA?
The 1969 Boston Red Sox posted a team ERA of 3.92.
Did the 1969 Boston Red Sox win the World Series?
No. The 1969 Boston Red Sox did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1969 Boston Red Sox play?
The 1969 Boston Red Sox played home games at Fenway Park II.
Who led the 1969 Boston Red Sox in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Carl Yastrzemski (40 HR, 111 RBI) and Ray Culp (17-8, 3.81 ERA).
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