# 1969 Seattle Pilots season

The 1969 Seattle Pilots season was the only season of the Seattle Pilots, a Major League Baseball team. As an expansion team in the American League, along with the Kansas City Royals, the Pilots were placed in the newly established West division. They finished last among the six teams with a record of 64–98 (.395), 33 games behind the division champion Minnesota Twins.
Fewer than 678,000 fans came to see the Pilots, which ranked 20th of the 24 major league teams — a major reason why the team was forced into bankruptcy after only one season. Despite the poor conditions at aging Sick's Stadium, the ticket prices were among the highest in the major leagues. The bankruptcy sale of the team was approved by a federal court in Seattle on March 31, 1970, and the team moved to Milwaukee at the end of spring training for the 1970 season and became the Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee had lost the Braves to Atlanta after the 1965 season.
A book about the season exists called The 1969 Seattle Pilots: Major League Baseball's One-Year Team. Part of the Pilots' season was also documented in the book Ball Four by Jim Bouton.
After the Pilots, there would not be another MLB team in Seattle until the birth of the Mariners in 1977.
The last remaining active member of the 1969 Seattle Pilots was Fred Stanley, who retired after the 1982 season.

## Offseason

* April 1, 1968: Marv Staehle was purchased by the Pilots from the Cleveland Indians.
* June 7, 1968: Wilbur Howard was selected by the Pilots in the 19th round of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft.
* October 21, 1968: Jim Bouton was purchased by the Pilots from the New York Yankees.
* March 31, 1969: Chico Salmon was traded by the Pilots to the Baltimore Orioles for Gene Brabender and Gordy Lund.

### Expansion draft

The MLB expansion draft for the Pilots and the Kansas City Royals was held on October 15, 1968.
| Player | Former team | Pick | Notes |
| Don Mincher | California Angels | 2nd |
| Tommy Harper | Cleveland Indians | 3rd |
| Ray Oyler | Detroit Tigers | 5th |
| Jerry McNertney | Chicago White Sox | 7th |
| Buzz Stephen | Minnesota Twins | 9th | Never played for Seattle; only major league experience was in 1968. |
| Chico Salmon | Cleveland Indians | 11th | Traded before the start of the season to Baltimore for Gene Brabender and Gordon Lund. |
| Diego Seguí | Oakland Athletics | 14th |
| Tommy Davis | Chicago White Sox | 16th |
| Marty Pattin | California Angels | 18th |
| Gerry Schoen | Washington Senators | 20th | Never played for Seattle; only major league experience was in 1968. |
| Gary Bell | Boston Red Sox | 21st |
| Jack Aker | Oakland Athletics | 24th |
| Rich Rollins | Minnesota Twins | 26th |
| Lou Piniella | Cleveland Indians | 28th | Traded shortly before opening day to Kansas City for Steve Whitaker and John Gelnar. |
| Dick Bates | Washington Senators | 30th |
| Larry Haney | Baltimore Orioles | 32nd |
| Dick Baney | Boston Red Sox | 33rd |
| Steve Hovley | California Angels | 35th |
| Steve Barber | New York Yankees | 37th |
| John Miklos | Washington Senators | 39th | Never played in the major leagues. |
| Wayne Comer | Detroit Tigers | 41st |
| Bucky Brandon | Boston Red Sox | 44th |
| Skip Lockwood | Oakland Athletics | 46th |
| Gary Timberlake | New York Yankees | 48th |
| Bob Richmond | Washington Senators | 50th | Never played in the major leagues. |
| John Morris | Baltimore Orioles | 52nd |
| Mike Marshall | Detroit Tigers | 53rd |
| Jim Gosger | Oakland Athletics | 55th |
| Mike Ferraro | New York Yankees | 57th |
| Paul Click | California Angels | 59th | Pitched in the minors through 1973. Never played in the major leagues. |

### 1968 MLB June amateur draft and minor league affiliates

The Pilots and Kansas City Royals, along with the two National League expansion teams set to debut in 1969, the Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres, were allowed to participate in the June 1968 MLB first-year player draft, although the new teams were barred from the lottery's first three rounds. The Pilots drafted 29 players in the 1968 June draft, including future major league manager Tom Kelly (eighth round) and starting pitcher Bill Parsons (seventh round). Seattle affiliated with one minor league club during 1968 to develop drafted players; the roster was filled out by professional and amateur free agents that had been signed and players loaned from other organizations.

#### 1968 farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A-Short Season | Newark Co-Pilots | New York–Penn League | Sibby Sisti |

## Regular season

* On Tuesday, April 8, the Pilots won their first-ever game, 4–3 at Anaheim Stadium over the California Angels. Twenty-six-year-old Pilots' starter Marty Pattin went five innings, allowing two earned runs for Seattle. RHP Jack Aker earned the save. Right fielder Mike Hegan hit Seattle's first-ever home run, a two-run shot off Jim McGlothlin, after second baseman Tommy Harper had doubled to left to begin the Pilots' existence.
* On the afternoon of Friday, April 11, the Pilots played, and won, their first American League game at Sick's Stadium in Seattle – 7–0 over the Chicago White Sox. Thirty-two-year-old righty Gary Bell tossed a complete game for Seattle, scattering nine hits, striking out six Sox and walking four. Bell also helped his own cause by stroking a two-run double off RHP Bob Locker in the bottom of the sixth. Seattle 1b Don Mincher hit a two-run HR off RHP Joe Horlen in the third. The official attendance was 14,993.
* On July 2, Reggie Jackson of the Oakland Athletics hit three home runs against the Pilots to raise his season total to 34.
* In the 1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, outfielder Mike Hegan was the only Pilot selected to the All-Star game on the reserved squad. However, due to injury, he would be replaced by his teammate, infielder Don Mincher.
* On October 2, the Pilots played their last-ever game, losing 3-1 to Oakland in front of 5,473 fans in Seattle. In the final inning, Steve Whitaker hit the Pilots' last-ever home run, Greg Goossen got their final hit (a single), and Jerry McNertney struck out to end the game. Steve Barber took the loss. Miguel Fuentes, who would be killed in a bar fight during the off-season, threw what turned out to be the final pitch in Pilots’ history.

### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Minnesota Twins | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 57‍–‍24 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Oakland Athletics | 88 | 74 | .543 | 9 | 49‍–‍32 | 39‍–‍42 |
| California Angels | 71 | 91 | .438 | 26 | 43‍–‍38 | 28‍–‍53 |
| Kansas City Royals | 69 | 93 | .426 | 28 | 36‍–‍45 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Chicago White Sox | 68 | 94 | .420 | 29 | 41‍–‍40 | 27‍–‍54 |
| Seattle Pilots | 64 | 98 | .395 | 33 | 34‍–‍47 | 30‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1969 American League recordsvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEP | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 10–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 13–5 | 11–7 | 11–1 | 8–4 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 13–5 |
| Boston | 8–10 | — | 8–4 | 5–7 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 10–2 | 7–5 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–12 |
| California | 6–6 | 4–8 | — | 9–9 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 6–12 | 9–9–1 | 5–7 |
| Chicago | 3–9 | 7–5 | 9–9 | — | 8–4 | 3–9 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 3–9 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 4–8 |
| Cleveland | 5–13 | 6–12 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 7–11 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 9–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 3–15 |
| Detroit | 7–11 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 11–7 | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–11 |
| Kansas City | 1–11 | 2–10 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | — | 8–10 | 5–7–1 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 7–5 |
| Minnesota | 4–8 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 10–8 | — | 10–2 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 6–6 |
| New York | 7–11 | 7–11 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 8–9 | 8–10 | 7–5–1 | 2–10 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–8 |
| Oakland | 4–8 | 8–4 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 10–8 | 5–13 | 6–6 | — | 13–5 | 8–4 |
| Seattle | 3–9 | 6–6 | 9–9–1 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 2–10 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–13 | — | 7–5 |
| Washington | 5–13 | 12–6 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 15–3 | 11–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — |

### The first game

April 8, Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Seattle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| California | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| W: Marty Pattin (1–0) L: Jim McGlothlin (0–1) SV: Jack Aker (1) |||||||||||||
| HRs: SEA: Mike Hegan (1), CAL: Jim Fregosi (1) |||||||||||||

### Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters :
| # | Name | Position |
| 21 | Tommy Harper | 2B |
| 8 | Mike Hegan | RF |
| 12 | Tommy Davis | LF |
| 5 | Don Mincher | 1B |
| 9 | Rich Rollins | 3B |
| 14 | Jim Gosger | CF |
| 15 | Jerry McNertney | C |
| 1 | Ray Oyler | SS |
| 33 | Marty Pattin | P |

### Notable transactions

* April 1: Lou Piniella was traded by the Pilots to the Kansas City Royals for Steve Whitaker and John Gelnar.
* May 27: Jim Pagliaroni was purchased by the Pilots from the Oakland Athletics.
* June 5: 1969 Major League Baseball draft
** Gorman Thomas was selected by the Pilots in the first round (21st pick).
** Bob Coluccio was selected by the Pilots in the 17th round.
* June 14: Larry Haney was traded by the Pilots to the Oakland Athletics for John Donaldson.
* August 24: Jim Bouton was traded by the Pilots to the Houston Astros for Dooley Womack and Roric Harrison.
* September 13: Marv Staehle was purchased from the Pilots by the Montreal Expos.

### Game log

1969 regular season game log: 64–98 (Home: 34–47; Away: 30–51) :
April: 7–11 (Home: 4–5; Away: 3–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 8@ Angels4–3PattinMcGlothlinAker11,9301–0W1
2April 9@ Angels3–7BorbonBrabenderWilhelm5,3471–1L1
3April 11White Sox7–0BellHorlen—14,9932–1W1
4April 12White Sox5–1SeguiEllisAker8,3193–1W2
5April 13White Sox7–12WoodPattin—10,0313–2L1
6April 14Royals1–2NelsonMarshallWickersham3,6113–3L2
7April 16Twins4–6PerranoskiAker—7,3293–4L3
—April 18@ White SoxPostponed (Makeup June 18)
8April 19@ White Sox5–1PattinPetersSegui3,9014–4W1
9April 20@ White Sox2–3 (10)WoodSegui—12,5794–5L1
10April 20@ White Sox3–13HorlenBarberLocker12,5794–6L2
11April 21@ Royals4–1MarshallJonesAker9,0245–6W1
12April 22@ Royals1–2HedlundSeguiDrabowsky9,0665–7L1
13April 23@ Royals3–4MoreheadEdgerton—10,2675–8L2
14April 25Athletics2–14NashBell—6,6175–9L3
15April 26Athletics6–3BarberDobsonSegui6,6586–9W1
16April 27Athletics5–13FingersMarshallKrausse5,8026–10L1
—April 28AngelsPostponed (Makeup July 9)
17April 29Angels1–0PattinMcGlothlin—1,9547–10W1
18April 30@ Twins4–6HallBrabenderPerranoski4,0877–11L1 :
May: 13–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
19May 1@ Twins1–4BoswellBellGrzenda6,4857–12L2
20May 2@ Athletics7–8LindbladAker—4,8237–13L3
21May 3@ Athletics2–3DobsonMarshall—4,5657–14L4
22May 4@ Athletics6–4PattinFingersO'Donoghue10,8528–14W1
23May 4@ Athletics7–11OdomBrandonLindblad10,8528–15L1
24May 6Red Sox2–12CulpBrabender—9,4278–16L2
25May 7Red Sox4–5SiebertBellRomo7,0848–17L3
26May 9Senators2–0MarshallColeman—7,1489–17W1
27May 10Senators16–13
SeguiHiggins
Bell7,36010–17W2
28May 11Senators6–5SeguiBaldwin—14,36311–17W3
29May 12Yankees8–4PattinDowning—8,76312–17W4
30May 13Yankees5–3BellStottlemyreSegui19,07213–17W5
31May 14Yankees4–5BurbachMarshallBahnsen12,27313–18L1
32May 16@ Red Sox10–9 (11)BoutonRomoO'Donoghue33,07914–18W1
33May 17@ Red Sox1–6NagyBell—21,17214–19L1
34May 18@ Red Sox9–6MarshallCulpSegui25,12515–19W1
35May 20@ Senators5–6HigginsPattin—6,52015–20L1
36May 21@ Senators6–2BrabenderColemanSegui6,08316–20W1
37May 22@ Senators7–6SeguiHiggins—4,24217–20W2
38May 23@ Indians1–7EllsworthMarshall—5.63317–21L1
39May 24@ Indians8–2TalbotMcDowell—7,09418–21W1
40May 25@ Indians3–2SeguiWilliamsBell10,55819–21W2
41May 27Orioles8–1BrabenderPhoebus—8,30820–21W3
42May 28Orioles5–9McNallyMarshallRichert21,67920–22L1
—May 29OriolesPostponed (Makeup August 18)
43May 30Tigers5–8RadatzPattinDobson12,08420–23L2
44May 31Tigers2–3SparmaBell—15,39520–24L3 :
June: 14–15 (Home: 7–5; Away: 7–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
45June 1Tigers8–7SeguiDobsonO'Donoghue14,20121–24W1
46June 2Indians8–2BarberPinaBouton9,04422–24W2
47June 3Indians1–3TiantPattinWilliams8,63422–25L1
48June 4Indians4–10McDowellMarshallWilliams9,54022–26L2
49June 6@ Orioles1–5McNallyBell—17,68922–27L3
50June 7@ Orioles0–10PalmerBrabender—13,90322–28L4
51June 8@ Orioles7–5O'DonoghueCuellar—8,98823–28W1
52June 9@ Tigers3–2 (10)PattinDobsonGelnar13,47724–28W2
53June 10@ Tigers0–5WilsonTalbotMcMahon14,03324–29L1
54June 11@ Tigers3–4 (10)DobsonO'Donoghue—23,56924–30L2
55June 13@ Yankees2–1BrabenderStottlemyre—14,96725–30W1
56June 14@ Yankees5–4GelnarMcDanielSegui9,21426–30W2
57June 15@ Yankees0–4 (6)BahnsenTalbot—58,73326–31L1
58June 16@ White Sox3–8WynneMarshall—13,13326–32L2
—June 17@ White SoxPostponed (Rescheduled September 17)
59June 18@ White Sox3–7PetersBrabender—6,04426–33L3
60June 18@ White Sox6–5 (11)
Locker
Osinski
6,044
27–33
W1
61June 19@ White Sox10–13WoodMarshall—2,31827–34L1
62June 20Royals5–3TalbotButlerLocker18,41328–34W1
63June 20Royals2–6BunkerGelnar—18,41328–35L1
64June 21Royals1–0BrabenderNelson—6,82929–35W1
65June 22Royals5–1PattinDragoLocker7,00830–35W2
—June 23White SoxPostponed (Rescheduled June 24)
66June 24White Sox4–6WoodLocker—7,41730–36L1
67June 24White Sox6–7WoodSegui—7,41730–37L2
68June 25White Sox3–1GelnarEdmondsonLocker5,95031–37W1
69June 26White Sox3–2BrabenderHorlen—7,10932–37W2
70June 27@ Angels3–5FisherPattin—9,51832–38L1
71June 27@ Angels5–2RoggenburkWashburnLocker9,51833–38W1
72June 28@ Angels3–0TalbotMurphySegui8,89334–38W2
73June 29@ Angels2–8MessersmithGelnarTatum7,62834–39L1 :
July: 9–20 (Home: 7–11; Away: 2–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
74July 1@ Athletics7–1BrabenderDobson—5,37535–39W1
75July 2@ Athletics0–5OdomPattin—5,01235–40L1
76July 3@ Athletics4–6KrausseRoggenburkFingers8,29035–41L2
77July 4@ Royals2–13NelsonTalbot—12,94435–42L3
78July 4@ Royals2–3DragoGelnarO'Riley12,94435–43L4
79July 5@ Royals4–6BurgmeierMarshallDrabowsky10,26835–44L5
80July 6@ Royals9–3BrabenderButlerSegui26,48036–44W1
81July 7Angels1–5MessersmithPattin—6,95136–45L1
82July 8Angels3–1RoggenburkMcGlothlin—6,87737–45W1
83July 9Angels8–0TalbotWright—8,46138–45W2
84July 9Angels0–5BrunetGelnar—8,46138–46L1
—July 10AngelsPostponed (Rescheduled September 12)
85July 11@ Twins3–9HallBrabender—19,22138–47L2
86July 12@ Twins1–11PerryPattin—17,61638–48L3
87July 13@ Twins2–5KaatRoggenburk—26,12338–49L4
88July 13@ Twins4–5PerranoskiSegui—26,12338–50L5
89
July 15
Athletics
2–6
Odom
Gelnar
12,288
38–51
L6
90July 16Athletics1–6KrausseBrabender—8,68838–52L7
91July 17Athletics2–8HunterPattin—6,79338–53L8
92July 18Twins2–1SeguiPerranoski—14,13439–53W1
93July 18Twins3–2TalbotBoswellO'Donoghue14,13440–53W2
94July 19–20Twins7–11 (18)PerryGelnar—12,06940–54L1
95July 20Twins0–4PerryGelnar—8,28740–55L2
—July 2340th Major League All-Star Game
96July 24Red Sox8–6BrabenderJarvisO'Donoghue8,39541–55W1
97July 25Red Sox6–7LandisGelnarStange8,47041–56L1
98July 26Red Sox8–5BoutonKlineLocker13,63242–56W1
99July 27Red Sox3–5 (20)LonborgLocker—9,67042–57L1
100July 29Senators2–4ColemanBrabender—14,27042–58L2
101July 30Senators4–3SeguiCoxGelnar5,72143–58W1
102July 31Senators6–7ShellenbackTalbotKnowles9,69943–59L1 :
August: 6–22 (Home: 0–13; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
103August 1Yankees2–4JohnsonPattin—7,59643–60L2
104August 2Yankees4–5DowningBrunetAker10,75543–61L3
105August 3Yankees3–5BahnsenBarberMcDaniel23,65743–62L4
106August 5@ Red Sox9–2BrabenderCulp—25,97744–62W1
107August 6@ Red Sox6–5 (10)LockerRomo—22,18645–62W2
108August 7@ Red Sox4–5StangeLocker—30,70645–63L1
109August 8@ Senators3–10ColemanBrunetBaldwin10,73745–64L2
110August 9@ Senators8–6LockerBaldwin—8,48246–64W1
111August 10@ Senators5–7KnowlesGelnarColeman8,44246–65L1
112August 11@ Indians8–2SeguiTiant—4,65847–65W1
113August 12@ Indians5–6PaulTalbotWilliams8,19047–66L1
114August 13@ Indians5–3BrunetHargan—5,49448–66W1
115August 15Orioles1–2CuellarBrabender—9,92248–67L1
116August 16Orioles3–15McNallySeguiHardin11,55048–68L2
117August 17Orioles1–4PhoebusTalbotWatt10,22748–69L3
118August 18Orioles3–12PalmerBrunet—19,77048–70L4
119August 19Tigers3–5KilkennyBarberDobson5,90948–71L5
120August 20Tigers3–4LolichBrabender—5,57748–72L6
121August 21Tigers6–7HillerBouton—6,48348–73L7
122August 22Indians8–9HarganTalbotWilliams6,72048–74L8
123August 23Indians3–7McDowellPattin—5,46948–75L9
124August 24Indians5–6WilliamsTalbotLaw5,90048–76L10
125August 26@ Orioles2–1BrabenderPhoebus—11,40049–76W1
126August 27@ Orioles2–7CuellarBrunet—8,96049–77L1
127August 28@ Orioles3–4 (11)WattWomack—8,11849–78L2
128August 29@ Tigers1–6LolichBarber—16,68549–79L3
129August 30@ Tigers3–4McLainO'Donoghue—17,55049–80L4
130August 31@ Tigers2–7WilsonBrabender—16,48549–81L5 :
September: 14–16 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
131September 1@ Yankees1–6StottlemyreBrunet—15,38749–82L6
132September 1@ Yankees5–1 (13)WomackHamilton—15,38750–82W1
133September 2@ Yankees4–5 (15)BahnsenBrabender—7,07150–83L1
134September 4Royals3–5DragoGelnar—3,95850–84L2
135September 5Royals5–4BrabenderDrabowskyLocker6,90351–84W1
136September 6Royals2–6BunkerMeyer—4,74451–85L1
137September 7Royals7–6 (10)SeguiDrabowsky—4,65352–85W1
138September 8White Sox2–1BarberJohnsonGelnar10,83153–85W2
139September 8White Sox5–1FuentesPeters—10,83154–85W3
140September 10@ Athletics9–4BrabenderDobsonSegui1,94555–85W4
141September 11@ Athletics3–6NashMeyerTalbot1,72155–86L1
142September 12Angels4–1BrunetMay—5,08556–86W1
—September 12Angels1–1 (10)———5,08556–86—
143September 13Angels6–4SeguiMurphy—11,18457–86W2
144September 13Angels2–4FisherFuentesTatum11,18457–87L1
145September 14Angels2–4MessersmithBarber—4,21657–88L2
146September 15@ Royals3–2BrabenderCramSegui7,23858–88W1
147September 16@ Royals1–2BunkerMeyer—7,28258–89L1
148September 17@ White Sox4–6NymanPattinWood3,64358–90L2
149September 17@ White Sox1–2WynneLockwood—3,64358–91L3
150September 19@ Twins1–2BoswellBarber—23,70058–92L4
151September 20@ Twins2–3PerrySegui—12,79758–93L5
152September 21@ Twins4–3O'DonoghueKaat—15,44359–93W1
153September 22@ Angels5–4WomackMessersmithSegui5,15860–93W2
154September 23@ Angels4–5TatumFuentes—5,40060–94L1
155September 24@ Angels1–3MayBrabender—5,72860–95L2
156September 25Twins5–1BarberKaatO'Donoghue3,64261–95W1
157September 26Twins4–3 (14)GelnarHall—6,58662–95W2
—September 27TwinsPostponed (Rescheduled September 28)
158September 28Twins2–5BoswellFuentesPerranoski8,09662–96L1
159September 28Twins4–1BaneyMillerSegui8,09663–96W1
160September 30Athletics4–8DobsonBrabenderKrausse2,93763–97L1 :
October: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
161October 1Athletics4–3SeguiLindblad—3,61264–97W1
162October 2Athletics1–3RolandBarber—5,47364–98L1 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement/Tie Bold = Pilots team member :

## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### 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 |
| C | Jerry McNertney | 128 | 410 | 99 | .241 | 8 | 55 |
| 1B | Don Mincher | 140 | 427 | 105 | .246 | 25 | 78 |
| 2B | John Donaldson | 95 | 338 | 79 | .234 | 1 | 19 |
| 3B | Tommy Harper | 148 | 537 | 126 | .235 | 9 | 41 |
| SS | Ray Oyler | 106 | 255 | 42 | .165 | 7 | 22 |
| LF | Tommy Davis | 123 | 454 | 123 | .271 | 6 | 80 |
| CF | Wayne Comer | 147 | 481 | 118 | .245 | 15 | 54 |
| RF | Mike Hegan | 95 | 267 | 78 | .292 | 8 | 37 |

#### 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 |
| Steve Hovley | 91 | 329 | 91 | .277 | 3 | 20 |
| Gus Gil | 92 | 221 | 49 | .222 | 0 | 17 |
| Rich Rollins | 58 | 187 | 42 | .225 | 4 | 21 |
| Ron Clark | 57 | 163 | 32 | .196 | 0 | 12 |
| Greg Goossen | 52 | 139 | 43 | .309 | 10 | 24 |
| John Kennedy | 61 | 128 | 30 | .234 | 4 | 14 |
| Steve Whitaker | 69 | 116 | 29 | .250 | 6 | 13 |
| Jim Pagliaroni | 40 | 110 | 29 | .264 | 5 | 14 |
| Danny Walton | 23 | 92 | 20 | .217 | 3 | 10 |
| Merritt Ranew | 54 | 81 | 20 | .247 | 0 | 4 |
| Larry Haney | 22 | 59 | 15 | .254 | 2 | 7 |
| Jim Gosger | 39 | 55 | 6 | .109 | 1 | 7 |
| Dick Simpson | 26 | 51 | 9 | .176 | 2 | 5 |
| Fred Stanley | 17 | 43 | 12 | .279 | 0 | 4 |
| Gordy Lund | 20 | 38 | 10 | .263 | 0 | 1 |
| Sandy Valdespino | 20 | 38 | 8 | .211 | 0 | 0 |
| José Vidal | 18 | 26 | 5 | .192 | 1 | 2 |
| Freddie Velázquez | 6 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy Williams | 4 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Ferraro | 5 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Gene Brabender | 40 | 202.1 | 13 | 14 | 4.36 | 139 |
| Marty Pattin | 34 | 158.2 | 7 | 12 | 5.62 | 126 |
| Mike Marshall | 20 | 87.2 | 3 | 10 | 5.13 | 47 |
| George Brunet | 12 | 63.2 | 2 | 5 | 5.37 | 37 |
| Gary Bell | 13 | 61.1 | 2 | 6 | 4.70 | 30 |
| Bob Meyer | 6 | 32.2 | 0 | 3 | 3.31 | 17 |
| Gary Timberlake | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 4 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Fred Talbot | 25 | 114.2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4.16 | 67 |
| John Gelnar | 39 | 108.2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3.31 | 69 |
| Steve Barber | 25 | 86.1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4.80 | 69 |
| Miguel Fuentes | 8 | 26.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5.19 | 14 |
| Garry Roggenburk | 7 | 24.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.44 | 11 |
| Skip Lockwood | 6 | 23.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.52 | 10 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Diego Seguí | 66 | 142.1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 3.35 | 113 |
| Jim Bouton | 57 | 92.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.91 | 68 |
| John O'Donoghue | 55 | 70.0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2.96 | 48 |
| Bob Locker | 51 | 78.1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2.18 | 46 |
| Jack Aker | 15 | 16.2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7.56 | 7 |
| Dick Baney | 9 | 18.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 9 |
| Dooley Womack | 9 | 14.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.51 | 8 |
| Bucky Brandon | 8 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.40 | 10 |
| John Morris | 6 | 12.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.39 | 8 |
| Bill Edgerton | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 |
| Jerry Stephenson | 2 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.12 | 1 |
| Dick Bates | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.99 | 3 |

## Farm system

The Pilots' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1969. The Triple-A Vancouver Mounties were shared with the Montreal Expos.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | Vancouver Mounties | Pacific Coast League | Bob Lemon |
| Class A | Clinton Pilots | Midwest League | Sibby Sisti, Karl Kuehl, and Tommy Giordano |
| Class A Short Season | Newark Co-Pilots | New York–Penn League | Earl Torgeson |
| Rookie | Billings Mustangs | Pioneer League | Bob Mavis and Roland LeBlanc |

## Awards and honors

1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Don Mincher
* Mike Hegan (reserve, did not play)