1969 Atlanta Braves season

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1969 Atlanta Braves National League West Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1876) Western Division (Since 1969)
Location
Atlanta Stadium (Since 1966) Atlanta, Georgia (Since 1966)
1969 Information
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.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 National League Championship Series
- 3.1 New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves
4 Player stats
- 4.1 Batting
  - 4.1.1 Other batters
- 4.2 Starting pitchers
  - 4.2.1 Other pitchers
    - 4.2.1.1 Relief pitchers
5 Award Winners
6 References

[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

[edit] Season standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
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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Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] National League Championship Series

[edit] New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (NYM-ATL)	Attendance
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 and advance to the World Series

[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.
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.
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

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[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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1969 MLB season by team

AL East: Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Washington
AL West: California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle

NL East: Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis
NL West: Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco

1969 All-Star Game • 1969 World Series

Preceded by First Season	NL West Championship Season 1969	Succeeded by Cincinnati Reds 1970

v • d • e Atlanta Braves franchise
AAA	AA	A	Rookie
Richmond Braves	Mississippi Braves	Myrtle Beach Pelicans Rome Braves	Gulf Coast Braves Danville Braves

v • d • e Atlanta Braves

Formerly the Boston Braves and the Milwaukee Braves • Based in Atlanta, Georgia

The Franchise	Records • Seasons • Managers • Broadcasters

Ballparks	South End Grounds • Congress Street Grounds • South End Grounds • Fenway Park • Braves Field • Milwaukee County Stadium • Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium • Turner Field

Culture	Chief Noc-A-Homa • Homer • Rally • Tomahawk Buzzcut • Tomahawk Chop

Rivalries	Braves-Mets rivalry

Important Figures	Hank Aaron • Bobby Cox • Tom Glavine • Greg Maddux • Eddie Mathews • Leo Mazzone • Dale Murphy • Phil Niekro • Johnny Sain • John Smoltz • Warren Spahn • Chipper Jones •Andruw Jones • Jeff Francoeur • Brian McCann • Ted Turner

Retired Numbers	3 • 21 • 35 • 41 • 42 • 44

Key Personnel	Owner: John C. Malone (Liberty Media) • General Manager: Frank Wren • Club President: John Schuerholz • Manager: Bobby Cox

World Series Championships (3)	1914 • 1957 • 1995

National League Championships (17)	1877 • 1878 • 1883 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1897 • 1898 • 1914 • 1948 • 1957 • 1958 • 1991 • 1992 • 1995 • 1996 • 1999

National Association Championships (4)	1872 • 1873 • 1874 • 1875

Seasons (138)	1871 • 1872 • 1873 • 1874 • 1875 • 1876 • 1877 • 1878 • 1879 • 1880 • 1881 • 1882 • 1883 • 1884 • 1885 • 1886 • 1887 • 1888 • 1889 • 1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899 • 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 • 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008

Minor League Affiliates	Richmond Braves (AAA-IL) • Mississippi Braves (AA-SL) • Myrtle Beach Pelicans (A-CarL) • Rome Braves (A-SAL) • Gulf Coast Braves (Rookies-GCL) • Danville Braves (Rookie-AppL)

Other Assets	SportSouth • TBS

v • d • e Sports teams based in Georgia

Baseball	MLB: Atlanta Braves, SAL: Augusta GreenJackets • Columbus Catfish • Rome Braves • Savannah Sand Gnats, SCL: South Georgia Peanuts • Macon Music

Basketball	NBA: Atlanta Hawks, PBL: Augusta Groove, ABA: Atlanta Vision • Georgia Gwizzlies, WBA: Atlanta Hardhats • Marietta Storm • Gwinnett Ravia-Rebels • Rome Gladiators, WNBA: Atlanta Dream

Football	NFL: Atlanta Falcons, AFL: Georgia Force, af2: South Georgia Wildcats, AIFA: Augusta Colts • Columbus Lions, IWFL: Atlanta Xplosion

Hockey	NHL: Atlanta Thrashers, ECHL: Augusta Lynx • Gwinnett Gladiators, SPHL: Columbus Cottonmouths

Soccer	USL-1: Atlanta Silverbacks, PDL: Atlanta Silverbacks U23's

Roller Derby	WFTDA: Denim Demons, Sake Tuyas, Toxic Shocks, Apocalypstix

College athletics (NCAA Division I)	Georgia • Georgia Southern • Georgia State • Georgia Tech • Kennesaw State • Mercer • Savannah State

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