1969 Chicago Cubs season

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1969 Chicago Cubs
Finished 2nd in NL East
Major league affiliations
Location
1969 Information
Owner(s) Philip K. Wrigley
General Manager(s) John Holland
Manager(s) Leo Durocher
Local television WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit)
Local radio WGN
(Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
Stats ESPN.com

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The Chicago Cubs' 1969 season involved the Cubs finishing in second place in the National League East with a record of 92-70, eight games behind the eventual NL and World Series champion New York Mets. The Cubs were managed by Leo Durocher and played their home games at Wrigley Field.

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[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB
New York Mets 100 62 .617 --
Chicago Cubs 92 70 .568 8
Pittsburgh Pirates 88 74 .543 12
St. Louis Cardinals 87 75 .537 13
Philadelphia Phillies 63 99 .389 37
Montreal Expos 52 110 .321 48

[edit] Roster

1969 Chicago Cubs roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] Fall of '69

In 1969, the Cubs had a substantial lead in the newly created National League East in August, led by All Star Ron Santo and Hall Of Famers Ernie Banks, Ferguson Jenkins, and Billy Williams. Ken Holtzman pitched a no-hitter on August 19. At mid-month they led by 8½ games over the Cardinals and 9½ games over the New York Mets, but they wilted under pressure, lost key games against the Mets (who had lost a record 120 games 7 years earlier), and finished up 8 games out of first at 92-70. Many superstitious fans attribute this collapse to an incident at Shea Stadium when a fan released a black cat onto the field, thereby cursing the club. Others have stated the sheer number of day games that the Cubs had to play contributed to the disaster. (Lights for night games were not installed in Wrigley Field until 1988.) Chicago's summers are quite humid (85-90 degrees Fahrenheit on average), and playing in this heat day after day might have taken its toll (although the average temperature that summer was 71.8 degrees, which was relatively low [1]). From August 14 through the end of the season, the Mets had an amazing 39-11 record[2], while the Cubs slumped in September, going only 8-17.[3]

[edit] Game log

1969 Chicago Cubs Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 8 Phillies 7 - 6 11 Regan (1-0) Lersch (0-1) 40,796 1-0
2 April 9 Phillies 11 - 3 Hands (1-0) Wise (0-1) 6,297 2-0
3 April 10 Phillies 6 - 2 Holtzman (1-0) Fryman (0-1) 5,422 3-0
4 April 11 Expos 1 - 0 12 Abernathy (1-0) Sembera (0-1) 7,281 4-0
5 April 12 Expos 7 - 3 Grant (1-0) Jenkins (0-1) Sembera (2) 28,599 4-1
6 April 13 Expos 7 - 6 Regan (2-0) Stoneman (0-2) 27,664 5-1
7 April 14 Pirates 4 - 0 Holtzman (2-0) Veale (1-1) 3,114 6-1
8 April 15 Pirates 7 - 4 Aguirre (1-0) Ellis (1-1) Abernathy (1) 4,362 7-1
9 April 16 @ Cardinals 1 - 0 Jenkins (1-1) Carlton (1-1) 16,418 8-1
10 April 17 @ Cardinals 3 - 0 Hands (2-0) Giusti (1-1) Regan (1) 11,350 9-1
11 April 19 @ Expos 6 - 5 11 Regan (3-0) Shaw (1-2) 16,005 10-1
12 April 20 @ Expos 6 - 3 Jenkins (2-1) Morton (0-1) 0 11-1
13 April 20 @ Expos 4 - 2 Wegener (1-0) J. Niekro (0-1) McGinn (1) 28,025 11-2
14 April 22 @ Pirates 7 - 5 Hartenstein (1-0) Hands (2-1) 0 11-3
15 April 22 @ Pirates 6 - 5 Dal Canton (2-0) Nye (0-1) Kline (2) 7,906 11-4
16 April 24 Cardinals 3 - 2 Giusti (2-1) Holtzman (2-1) 11,656 11-5
17 April 25 @ Mets 3 - 1 Jenkins (3-1) Seaver (1-2) 18,548 12-5
18 April 26 @ Mets 9 - 3 Hands (3-1) Cardwell (0-3) 16,252 13-5
19 April 27 @ Mets 8 - 6 Regan (4-0) Koonce (0-2) 0 14-5
20 April 27 @ Mets 3 - 0 McGraw (2-0) Nye (0-2) 37,437 14-6
21 April 28 @ Phillies 2 - 1 10 Abernathy (2-0) Wise (2-2) 4,438 15-6
22 April 29 @ Phillies 10 - 0 Jenkins (4-1) Jackson (2-2) 3,811 16-6
23 April 30 @ Phillies 3 - 1 Fryman (3-1) Hands (3-2) 2,930 16-7
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
24 May 2 Mets 6 - 4 Holtzman (3-1) Gentry (2-1) Regan (2) 14,702 17-7
25 May 3 Mets 3 - 2 Regan (5-0) Koonce (0-3) Abernathy (2) 23,228 18-7
26 May 4 Mets 3 - 2 Seaver (3-2) Hands (3-3) 0 18-8
27 May 4 Mets 3 - 2 McGraw (3-0) Selma (2-3) 40,484 18-9
28 May 6 Dodgers 7 - 1 Holtzman (4-1) Sutton (3-3) 7,253 19-9
29 May 7 Dodgers 4 - 2 12 Brewer (1-1) Jenkins (4-2) McBean (2) 9,747 19-10
30 May 9 Giants 11 - 1 Bolin (2-2) Hands (3-4) Gibbon (2) 5,189 19-11
31 May 11 Giants 8 - 0 Holtzman (5-1) Sadecki (2-4) 18,572 20-11
32 May 12 Padres 2 - 0 Jenkins (5-2) Ross (1-2) 3,887 21-11
33 May 13 Padres 19 - 0 Selma (3-3) Kelley (2-3) 5,080 22-11
34 May 14 Padres 3 - 2 Nottebart (1-0) Podres (3-3) 9,622 23-11
35 May 16 @ Astros 11 - 0 Holtzman (6-1) Dierker (5-4) 17,053 24-11
36 May 17 @ Astros 5 - 4 Wilson (3-4) Nottebart (1-1) Gladding (5) 18,307 24-12
37 May 18 @ Astros 6 - 5 Ray (1-0) Regan (5-1) Gladding (6) 13,126 24-13
38 May 20 @ Dodgers 7 - 0 Holtzman (7-1) Sutton (4-4) 21,266 25-13
39 May 21 @ Dodgers 3 - 1 Osteen (6-2) Hands (3-5) 16,688 25-14
40 May 22 @ Dodgers 3 - 0 Jenkins (6-2) Singer (5-4) 17,974 26-14
41 May 23 @ Padres 6 - 0 Selma (4-3) Ross (1-4) 7,936 27-14
42 May 24 @ Padres 7 - 5 Abernathy (3-0) Kelley (2-4) Regan (3) 4,432 28-14
43 May 25 @ Padres 10 - 2 Podres (4-3) Nye (0-3) 0 28-15
44 May 25 @ Padres 1 - 0 Abernathy (4-0) J. Niekro (1-3) 13,115 29-15
45 May 27 @ Giants 5 - 4 Linzy (2-1) Regan (5-2) Herbel (1) 6,608 29-16
46 May 28 @ Giants 9 - 8 Holtzman (8-1) Robertson (1-1) Regan (4) 4,447 30-16
47 May 30 Braves 2 - 0 Hands (4-5) Reed (5-3) 36,075 31-16
48 May 31 Braves 3 - 2 Jenkins (7-2) P. Niekro (7-4) 29,778 32-16
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
49 June 1 Braves 13 - 4 Selma (5-3) Jarvis (5-3) 24,349 33-16
50 June 3 Astros 4 - 2 Hands (5-5) Lemaster (3-7) 8,320 34-16
51 June 4 Astros 5 - 4 Jenkins (8-2) Griffin (2-3) 13,360 35-16
52 June 6 Reds 14 - 8 Holtzman (9-1) Cloninger (3-7) Regan (5) 22,185 36-16
53 June 7 Reds 5 - 5 25,514 36-16
54 June 9 Reds 4 - 1 Culver (4-4) Jenkins (8-3) Granger (6) 14,879 36-17
55 June 10 @ Braves 3 - 1 Holtzman (10-1) Reed (5-5) Regan (6) 27,007 37-17
56 June 11 @ Braves 5 - 1 P. Niekro (10-4) Hands (5-6) 28,707 37-18
57 June 12 @ Braves 12 - 6 Selma (6-3) Hill (0-1) Abernathy (3) 27,671 38-18
58 June 13 @ Reds 14 - 8 10 Regan (6-2) Pena (1-1) Nye (1) 17,134 39-18
59 June 14 @ Reds 9 - 8 10 Regan (7-2) Granger (1-2) Jenkins (1) 16,008 40-18
60 June 15 @ Reds 7 - 6 Carroll (8-3) Regan (7-3) 0 40-19
61 June 15 @ Reds 5 - 4 * Nye (1-3) Arrigo (0-1) Johnson (2) 26,511 1 41-19
62 June 16 @ Pirates 9 - 8 Dal Canton (4-0) Regan (7-4) Blass (1) 8,810 41-20
63 June 17 @ Pirates 1 - 0 Veale (4-7) Jenkins (8-4) Dal Canton (3) 0 41-21
64 June 17 @ Pirates 4 - 3 Blass (7-3) Abernathy (4-1) 26,817 41-22
65 June 18 @ Pirates 3 - 2 10 Gibbon (2-3) Regan (7-5) 12,198 41-23
66 June 20 Expos 2 - 0 Hands (6-6) Robertson (1-4) 18,890 42-23
67 June 21 Expos 3 - 2 Reed (2-1) Jenkins (8-5) Shaw (1) 33,750 42-24
68 June 22 Expos 7 - 6 Selma (7-3) Shaw (1-5) 0 43-24
69 June 22 Expos 5 - 4 6 Face (4-1) Reynolds (0-1) McGinn (2) 22,079 43-25
70 June 23 Pirates 5 - 4 Regan (8-5) Dal Canton (5-1) 12,500 44-25
71 June 24 Pirates 3 - 2 Hands (7-6) Bunning (6-5) 17,530 45-25
72 June 25 Pirates 5 - 2 Jenkins (9-5) Veale (4-8) 26,434 46-25
73 June 26 Pirates 7 - 5 10 Regan (9-5) Dal Canton (5-2) 29,473 47-25
74 June 27 Cardinals 3 - 1 Carlton (8-5) Holtzman (10-2) 29,224 47-26
75 June 28 Cardinals 3 - 1 Hands (8-6) Giusti (3-7) 29,285 48-26
76 June 29 Cardinals 3 - 1 Jenkins (10-5) Gibson (10-5) 0 49-26
77 June 29 Cardinals 12 - 1 Selma (8-3) Grant (4-8) 41,060 50-26
78 June 30 @ Expos 5 - 2 Reed (3-1) Lemonds (0-1) McGinn (3) 12,508 50-27
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
79 July 1 @ Expos 11 - 4 Renko (1-1) Holtzman (10-3) Face (4) 19,858 50-28
80 July 2 @ Expos 4 - 2 Hands (9-6) Stoneman (4-11) 16,101 51-28
81 July 3 @ Expos 8 - 4 Selma (9-3) Wegener (3-6) Regan (7) 12,194 52-28
82 July 4 @ Cardinals 3 - 1 10 Jenkins (11-5) Gibson (10-6) 28,177 53-28
83 July 5 @ Cardinals 5 - 1 Briles (7-7) Holtzman (10-4) 35,767 53-29
84 July 6 @ Cardinals 4 - 2 Carlton (10-5) Hands (9-7) Hoerner (9) 0 53-30
85 July 6 @ Cardinals 6 - 3 Taylor (1-0) Nye (1-4) 48,294 53-31
86 July 8 @ Mets 4 - 3 Koosman (6-5) Jenkins (11-6) 37,278 53-32
87 July 9 @ Mets 4 - 0 Seaver (14-3) Holtzman (10-5) 50,709 53-33
88 July 10 @ Mets 6 - 2 Hands (10-7) Gentry (8-7) 36,012 54-33
89 July 11 Phillies 7 - 5 Boozer (1-0) Abernathy (4-2) Wilson (4) 24,509 54-34
90 July 12 Phillies 7 - 4 Jenkins (12-6) Wise (6-7) Regan (8) 26,732 55-34
91 July 13 Phillies 6 - 0 Holtzman (11-5) Fryman (8-6) 0 56-34
92 July 13 Phillies 6 - 4 Colborn (1-0) Palmer (1-4) Nye (2) 34,913 57-34
93 July 14 Mets 1 - 0 Hands (11-7) Seaver (14-4) Regan (9) 37,473 58-34
94 July 15 Mets 5 - 4 Gentry (9-7) Selma (9-4) Taylor (8) 38,608 58-35
95 July 16 Mets 9 - 5 Koonce (4-3) Jenkins (12-7) Taylor (9) 36,795 58-36
96 July 18 @ Phillies 9 - 5 Regan (10-5) Wilson (2-3) 16,751 59-36
97 July 19 @ Phillies 5 - 3 Wise (7-8) Hands (11-8) 4,801 59-37
98 July 20 @ Phillies 1 - 0 Jenkins (13-7) Jackson (9-10) 0 60-37
99 July 20 @ Phillies 6 - 1 Selma (10-4) Champion (3-5) 12,393 61-37
100 July 24 Dodgers 5 - 3 Holtzman (12-5) Sutton (12-10) Regan (10) 26,476 62-37
101 July 25 Dodgers 4 - 2 Osteen (13-8) Jenkins (13-8) Brewer (16) 20,844 62-38
102 July 26 Dodgers 3 - 2 11 Regan (11-5) Brewer (3-4) 29,172 63-38
103 July 27 Dodgers 6 - 2 Drysdale (5-3) Jenkins (13-9) Mikkelsen (1) 30,291 63-39
104 July 28 Giants 4 - 3 10 Nye (2-4) Marichal (13-6) 9,439 64-39
105 July 29 Giants 4 - 2 Linzy (9-6) Abernathy (4-3) 34,008 64-40
106 July 30 Giants 6 - 3 Perry (13-7) Nye (2-5) 31,642 64-41
107 July 31 Giants 12 - 2 Jenkins (14-9) Bolin (5-7) 24,168 65-41
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
108 August 1 Padres 5 - 2 Hands (12-8) Kirby (3-14) Regan (11) 16,921 66-41
109 August 2 Padres 4 - 1 Holtzman (13-5) Santorini (4-10) 26,984 67-41
110 August 3 Padres 4 - 3 Selma (11-4) J. Niekro (6-8) Regan (12) 32,566 68-41
111 August 4 @ Astros 9 - 3 Jenkins (15-9) Griffin (7-5) 31,722 69-41
112 August 5 @ Astros 5 - 2 Hands (13-8) Lemaster (8-11) Regan (13) 26,041 70-41
113 August 6 @ Astros 5 - 4 Nye (3-5) Billingham (4-6) Selma (1) 29,449 71-41
114 August 8 @ Dodgers 5 - 0 Singer (14-7) Jenkins (15-10) 35,173 71-42
115 August 9 @ Dodgers 4 - 0 Hands (14-8) Foster (3-7) 48,748 72-42
116 August 10 @ Dodgers 4 - 2 Sutton (14-11) Holtzman (13-6) Mikkelsen (2) 27,595 72-43
117 August 12 @ Padres 4 - 0 Jenkins (16-10) Santorini (4-12) 9,794 73-43
118 August 13 @ Padres 4 - 2 Hands (15-8) J. Niekro (6-10) 9,625 74-43
119 August 15 @ Giants 3 - 0 Marichal (14-8) Holtzman (13-7) 12,224 74-44
120 August 16 @ Giants 3 - 0 Jenkins (17-10) Perry (15-9) 16,236 75-44
121 August 17 @ Giants 5 - 3 Linzy (10-6) Hands (15-9) 0 75-45
122 August 17 @ Giants 3 - 1 Selma (12-4) Bryant (2-1) Regan (14) 25,586 76-45
123 August 19 Braves 3 - 0 Holtzman (14-7) P. Niekro (16-11) 37,514 77-45
124 August 20 Braves 6 - 2 Reed (12-8) Jenkins (17-11) 34,709 77-46
125 August 21 Braves 3 - 1 Britton (7-4) Hands (15-10) 29,866 77-47
126 August 22 Astros 8 - 2 Dierker (16-9) Selma (12-5) 19,897 77-48
127 August 23 Astros 11 - 5 Holtzman (15-7) Gladding (2-4) 27,665 78-48
128 August 24 Astros 10 - 9 Regan (12-5) Gladding (2-5) Aguirre (1) 0 79-48
129 August 24 Astros 3 - 2 Wilson (16-8) Johnson (0-2) 40,439 79-49
130 August 25 Reds 9 - 8 Nolan (4-5) Hands (15-11) Ramos (2) 30,479 79-50
131 August 26 Reds 8 - 7 Merritt (15-5) Selma (12-6) Granger (17) 31,473 79-51
132 August 27 Reds 6 - 3 Cloninger (9-14) Holtzman (15-8) Carroll (7) 31,867 79-52
133 August 28 Reds 3 - 1 Jenkins (18-11) Arrigo (2-6) 29,092 80-52
134 August 29 @ Braves 2 - 1 Hands (16-11) Jarvis (10-9) 36,413 81-52
135 August 30 @ Braves 5 - 4 Johnson (1-2) Reed (13-9) Regan (15) 26,630 82-52
136 August 31 @ Braves 8 - 4 Holtzman (16-8) P. Niekro (18-12) Regan (16) 33,142 83-52
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
137 September 2 @ Reds 8 - 2 Jenkins (19-11) Cloninger (9-15) 11,604 84-52
138 September 3 @ Reds 2 - 0 Maloney (8-4) Hands (16-12) 5,960 84-53
139 September 5 Pirates 9 - 2 Blass (14-8) Holtzman (16-9) 10,411 84-54
140 September 6 Pirates 13 - 4 Veale (11-11) Jenkins (19-12) 24,566 84-55
141 September 7 Pirates 7 - 5 11 Dal Canton (8-2) Johnson (1-3) 28,698 84-56
142 September 8 @ Mets 3 - 2 Koosman (13-9) Hands (16-13) 43,274 84-57
143 September 9 @ Mets 7 - 1 Seaver (21-7) Jenkins (19-13) 51,448 84-58
144 September 10 @ Phillies 6 - 2 Wise (13-11) Holtzman (16-10) 4,164 84-59
145 September 11 @ Phillies 4 - 3 James (1-0) Selma (12-7) Jackson (1) 4,255 84-60
146 September 12 @ Cardinals 5 - 1 Hands (17-13) Taylor (7-3) 31,717 85-60
147 September 13 @ Cardinals 7 - 4 Grant (8-11) Jenkins (19-14) Hoerner (15) 46,548 85-61
148 September 14 @ Cardinals 2 - 1 10 Gibson (18-11) Holtzman (16-11) 43,764 85-62
149 September 15 @ Expos 8 - 2 Wegener (5-12) Selma (12-8) 12,011 85-63
150 September 16 @ Expos 5 - 4 Hands (18-13) Robertson (5-14) Regan (17) 5,216 86-63
151 September 17 Phillies 9 - 7 Jenkins (20-14) Champion (5-10) Nye (3) 6,062 87-63
152 September 18 Phillies 5 - 3 Jackson (13-16) Regan (12-6) 5,796 87-64
153 September 19 Cardinals 2 - 1 10 Holtzman (17-11) Gibson (18-12) 0 88-64
154 September 19 Cardinals 7 - 2 Torrez (9-4) Selma (12-9) 15,376 88-65
155 September 20 Cardinals 4 - 1 Carlton (17-10) Hands (18-14) Grant (7) 28,194 88-66
156 September 21 Cardinals 4 - 3 Jenkins (21-14) Taylor (7-5) 28,287 89-66
157 September 23 Expos 7 - 3 Stoneman (11-18) Holtzman (17-12) 3,047 89-67
158 September 24 Expos 6 - 3 Hands (19-14) Renko (6-7) 2,217 90-67
159 September 26 @ Pirates 2 - 0 Ellis (11-17) Jenkins (21-15) 4,973 90-68
160 September 27 @ Pirates 4 - 1 Blass (16-10) Holtzman (17-13) Moose (4) 4,157 90-69
161 September 28 @ Pirates 3 - 1 Hands (20-14) Veale (13-14) 24,435 91-69
October
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
162 October 1 Mets 6 - 5 12 Taylor (9-4) Selma (12-10) Johnson (1) 10,136 91-70
163 October 2 Mets 5 - 3 Decker (1-0) Cardwell (8-10) 9,981 92-70

[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 Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[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] Awards and Honors

All-Star Game

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Chicago Summer Temperature Rankings", NOAA's National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office, September 7, 2006.
  2. ^ "1969 New York Mets Schedule", Baseball Almanac.
  3. ^ "1969 Chicago Cubs Schedule", Baseball Almanac.

[edit] External links

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AL East: Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Washington
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1969 All-Star Game • 1969 World Series