1969 American League Stats

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1969 American League Standings

1969 National League <<1968 American League 1970 American League>>

Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Baltimore Orioles109-53 (0.673)-779517110-52 (0.679)119-43 (0.735)1,062,06971.635.04.631.9
2Detroit Tigers90-72 (0.556)19.070160192-70 (0.570)85-77 (0.525)1,577,48137.217.5-3.423.1
3Boston Red Sox87-75 (0.537)22.074373682-80 (0.504)84-78 (0.519)1,833,24636.623.12.111.5
4Washington Senators86-76 (0.531)23.069464487-75 (0.534)90-72 (0.556)918,10642.123.15.313.7
5New York Yankees80-81 (0.497)28.556258778-84 (0.480)83-79 (0.512)1,067,99635.79.44.322.0
6Cleveland Indians62-99 (0.385)46.557371765-97 (0.399)57-105 (0.352)619,9709.44.5-3.48.3

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Minnesota Twins97-65 (0.599)-79061899-63 (0.610)110-52 (0.679)1,349,32862.229.65.327.2
2Oakland Athletics88-74 (0.543)9.074067887-75 (0.540)85-77 (0.525)778,23237.926.01.99.9
3California Angels71-91 (0.438)26.052865266-96 (0.405)70-92 (0.432)758,38822.21.95.914.5
4Kansas City Royals69-93 (0.426)28.058668869-93 (0.427)62-100 (0.383)902,41414.65.9-3.712.3
5Chicago White Sox68-94 (0.420)29.062572370-92 (0.434)70-92 (0.432)589,54622.812.45.05.3
6Seattle Pilots64-98 (0.395)33.063979965-97 (0.399)57-105 (0.352)677,9449.912.50.9-3.6

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Pos Age Batting WAR Shark WAR G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SB CS wRC OBP SLG
1 Reggie Jackson OAK RF 23 10.8 10.8 152 677 151 36 3 47 114 13 5 131.945 0.410 0.608
2 Harmon Killebrew MIN 3B 33 10.6 9.6 162 709 153 20 2 49 145 8 2 137.836 0.427 0.584
3 Frank Howard WS2 LF 32 10.0 8.4 161 702 175 17 2 48 102 1 0 129.079 0.402 0.574
4 Frank Robinson BAL RF 33 8.8 8.7 148 643 166 19 5 32 88 9 3 115.450 0.415 0.540
5 Rico Petrocelli BOS SS 26 8.2 9.6 154 643 159 32 2 40 98 3 5 119.463 0.403 0.589
6 Sal Bando OAK 3B 25 8.0 7.3 162 734 171 25 3 31 111 1 4 116.939 0.400 0.484
7 Boog Powell BAL 1B 27 7.6 6.7 152 615 162 25 0 37 72 1 1 105.205 0.383 0.559
8 Mike Epstein WS2 1B 26 6.7 5.4 131 500 112 18 1 30 85 2 5 90.989 0.414 0.551
9 Carl Yastrzemski BOS LF 29 6.1 6.7 162 707 154 28 2 40 101 15 7 106.640 0.362 0.507
10 Jim Northrup DET CF 29 5.5 6.0 148 602 160 31 5 25 52 4 2 89.259 0.358 0.508
11 Tony Oliva MIN RF 30 5.3 6.2 153 692 197 39 4 24 45 10 13 99.085 0.355 0.496
12 Paul Blair BAL CF 25 5.1 6.3 150 685 178 32 5 26 40 20 6 85.624 0.327 0.477
13 Don Buford BAL LF 32 5.0 4.9 144 663 161 31 3 11 96 19 18 91.744 0.397 0.417
14 Reggie Smith BOS CF 24 5.0 4.9 143 607 168 29 7 25 54 7 13 94.577 0.368 0.527
15 Rod Carew MIN 2B 23 4.6 5.0 123 504 152 30 4 8 37 19 8 73.550 0.386 0.467
16 Roy White NYA LF 25 4.5 5.3 130 543 130 30 5 7 81 18 10 74.233 0.392 0.426
17 Norm Cash DET 1B 35 4.5 3.6 142 556 135 15 4 22 63 2 1 78.000 0.368 0.464
18 Mike Andrews BOS 2B 25 4.5 4.8 121 554 136 26 2 15 71 1 1 79.540 0.390 0.455
19 Rick Monday OAK CF 23 4.3 4.0 122 481 108 17 4 12 72 12 3 65.978 0.388 0.424
20 Jim Fregosi CAL SS 27 4.1 3.7 161 685 151 22 6 12 93 9 2 78.258 0.361 0.381
21 Mike Fiore KCA 1B 24 4.1 5.3 107 427 93 14 1 12 84 4 4 65.166 0.420 0.428
22 Carlos May CHA LF 21 4.0 3.6 100 434 103 18 2 18 58 1 4 66.662 0.385 0.488
23 Rich Reese MIN 1B 27 3.9 2.9 132 451 135 24 4 16 23 1 5 68.138 0.362 0.513
24 Ken McMullen WS2 3B 27 3.8 6.2 158 642 153 25 2 19 70 4 5 77.921 0.349 0.425
25 Don Mincher SE1 1B 31 3.7 5.2 140 513 105 14 0 25 78 10 11 71.094 0.366 0.454
26 Cesar Tovar MIN CF 28 3.7 4.2 158 591 154 25 5 11 37 45 12 67.718 0.343 0.415
27 Bobby Murcer NYA RF 23 3.7 3.7 152 625 146 24 4 26 50 7 5 73.531 0.319 0.454
28 Mike Hegan SE1 RF 26 3.6 3.8 95 333 78 9 6 8 62 6 5 53.841 0.427 0.461
29 Dick Green OAK 2B 28 3.5 4.5 136 553 133 25 6 12 53 2 3 67.681 0.353 0.426
30 Willie Horton DET LF 26 3.5 4.1 141 568 133 17 1 28 52 3 3 71.840 0.332 0.465
31 Tony Horton CLE 1B 24 3.5 -0.7 159 669 174 25 4 27 37 3 3 80.238 0.319 0.461
32 Ken Harrelson 2 teams 1B 27 3.2 3.8 159 672 125 14 4 30 99 17 9 78.491 0.336 0.419
33 Al Kaline DET RF 34 3.2 2.8 131 518 124 17 0 21 54 1 2 65.440 0.346 0.447
34 Luis Aparicio CHA SS 35 3.0 6.9 156 681 168 24 5 5 66 24 4 70.439 0.352 0.362
35 Wayne Comer SE1 CF 25 3.0 3.2 147 572 118 18 1 15 82 18 7 64.391 0.354 0.381
36 Bill Melton CHA 3B 23 2.9 4.0 157 628 142 26 2 23 56 1 2 71.720 0.326 0.433
37 Horace Clarke NYA 2B 30 2.9 3.5 156 699 183 26 7 4 53 33 13 69.855 0.339 0.367
38 Joe Foy KCA 3B 26 2.9 2.1 145 609 136 19 2 11 74 37 15 66.061 0.354 0.370
39 Tommy Harper SE1 2B 28 2.8 2.4 148 640 126 10 2 9 95 73 18 59.355 0.349 0.311
40 Duke Sims CLE C 28 2.8 3.8 114 399 77 8 0 18 66 1 2 54.026 0.374 0.426
41 Leo Cardenas MIN SS 30 2.8 6.4 160 665 162 24 4 10 66 5 6 73.637 0.353 0.388
42 Pat Kelly KCA RF 24 2.8 3.2 112 473 110 20 4 8 49 40 13 52.917 0.348 0.389
43 Davey Johnson BAL 2B 26 2.7 2.8 142 580 143 34 1 7 57 3 4 64.966 0.351 0.391
44 Del Unser WS2 CF 24 2.7 3.0 153 649 166 19 8 7 58 8 10 69.946 0.349 0.382
45 Bill Freehan DET C 27 2.6 2.2 143 555 128 16 3 16 53 1 2 63.173 0.342 0.405
46 Frank Fernandez NYA C 26 2.5 2.3 89 298 51 6 1 12 65 1 3 42.562 0.399 0.415
47 Dick McAuliffe DET 2B 29 2.3 2.4 74 321 71 10 5 11 47 2 5 44.366 0.369 0.458
48 Ed Kirkpatrick KCA RF 24 2.2 2.9 120 366 81 11 4 14 43 3 5 46.877 0.348 0.451
49 Greg Goossen SE1 1B 23 2.2 2.4 52 157 43 8 1 10 14 1 1 28.877 0.385 0.597
50 Mark Belanger BAL SS 25 2.1 2.6 150 594 152 17 4 2 53 14 6 58.588 0.351 0.345

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Age Pitching WAR Shark WAR G GS IP W L CG SV R BB SO Pitch Runs Saved ERA WHIP SOper9
1 Denny McLain DET 25 9.4 8.2 42 41 325.00 24 9 23 0 105 67 181 76.31 2.80 1.09 5.01
2 Mike Cuellar BAL 32 8.5 7.0 39 39 290.67 23 11 18 0 94 79 182 73.34 2.38 1.00 5.64
3 Fritz Peterson NYA 27 7.7 6.9 37 37 272.00 17 16 16 0 95 43 150 60.51 2.55 1.00 4.96
4 Andy Messersmith CAL 23 7.7 7.2 40 33 250.00 16 11 10 2 81 100 211 57.14 2.52 1.08 7.60
5 Jim Perry MIN 33 7.4 6.6 46 36 261.67 20 6 12 0 87 66 153 57.54 2.82 1.18 5.26
6 Mel Stottlemyre NYA 27 7.3 6.8 39 39 303.00 20 14 24 0 105 97 113 57.12 2.82 1.20 3.36
7 Sam McDowell CLE 26 7.1 6.1 39 38 285.00 18 14 18 1 111 102 279 57.76 2.94 1.14 8.81
8 Dick Bosman WS2 25 6.7 5.8 31 26 193.00 14 5 5 1 59 39 99 49.34 2.19 1.01 4.62
9 Jim Palmer BAL 23 6.1 5.7 26 23 181.00 16 4 11 0 48 64 123 52.23 2.34 1.08 6.12
10 Mickey Lolich DET 28 5.9 4.6 37 36 280.67 19 11 15 1 111 122 271 47.93 3.14 1.20 8.69
11 Dave Boswell MIN 24 5.1 4.4 39 38 256.33 20 12 10 0 105 99 190 39.37 3.23 1.23 6.67
12 Ron Perranoski MIN 33 4.6 4.3 75 0 119.67 9 10 0 31 32 52 62 36.10 2.11 1.14 4.66
13 Ken Tatum CAL 25 4.6 4.9 45 0 86.33 7 2 0 22 13 39 65 34.38 1.36 1.04 6.78
14 Dave McNally BAL 26 4.5 3.3 41 40 268.67 20 7 11 0 103 84 166 38.91 3.22 1.18 5.56
15 Tommy John CHA 26 4.5 3.4 33 33 232.33 9 11 6 0 91 90 128 33.05 3.25 1.38 4.96
16 Blue Moon Odom OAK 24 4.3 5.0 32 32 231.33 15 6 10 0 87 112 150 34.39 2.92 1.26 5.84
17 Wally Bunker KCA 24 4.0 3.4 35 31 222.67 12 11 10 2 89 62 130 32.86 3.23 1.17 5.25
18 Joe Coleman WS2 22 4.0 2.8 40 36 247.67 12 13 12 1 102 100 182 29.82 3.27 1.30 6.61
19 Catfish Hunter OAK 23 3.7 3.2 38 35 247.00 12 15 10 0 99 85 150 29.09 3.35 1.19 5.47
20 Casey Cox WS2 27 3.3 2.7 52 13 171.67 12 7 4 0 62 64 73 24.64 2.78 1.31 3.83
21 Ray Culp BOS 27 3.3 2.5 32 32 227.00 17 8 9 0 103 79 172 26.52 3.81 1.21 6.82
22 Earl Wilson DET 34 3.3 2.4 35 35 214.67 12 10 5 0 93 69 150 26.52 3.31 1.29 6.29
23 Mike Nagy BOS 21 3.2 2.2 33 28 196.67 12 2 7 0 84 106 84 25.95 3.11 1.47 3.84
24 Jim Kaat MIN 30 3.1 3.0 40 32 242.33 14 13 10 1 114 75 139 24.33 3.49 1.35 5.16
25 Sparky Lyle BOS 24 3.1 2.8 71 0 102.67 8 3 0 17 33 48 93 24.89 2.54 1.35 8.15
26 Roger Nelson KCA 25 3.0 2.3 29 29 193.33 7 13 8 0 78 65 82 24.53 3.31 1.22 3.82
27 Jim McGlothlin CAL 25 2.9 2.2 37 35 201.00 8 16 4 0 86 58 96 21.45 3.18 1.22 4.30
28 Joe Horlen CHA 31 2.9 2.1 36 35 235.67 13 16 7 0 105 77 121 21.30 3.78 1.33 4.62
29 Darold Knowles WS2 27 2.8 2.6 53 0 84.33 9 2 0 13 25 31 59 20.63 2.24 1.23 6.30
30 Vicente Romo 2 teams 26 2.7 2.3 55 11 135.33 8 10 4 11 54 53 96 21.78 3.13 1.30 6.38
31 Eddie Watt BAL 28 2.6 2.5 56 0 71.00 5 2 0 16 18 26 46 22.40 1.65 1.06 5.83
32 Wilbur Wood CHA 27 2.6 2.2 76 0 119.67 10 11 0 15 48 40 73 19.06 3.01 1.28 5.49
33 Bob Miller MIN 30 2.4 1.6 48 11 119.33 5 5 1 3 42 32 57 18.95 3.02 1.26 4.30
34 Moe Drabowsky KCA 33 2.4 2.4 52 0 98.00 11 9 0 11 33 30 76 19.68 2.94 1.00 6.98
35 Dick Hall BAL 38 2.3 2.4 39 0 65.67 5 2 0 6 14 9 31 19.50 1.92 0.88 4.25
36 Jim Roland OAK 26 2.2 1.9 39 3 86.33 5 1 2 1 24 46 48 17.83 2.19 1.22 5.00
37 Tom Hall MIN 21 2.2 2.0 31 18 140.67 8 7 5 0 63 50 92 17.38 3.33 1.27 5.89
38 Rudy May CAL 24 2.2 1.4 43 25 180.33 10 13 4 2 81 66 133 16.24 3.44 1.15 6.64
39 Dave Leonhard BAL 28 2.1 1.9 37 3 94.00 7 4 1 1 28 38 37 18.29 2.49 1.23 3.54
40 Hoyt Wilhelm CAL 46 2.0 1.8 44 0 65.67 5 7 0 10 21 18 53 15.16 2.47 0.96 7.26
41 Pete Richert BAL 29 1.9 1.8 44 0 57.33 7 4 0 12 17 14 54 16.37 2.20 0.98 8.48
42 Tom Phoebus BAL 27 1.9 1.4 35 33 202.00 14 7 6 0 89 87 117 16.18 3.52 1.32 5.21
43 Luis Tiant CLE 28 1.9 1.8 38 37 249.67 9 20 9 0 123 129 156 15.30 3.71 1.43 5.62
44 Dick Drago KCA 24 1.7 0.8 41 26 200.67 11 13 10 1 95 65 108 13.91 3.77 1.27 4.84
45 Diego Segui SE1 31 1.7 1.4 66 8 142.33 12 6 2 12 62 61 113 14.98 3.35 1.32 7.15
46 Mike Kilkenny DET 24 1.6 0.9 39 15 128.33 8 6 6 2 54 63 97 13.21 3.37 1.26 6.80
47 Mike Hedlund KCA 22 1.6 1.2 34 16 125.00 3 6 1 2 53 40 74 13.21 3.24 1.30 5.33
48 Al Downing NYA 28 1.6 1.1 30 15 130.67 7 5 5 0 57 49 85 12.50 3.38 1.27 5.85
49 Mike Paul CLE 24 1.6 0.9 47 12 117.33 5 10 0 2 48 54 98 12.92 3.61 1.35 7.52
50 Dean Chance MIN 28 1.5 1.1 20 15 88.33 5 4 1 0 39 35 50 11.63 2.95 1.26 5.09

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Joe Azcue 3 teams 29 2.3 105.0 843.0 573.0 70.0 7.0 15.0 20.535
2 Jim French WS2 27 2.0 63.0 489.0 316.0 44.0 4.0 8.0 17.755
3 Jerry McNertney SE1 32 1.4 122.0 973.7 697.0 67.0 9.0 13.0 11.654
4 George Mitterwald MIN 24 1.3 63.0 471.7 340.0 33.0 5.0 6.0 11.641
5 Duke Sims CLE 28 1.0 102.0 813.3 634.0 51.0 6.0 8.0 8.146
6 Tom Egan CAL 23 0.7 46.0 347.0 240.0 28.0 4.0 4.0 6.432
7 Don Pavletich CHA 30 0.7 51.0 304.7 195.0 26.0 6.0 3.0 6.285
8 John Roseboro MIN 36 0.7 111.0 877.3 585.0 52.0 13.0 16.0 5.911
1B 1 Don Mincher SE1 31 1.5 122.0 1050.3 1033.0 93.0 6.0 98.0 11.989
2 Mike Fiore KCA 24 1.3 91.0 784.3 696.0 94.0 10.0 54.0 10.815
3 Dalton Jones BOS 25 1.1 81.0 661.3 692.0 54.0 6.0 61.0 9.912
4 Danny Cater OAK 29 1.1 132.0 1081.3 1087.0 97.0 9.0 112.0 9.906
5 Jim Spencer CAL 21 1.1 107.0 906.0 926.0 66.0 9.0 81.0 9.555
6 Carl Yastrzemski BOS 29 0.6 22.0 179.7 181.0 21.0 2.0 29.0 5.086
7 Roger Repoz CAL 28 0.4 31.0 224.3 235.0 19.0 1.0 25.0 3.827
8 Greg Goossen SE1 23 0.3 31.0 264.3 265.0 23.0 2.0 15.0 2.694
2B 1 Bobby Knoop 2 teams 30 2.1 131.0 1083.3 335.0 386.0 12.0 90.0 18.971
2 Bernie Allen WS2 30 1.0 110.0 831.0 239.0 281.0 14.0 70.0 9.379
3 Dick Green OAK 28 1.0 131.0 1172.7 302.0 379.0 10.0 93.0 8.786
4 Dick Schofield BOS 34 0.7 37.0 322.7 81.0 124.0 4.0 25.0 6.209
5 Frank Quilici MIN 30 0.7 36.0 216.0 84.0 81.0 1.0 15.0 6.063
6 Horace Clarke NYA 30 0.6 156.0 1385.3 373.0 429.0 15.0 112.0 5.505
7 Dave Nelson CLE 25 0.6 33.0 279.3 78.0 94.0 6.0 28.0 4.803
8 Tim Cullen WS2 27 0.5 105.0 577.3 166.0 188.0 7.0 44.0 4.309
3B 1 Brooks Robinson BAL 32 3.4 156.0 1392.7 163.0 370.0 13.0 37.0 25.015
2 Ken McMullen WS2 27 2.3 154.0 1331.0 185.0 347.0 13.0 35.0 20.949
3 Jerry Kenney NYA 24 2.1 83.0 685.0 63.0 207.0 7.0 20.0 19.214
4 Aurelio Rodriguez CAL 21 1.4 159.0 1372.3 145.0 352.0 24.0 42.0 13.056
5 Bill Melton CHA 23 1.0 148.0 1236.7 112.0 322.0 22.0 36.0 9.339
6 Bobby Cox NYA 28 0.7 56.0 430.3 37.0 122.0 11.0 14.0 6.627
7 Don Wert DET 30 0.7 129.0 1092.7 114.0 259.0 13.0 20.0 5.922
8 Gus Gil SE1 30 0.7 38.0 265.7 38.0 75.0 7.0 8.0 5.372
SS 1 Luis Aparicio CHA 35 3.8 154.0 1321.7 248.0 563.0 20.0 94.0 34.732
2 Leo Cardenas MIN 30 3.6 160.0 1455.0 310.0 570.0 32.0 126.0 32.989
3 Ed Brinkman WS2 27 2.6 150.0 1306.3 248.0 511.0 19.0 92.0 23.215
4 Rico Petrocelli BOS 26 1.3 153.0 1334.7 269.0 466.0 14.0 103.0 11.918
5 Gene Michael NYA 31 0.6 118.0 1016.7 205.0 365.0 19.0 64.0 5.043
6 Mark Belanger BAL 25 0.5 148.0 1294.3 251.0 449.0 23.0 79.0 3.360
7 Bert Campaneris OAK 27 0.4 125.0 1117.3 220.0 391.0 21.0 72.0 3.779
8 Ray Oyler SE1 31 0.4 106.0 745.7 143.0 266.0 15.0 47.0 3.262
LF 1 Roy White NYA 25 0.8 126.0 1106.3 267.0 8.0 3.0 1.0 7.163
2 Lou Piniella KCA 25 0.8 126.0 1079.0 267.0 13.0 7.0 1.0 6.272
3 Tommie Reynolds OAK 27 0.7 82.0 651.7 177.0 5.0 4.0 2.0 6.368
4 Willie Horton DET 26 0.6 134.0 1129.7 266.0 7.0 7.0 0.0 4.704
5 Jose Tartabull OAK 30 0.3 30.0 205.7 58.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.720
6 Ed Kirkpatrick KCA 24 0.3 30.0 235.7 60.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 2.153
7 Rick Reichardt CAL 26 0.2 136.0 1130.7 244.0 14.0 5.0 5.0 2.139
8 Lee Maye 2 teams 34 0.2 32.0 235.7 60.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.446
CF 1 Paul Blair BAL 25 1.2 150.0 1339.0 402.0 12.0 5.0 5.0 9.157
2 Cesar Tovar MIN 28 0.6 69.0 551.0 177.0 6.0 4.0 3.0 5.340
3 Jose Cardenal CLE 25 0.5 141.0 1203.7 335.0 10.0 6.0 3.0 4.094
4 Jim Northrup DET 29 0.5 89.0 739.3 213.0 5.0 3.0 2.0 3.694
5 Ken Berry CHA 28 0.4 116.0 794.0 215.0 6.0 0.0 1.0 3.671
6 Ron Woods 2 teams 26 0.4 67.0 454.7 134.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 3.350
7 Jay Johnstone CAL 23 0.2 143.0 1230.7 331.0 13.0 6.0 4.0 2.104
8 Del Unser WS2 24 0.2 149.0 1250.7 341.0 8.0 10.0 3.0 1.922
RF 1 Tony Oliva MIN 30 0.9 152.0 1370.0 315.0 14.0 6.0 3.0 7.739
2 Ken Harrelson CLE 27 0.4 137.0 1176.0 248.0 7.0 3.0 2.0 3.405
3 Ed Kirkpatrick KCA 24 0.3 33.0 259.7 67.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 2.671
4 Bob Oliver KCA 26 0.3 45.0 371.7 91.0 8.0 3.0 2.0 2.601
5 Bill Voss CAL 25 0.3 105.0 733.7 154.0 10.0 1.0 3.0 2.515
6 Ed Stroud WS2 29 0.3 59.0 331.3 81.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 2.344
7 Pat Kelly KCA 24 0.2 61.0 523.0 113.0 10.0 3.0 1.0 1.594
8 Walt Williams CHA 25 0.2 84.0 651.3 133.0 10.0 3.0 4.0 1.648