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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.
Jim Bouton was a Pilots relief pitcher through most of 1969, his contract having been sold to the Seattle Pilots by the New York Yankees in mid-1968. [35] His book Ball Four is based on a journal that Bouton kept during the 1969 season. [ 36 ]
Template: 1969 AL West standings. ... Printable version; In other projects ... Seattle Pilots: 64: 98 .395 33 34–47 30–51
The 1969 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 7 to October 16, 1969. It included the third Major League Baseball expansion of the decade, with the Kansas City Royals , Montreal Expos , San Diego Padres , and Seattle Pilots each beginning play this season.
The Seattle Pilots fared worst of the four expansion franchises, playing only in the 1969 season. The team fared poorly on the field, and faced financial difficulties owing to no television coverage, a stadium with problems, and the highest ticket and concession prices in the league. [43]
After that, Bates also spent time in the Washington Senators organization, and was later drafted by the Seattle Pilots as the 30th pick in the 1968 expansion draft. [1] Bates' major league tenure consisted of one relief appearance for the expansion Pilots, against the Oakland Athletics (April 27, 1969 at Sick's Stadium). [2]
July 27, 1969, for the Seattle Pilots: MLB statistics; Win–loss record: 6–9: Earned run average: 3.64: Strikeouts: 56: Stats at Baseball Reference Teams; Minnesota Twins (1963, 1965–1966) Boston Red Sox (1967–1969) Seattle Pilots
The Seattle Pilots attract 17‚850 today and will draw just 678‚000 for the season. U.S. Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson throws out the first ball and will do the same in the Seattle Mariners opener‚ in 1977.