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The American League expands to 12 teams, adding the Kansas City Royals and Seattle Pilots, and the National League expands to 12 teams, adding the Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres. Due to expansion, Major League Baseball creates four divisions, with two in each league. March 1 – Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees announces his retirement.
The 1969 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1969 season.The 66th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Baltimore Orioles and the National League (NL) champion New York Mets.
1969 in sports in New York City (1 C, 21 P) Pages in category "1969 in sports in New York (state)" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
The New York Mets won the NL East with an NL-best 100–62 record, and then defeated the NL West champion Atlanta Braves in three games in the first National League Championship Series. The "Miracle Mets", having joined the league in 1962, were the first expansion team to win a pennant.
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
Jim McAndrew, who lost his major league debut to Bob Gibson in a 1968 spot start for the New York Mets when Nolan Ryan was called away to military duty, then beat Steve Carlton a month later for ...
Later that day, Carl Yastrzemski hits his 200th career home run, helping the Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 8–3. September 24 – After seven losing seasons, the New York Mets clinch the National League East Division title as Donn Clendenon hit two home runs in a 6–0 Mets win over Steve Carlton and the St. Louis Cardinals. The Mets have ...