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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 ]
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.
The longtime home of the Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League (PCL), it hosted the expansion Seattle Pilots during their only major league season in 1969. The site was previously the location of Dugdale Field , a 1913 ballpark that was the home of the Rainiers' forerunners, the Seattle Indians .
April 1 – The Milwaukee Brewers organization, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots franchise for $10,800,000. Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 31 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bankrupt. Brewers tickets go on sale the next day.
Seattle Pilots Charles Richard Bates (born October 7, 1945) is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher . He graduated from McArthur (OH) High School now Vinton County High School and was signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an undrafted free agent before the 1964 season.
In October 1968, Timberlake was selected by the Seattle Pilots from the Yankees as the 48th pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft. [3] His major league career lasted about one week, as he was the starting pitcher in two games, on June 18 and 24, 1969, for the Pilots against the Chicago White Sox. [4]
Seattle Pilots (1969) Such players appear below (list may be incomplete) Milwaukee Brewers (1970–present) See Category:Milwaukee Brewers players.
Harry Wayne Comer (February 3, 1944 – October 4, 2023) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder.He played professional baseball for 13 seasons from 1962 through 1974, including stints with four major league teams: the Detroit Tigers (1967, 1968, 1972), the Seattle Pilots / Milwaukee Brewers (1969–1970), and the Washington Senators (1970).