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24 teams in AL, NL · 1946 regular-season games · 1969-04-07 to 1969-10-02 · attendance 27,229,666

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World Series champion

New York Mets

MVP

Harmon Killebrew AL
Willie McCovey NL

Cy Young

Mike Cuellar AL
Denny McLain AL
Tom Seaver NL

Rookie of the Year

Lou Piniella AL
Ted Sizemore NL

All-Star Game

1969-07-23 at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium

Hall of Fame class of 1969

Roy Campanella, Stan Coveleski, Stan Musial, Waite Hoyt

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
League Championship	Baltimore Orioles 3–0 Minnesota Twins	3
League Championship	New York Mets 3–0 Atlanta Braves	3
World Series	New York Mets 4–1 Baltimore Orioles	5

Standings

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Baltimore Orioles	109	53	.673	—	517	1,062,069	Earl Weaver	Pennant Division
2	Detroit Tigers	90	72	.556	19	601	1,577,481	Mayo Smith
3	Boston Red Sox	87	75	.537	22	736	1,833,246	Dick Williams, Eddie Popowski
4	Washington Senators	86	76	.531	23	644	918,106	Ted Williams
5	New York Yankees	80	81	.497	28.5	587	1,067,996	Ralph Houk
6	Cleveland Indians	62	99	.385	46.5	717	619,970	Al Dark

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Minnesota Twins	97	65	.599	—	618	1,349,328	Billy Martin	Division
2	Oakland Athletics	88	74	.543	9	678	778,232	Hank Bauer, John McNamara
3	California Angels	71	91	.438	26	652	758,388	Bill Rigney, Lefty Phillips
4	Kansas City Royals	69	93	.426	28	688	902,414	Joe Gordon
5	Chicago White Sox	68	94	.420	29	723	589,546	Al Lopez, Don Gutteridge
6	Seattle Pilots	64	98	.395	33	799	677,944	Joe Schultz

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Mets	100	62	.617	—	541	2,175,373	Gil Hodges	World Series Division
2	Chicago Cubs	92	70	.568	8	611	1,674,993	Leo Durocher
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	88	74	.543	12	652	769,369	Larry Shepard, Alex Grammas
4	St. Louis Cardinals	87	75	.537	13	540	1,682,783	Red Schoendienst
5	Philadelphia Phillies	63	99	.389	37	745	519,414	Bob Skinner, George Myatt
6	Montreal Expos	52	110	.321	48	791	1,212,608	Gene Mauch

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Atlanta Braves	93	69	.574	—	631	1,458,320	Lum Harris	Division
2	San Francisco Giants	90	72	.556	3	636	873,603	Clyde King
3	Cincinnati Reds	89	73	.549	4	768	987,991	Dave Bristol
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	85	77	.525	8	561	1,784,527	Walter Alston
5	Houston Astros	81	81	.500	12	668	1,442,995	Harry Walker
6	San Diego Padres	52	110	.321	41	746	512,970	Preston Gomez

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Bill Stoneman, Montreal Expos vs. Philadelphia Phillies, 1969-04-17
Jim Maloney, Cincinnati Reds vs. Houston Astros, 1969-04-30
Don Wilson, Houston Astros vs. Cincinnati Reds, 1969-05-01
Jim Palmer, Baltimore Orioles vs. Oakland Athletics, 1969-08-13
Ken Holtzman, Chicago Cubs vs. Atlanta Braves, 1969-08-19
Bob Moose, Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Mets, 1969-09-20

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