1969 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1969 Pittsburgh Pirates season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Pirates finishing in third place in the newly established National League East, twelve games behind the eventual World Series champion New York Mets. The Pirates were managed by Larry Shepard, and played their home games at Forbes Field, which was in its final full season of operation, before moving into their new facility in the middle of the following season.

Offseason

October 14, 1968: Manny Mota was drafted from the Pirates by the Montreal Expos as the 2nd pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft.
October 14, 1968: Donn Clendenon was drafted from the Pirates by the Montreal Expos as the 11th pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft.
October 14, 1968: Maury Wills was drafted from the Pirates by the Montreal Expos as the 21st pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft.
October 14, 1968: Dave Roberts was drafted from the Pirates by the San Diego Padres as the 39th pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft.
October 14, 1968: Al McBean was drafted from the Pirates by the San Diego Padres as the 50th pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft.
October 14, 1968: Ron Slocum was drafted from the Pirates by the San Diego Padres as the 55th pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft.
October 16, 1968: George Spriggs was sold by the Pirates to the Kansas City Royals.
October 21, 1968: Dave Wickersham was sold by the Pirates to the Kansas City Royals.
January 15, 1969: Manny Jiménez was traded by the Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Joe Campbell and Chuck Hartenstein.
February 12, 1969: Rennie Stennett was signed by the Pirates as a non-drafted free agent.
March 28, 1969: Tommie Sisk and Chris Cannizzaro were traded by the Pirates to the San Diego Padres for Ron Davis and Bobby Klaus.
March 30, 1969: Omar Moreno was signed by the Pirates as a non-drafted free agent.
Regular season
August 6, 1969: Willie Stargell hit a home run out of Dodger Stadium.
Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Detailed records

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %
April	21	13	8		89	82
May	26	11	15		108	120
June	29	14	15		143	128
July	27	15	12		106	113
August	27	17	10		136	100
September	30	16	14		130	103
October	2	2	0		13	6
Total	162	88	74		725	652

Game log

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

May 17, 1969: Jim Shellenback was traded by the Pirates to the Washington Senators in exchange for Frank Kreutzer.
June 5, 1969: Pedro Ramos was released by the Pirates.
June 10, 1969: Ron Kline was traded by the Pirates to the San Francisco Giants for Joe Gibbon.
July 16, 1969: Kent Tekulve was signed by the Pirates as a non-drafted free agent.
July 30, 1969: Bo Belinsky was purchased by the Pirates from the California Angels.
August 15, 1969: Jim Bunning was traded by the Pirates to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ron Mitchell, Chuck Goggin and cash.
September 26, 1969: Manager Larry Shepard fired by the Pirates. Alex Grammas named interim manager for the final five games.
Roster

Statistics

;Batting

Player
	104	221	77	0.348	4	33
	138	507	175	0.345	19	91
	162	698	231	0.331	1	48
	28	29	9	0.310	1	6
	145	522	160	0.307	29	92
	129	459	139	0.303	5	57
	129	459	138	0.301	8	47
	57	10	3	0.300	0	2
	129	463	132	0.285	17	70
	108	274	78	0.285	9	42
	18	61	17	0.279	0	4
	77	168	45	0.268	1	16
	44	84	21	0.250	1	9
	6	4	1	0.250	0	0
	82	285	70	0.246	8	32
	147	460	110	0.239	5	32
	62	64	15	0.234	0	4
	62	190	44	0.232	7	23
	67	227	52	0.229	3	25
	32	96	20	0.208	1	9
	37	68	6	0.088	0	1
	29	37	3	0.081	0	3
	44	53	4	0.075	0	1
	56	14	1	0.071	0	0
	34	79	4	0.051	0	2
	25	47	2	0.043	0	1
	8	2	0	0.000	0	0
	2	1	0	0.000	0	0
	35	5	0	0.000	0	0
	20	5	0	0.000	0	0
	5	1	0	0.000	0	0
	8	1	0	0.000	0	0
	31	32	0	0.000	0	1
	2	0	0		0	0
	29	0	0		0	0

;Pitching

Player
	35		5	1	1.93	35
	29		1	1	2.55	25
	44	170	14	3	2.91	165
	34		13	14	3.23	213
	8		0	0	3.24	7
	57		8	2	3.34	56
	35		11	17	3.58	173
	31		4	6	3.64	96
	25	156	10	9	3.81	124
	56		5	4	3.95	44
	38	210	16	10	4.46	147
	8		0	3	4.58	15
	2	5	0	0	5.40	3
	20	31	1	3	5.81	15
	5	6	0	1	6.00	4
	2		0	0	10.80	2

Farm system

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