The 1969 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 69th season in the major leagues, and its 70th season overall. They finished with a record of 68–94, good enough for fifth place in the newly established American League West, 29 games behind the first-place Minnesota Twins.

The White Sox nearly left Chicago in 1969. White Sox owner Arthur Allyn, Jr. considered overtures from Bud Selig and other Milwaukee interests to move the club to County Stadium. Instead, he sold to his brother, John. The newly established Seattle Pilots would move there a year after their inaugural season.

Offseason October 15, 1968: Hoyt Wilhelm was drafted from the White Sox by the Kansas City Royals as the 49th pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft.Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball-Reference December 5, 1968: Jack Fisher was traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Don Pavletich and Don Secrist.Jack Fisher at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup Luis Aparicio, SS Carlos May, LF Bill Melton, 3B Gail Hopkins, 1B Duane Josephson, C Buddy Bradford, RF Ken Berry, CF Sandy Alomar Sr., 2B Gary Peters, P

Potential relocation to Milwaukee In 1969, the White Sox schedule in Milwaukee was expanded to include 11 home games (one against every other franchise in the American League at the time). Although those games were attended by slightly fewer fans (198,211 fans, for an average of 18,019) they represented a greater percentage of the total White Sox attendance than the previous year – over one-third of the fans who went to Sox home games in 1969 did so at Milwaukee County Stadium (in the remaining 70 home dates in Chicago, the Sox drew 391,335, for an average of 5,591 per game). Bud Selig felt this fan support lent legitimacy to his quest for a Milwaukee franchise, and he went into the 1969 owners meetings with high hopes.

Notable transactions May 14, 1969: Sandy Alomar Sr. and Bob Priddy were traded by the White Sox to the California Angels for Bobby Knoop.Sandy Alomar at Baseball-Reference June 5, 1969: Rich Hinton was drafted by the White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1969 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).Rich Hinton at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1969 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Doug Adams, C 8 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .214 0 Sandy Alomar Sr., 2B 22 58 8 13 2 0 0 4 4 6 .224 2 Luis Aparicio, SS 156 599 77 168 24 5 5 51 66 29 .280 24 Ken Berry, CF 130 297 25 69 12 2 4 18 24 50 .232 1 Buddy Bradford, RF, CF 93 273 36 70 8 2 11 27 34 75 .256 5 Ángel Bravo, CF 27 90 10 26 4 2 1 3 3 5 .289 2 Chuck Brinkman, C 14 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 .067 0 Bob Christian, LF 39 129 11 28 4 0 3 16 10 19 .217 3 Ron Hansen, 2B, 1B, 3B, SS 85 185 15 48 6 1 2 22 18 25 .259 2 Woodie Held, OF, 3B 56 63 9 9 2 0 3 6 13 19 .143 0 Ed Herrmann, C 102 290 31 67 8 0 8 31 30 35 .231 0 Gail Hopkins, 1B 124 373 52 99 13 3 8 46 50 28 .265 2 Duane Josephson, C 52 162 19 39 6 2 1 20 13 17 .241 0 Bobby Knoop, 2B 104 345 34 79 14 1 6 41 35 68 .229 2 Carlos May, LF, RF 100 367 62 103 18 2 18 62 58 66 .281 1 Bill Melton, 3B, RF, LF 157 556 67 142 26 2 23 87 56 106 .255 1 Tommy McCraw, 1B, OF 93 240 21 62 12 2 2 25 21 24 .258 1 Rich Morales, 2B, SS 55 121 12 26 0 1 0 6 7 18 .215 1 José Ortiz, OF 16 11 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 .273 0 Don Pavletich, C, 1B 78 188 26 46 12 0 6 33 28 45 .245 0 Bob Spence, 1B 12 26 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 9 .154 0 Pete Ward, 1B, 3B, RF, LF 105 199 22 49 7 0 6 32 33 38 .246 0 Walt Williams, RF, LF 135 471 59 143 22 1 3 32 26 33 .304 6 Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Gary Bell, P 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 Cisco Carlos, P 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 0 Paul Edmondson, P 14 29 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 8 .172 0 Sammy Ellis, P 10 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .167 0 Joe Horlen, P 36 77 4 14 1 0 0 5 0 22 .182 0 Tommy John, P 33 79 6 9 2 0 0 1 7 27 .114 0 Bart Johnson, P 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 .167 1 Danny Lazar, P 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 Bob Locker, P 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Danny Murphy, P 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 0 Jerry Nyman, P 21 20 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 15 .050 0 Dan Osinski, P 51 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 Gary Peters, P 37 71 9 12 4 0 2 4 2 15 .169 0 Fred Rath Sr., P 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Don Secrist, P 19 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .143 0 Wilbur Wood, P 76 15 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 .000 0 Billy Wynne, P 20 41 1 5 0 1 0 2 2 6 .122 0 162 5450 625 1346 210 27 112 585 552 844 .247 54

Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Gary Bell 0 0 6.28 23 2 0 38.2 48 27 27 8 25 26 Cisco Carlos 4 3 5.66 25 4 0 49.1 52 33 31 4 26 28 Paul Edmondson 1 6 3.70 14 13 0 87.2 72 36 36 5 43 46 Sammy Ellis 0 3 5.83 10 5 0 29.1 42 20 19 6 18 15 Jack Hamilton 0 3 11.68 8 0 0 12.1 23 16 16 1 10 5 Joe Horlen 13 16 3.78 36 35 0 235.2 237 105 99 20 87 121 Tommy John 9 11 3.25 33 33 0 232.1 230 91 84 16 100 128 Bart Johnson 1 3 3.22 4 3 0 22.1 22 11 8 2 6 18 Danny Lazar 0 0 6.53 9 3 0 20.2 21 15 15 5 13 9 Bob Locker 2 3 6.55 17 0 4 22.0 28 18 16 6 7 15 Danny Murphy 2 1 2.01 17 0 4 31.1 28 8 7 2 10 16 Jerry Nyman 4 4 5.29 20 10 0 64.2 58 40 38 7 40 40 Denny O'Toole 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 4.0 5 3 3 0 2 4 Dan Osinski 5 5 3.56 51 0 2 60.2 56 28 24 3 28 27 Gary Peters 10 15 4.53 36 32 0 218.2 238 118 110 21 79 140 Bob Priddy 0 0 4.50 4 0 0 8.0 10 5 4 2 2 5 Fred Rath Sr. 0 2 7.71 3 2 0 11.2 11 10 10 4 9 4 Don Secrist 0 1 6.08 19 0 0 40.0 35 28 27 7 16 23 Wilbur Wood 10 11 3.01 76 0 15 119.2 113 48 40 13 55 73 Billy Wynne 7 7 4.06 20 20 0 128.2 143 63 58 14 58 67 68 94 4.21 162 162 25 1437.2 1470 723 672 146 634 810

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Appleton, Duluth-Superior

Notes

References 1969 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference