1969 Detroit Tigers season
The 1969 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished a distant second in the newly established American League East with a record of 90–72, 19 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.Offseason
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
C | | 143 | 489 | 128 | .262 | 16 | 49 |
1B | | 143 | 483 | 135 | .280 | 22 | 74 |
2B | | 74 | 262 | 71 | .262 | 11 | 33 |
SS | | 94 | 331 | 74 | .224 | 13 | 37 |
3B | | 132 | 423 | 95 | .225 | 14 | 50 |
LF | | 141 | 508 | 133 | .262 | 28 | 91 |
CF | | 148 | 543 | 160 | .295 | 25 | 66 |
RF | | 131 | 456 | 124 | .272 | 21 | 69 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| 149 | 592 | 139 | .235 | 16 | 70 |
| 94 | 298 | 72 | .242 | 0 | 32 |
| 72 | 192 | 45 | .234 | 9 | 28 |
| 70 | 170 | 39 | .229 | 5 | 12 |
| 60 | 93 | 19 | .204 | 1 | 6 |
| 66 | 79 | 11 | .139 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | 49 | 12 | .245 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | 39 | 4 | .103 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 42 | 325 | 24 | 9 | 2.80 | 181 |
| 37 | 280.2 | 19 | 11 | 3.14 | 271 |
| 35 | 214.2 | 12 | 10 | 3.31 | 150 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 39 | 128.1 | 8 | 6 | 3.37 | 97 |
| 49 | 105 | 5 | 10 | 3.60 | 64 |
| 40 | 99.1 | 4 | 4 | 3.99 | 74 |
| 23 | 92.2 | 6 | 8 | 4.76 | 41 |
| 8 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 1.84 | 9 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| 34 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3.89 | 38 |
| 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.07 | 26 |
| 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2.75 | 42 |
| 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.82 | 12 |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.38 | 18 |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.23 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 |
Farm system
Awards and honors