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The following are the baseball events of the year 1969 throughout the world.
Expansion
Four expansion teams joined Major League Baseball for this season: the San Diego Padres, the Kansas City Royals, the Seattle Pilots, and the first MLB team in Canada, the Montreal Expos. To accommodate the additional teams, the two leagues were split into two divisions of East and West. For the first time, extra post-season playoff series were added prior to the World Series, at this juncture best-of-five series between the East and West division leaders in each league.
Champions
Major League Baseball
The most notable part of the 1969 season were the Miracle Mets
- World Series: New York Mets over Baltimore Orioles (4–1); Donn Clendenon, MVP
| League Championship Series (ALCS, NLCS) | World Series | ||||||||
| East | Baltimore | 3 | |||||||
| West | Minnesota | 0 | |||||||
| AL | Baltimore | 1 | |||||||
| NL | NY Mets | 4 | |||||||
| East | NY Mets | 3 | |||||||
| West | Atlanta | 0 | |||||||
- All-Star Game, July 23 at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium: National League, 9–3; Willie McCovey, MVP
Other champions
- College World Series: Arizona State
- Japan Series: Yomiuri Giants over Hankyu Braves (4–2)
- Big League World Series: Mojave Desert LL, Barstow, California
- Little League World Series: Taipei, Taiwan
- Senior League World Series: Sacramento, California
Awards and honors
- Baseball Hall of Fame
- Most Valuable Player
- Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota Twins, 3B (AL)
- Willie McCovey, San Francisco Giants, 1B (NL)
- Cy Young Award
- Mike Cuellar, Baltimore Orioles and Denny McLain, Detroit Tigers (AL)
- Tom Seaver, New York Mets (NL)
- Rookie of the Year
- Lou Piniella, Kansas City Royals, OF (AL)
- Ted Sizemore, Los Angeles Dodgers, 2B (NL)
- Gold Glove Award
- (P) Jim Kaat, Minnesota Twins (AL); Bob Gibson, St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
- (C) Bill Freehan, Detroit Tigers (AL); Johnny Bench, Cincinnati Reds (NL)
- (1B) Joe Pepitone, New York Yankees (AL); Wes Parker, Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)
- (2B) Davey Johnson, Baltimore Orioles (AL); Félix Millán, Atlanta Braves (NL)
- (3B) Brooks Robinson, Baltimore Orioles (AL); Clete Boyer, Atlanta Braves (NL)
- (SS) Mark Belanger, Baltimore Orioles (AL); Don Kessinger, Chicago Cubs (NL)
- (OF) Paul Blair, Baltimore Orioles (AL); Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)
- (OF) Mickey Stanley, Detroit Tigers (AL); Curt Flood, St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
- (OF) Carl Yastrzemski, Boston Red Sox (AL); Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds (NL)
MLB statistical leaders
| Statistic | American League | National League | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVG | Rod Carew MIN | .332 | Pete Rose CIN | .348 |
| HR | Harmon Killebrew MIN | 49 | Willie McCovey SF | 45 |
| RBI | Harmon Killebrew MIN | 140 | Willie McCovey SF | 126 |
| Wins | Denny McLain DET | 24 | Tom Seaver NYM | 25 |
| ERA | Dick Bosman WSH | 2.19 | Juan Marichal SF | 2.10 |
| Ks | Sam McDowell CLE | 279 | Ferguson Jenkins CHC | 273 |
The save is introduced as an official statistic this year. Ron Perranoski lead the majors with 31.[1]