1969

1969 in baseball
Cuban National League
Japanese baseball
American League
National League
<< 1968 1970 >>

Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1969.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Yomiuri Giants (CL) over the Hankyu Braves (PL), 4 - 2 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Yomiuri Giants (Details)
    • Pacific League: Hankyu Braves (Details)
• Claxton Shield: South Australia

Europe

• European Cup: Europhon Milano, Serie A1 (Details)
  • Division Élite: Pirates de Paris
  • Baseball-Bundesliga: Baseball Abteilung Bayern München
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Sparta Rotterdam
  • Serie A1: Montenegro Bologna

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: New York Mets (NL) over the Baltimore Orioles (AL), 4 - 1 (Details)
    • American League: Baltimore Orioles (Details)
    • National League: New York Mets (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • American Association: Omaha Royals (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Pulaski Phillies
  • California League: Stockton Ports
  • Carolina League: Raleigh-Durham Phillies
  • Eastern League: York Pirates
  • Florida State League: Miami Marlins
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL Expos
  • International League: Syracuse Chiefs (Details)
  • Mexican Center League: San Luis Potosi Charros
  • Mexican Northern League: Nogales Internationals
  • Mexican Southeast League: Campeche Pirates
  • Midwest League: Appleton Foxes
  • New York-Penn League: Oneonta Yankees
  • Northern League: Duluth-Superior Dukes
  • Northwest League: Rogue Valley Dodgers
  • Pacific Coast League: Tacoma Cubs (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Ogden Dodgers
  • Southern League: Charlotte Hornets
  • Texas League: Memphis Blues
  • Western Carolinas League: Greenwood Braves

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Broncos de Reynosa

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Azucareros (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Leones del Escogido defeated the Estrellas Orientales in the finals, 5 - 2
• Winter League of Sonora: Cañeros de Los Mochis
• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Leones de Ponce
• Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Tiburones de La Guaira

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): Arizona State University defeated the University of Tulsa in the finals, 10 - 1 (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: Illinois State University over the Southwest Missouri State College, 12 - 0 in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: William Carey College over the the University of La Verne, 5 - 3 in the finals
  • NJCAA Baseball World Series: Panola College
• Community College League of California: Long Beach City College over the College of San Mateo in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Anchorage Glacier Pilots (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Tokai University defeated the Nihon University in the final, 3 - 0 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Mie High School (Mie) defeat Horikoshi High School (Tokyo), 12 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Matsuyama Commercial High School (Ehime) defeat Misawa High School (Aomori), 4 - 2 in a replay of the championship game after the first game was ended in a 0 - 0 tie after 18 innings (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Taipei (Taipei, Taiwan) defeat Briarwood (Santa Clara, CA), 5 - 0 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in Dominican Republic (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); United States (Silver); Dominican Republic (Bronze)
• Asian Championship in Taipei, Taiwan (Details)
  • Japan (Gold); Chinese Taipei (Silver); The Philippines (Bronze)
• European Championship in Wiesbaden, Germany (Details)
  • The Netherlands (Gold); Italy (Silver); Spain (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• The Baseball Encyclopedia
• My Turn at Bat, by Ted Williams and John Underwood

Song

• Sweet Caroline, by Neil Diamond
• Van Lingle Mungo, by David Frishberg

Births

Further information: Births in 1969

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1969

Further Reading

• Jim Bouton: Ball Four: My Life and Hard Times Throwing the Knuckleball in the Big Leagues, Wiley Publishing Inc., New York, NY, 1990 (originally published in 1970). ISBN 0-02-030665-2
• Chris Bumbaca: "Apollo 11: 1969 sports world celebrated Celtics and Mets, mourned Rocky's death", USA Today, July 20, 2019. [1]
• Marc Robitaille: Un été sans point ni coup sûr, Les 400 Coups, Montréal, 2004. ISBN 2-89540-206-X