1969 Pacific Coast League season

The 1969 Pacific Coast League season was the 66th season in the league's history. It ended with the Tacoma Cubs winning the league championship, the first for a Tacoma team in eight years.

With the revival of the American Association and PCL cities Seattle and San Diego becoming home to MLB expansion teams, the league shrank from 12 to 6 teams. The Eugene Emeralds and the Tucson Toros were added to fill out the league's lineup. Also, the championship series was shortened to a best-of-five format.

This was the final season for the Vancouver Mounties.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Tacoma Cubs	86	60	.589	-	Whitey Lockman	Chicago Cubs
Spokane Indians	71	73	.493	14	Tom Lasorda	Los Angeles Dodgers
Vancouver Mounties	71	73	.493	14	Bob Lemon	Montreal Expos and Seattle Pilots
Portland Beavers	57	89	.390	29	Red Davis	Cleveland Indians

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Eugene Emeralds	88	58	.603	-	Frank Lucchesi	Philadelphia Phillies
Phoenix Giants	75	71	.514	13	Charlie Fox	San Francisco Giants
Hawaii Islanders	74	72	.507	14	Chuck Tanner	California Angels
Tucson Toros	60	86	.411	28	Bill Adair	Chicago White Sox

Championship Finals

Eugene vs. Tacoma Date Away Home September 2 Tacoma 1 Eugene 6 September 3 Tacoma 4 Eugene 5 September 4 Eugene 1 Tacoma 2 September 5 Eugene 0 Tacoma 2 September 6 Tacoma 3 Eugene 0 Tacoma wins series 3-2

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Angel Bravo, Tucson, .342
• Runs Scored Cleo James, Spokane, 93
• Hits Denny Doyle, Eugene, 182
• Doubles Jay Ward, Portland, 35
• Triples Bravo, 16
• Home Runs Russ Nagelson, Portland, 23
• Runs Batted In Johnny Werhas, Hawaii, 90
• Stolen Bases Larry Bowa, Eugene, 48

Pitching

• Wins Five tied with 13
• Earned Run Average Jim Colborn, Tacoma, 2.28
• Complete Games Bob Garibaldi, Phoenix, 17
• Shutouts Gary Wagner, Eugene, 5
• Strikeouts Jeff James, Eugene, 155
• Saves Carroll Sembera, Vancouver, 15

All-Star Team

• First Base Roe Skidmore, Tacoma
• Second Base Denny Doyle, Eugene
• Shortstop Larry Bowa, Eugene
• Third Base Johnny Werhas, Hawaii
• Outfield Angel Bravo, Tucson; Tom Silverio, Hawaii; John Matias, Tucson
• Catcher Jimmie Schaffer, Spokane
• Pitcher Dennis Bennett, Hawaii; Archie Reynolds, Tacoma
• Manager Whitey Lockman, Tacoma

References

• W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, eds.: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, Baseball America, 1993.
• 1970 Baseball Guide

Related Sites

• BR Minors page