Railroaders place to shoot the shit.

Krink, were you a Pilots fan?

I saw a guy one time in a local store decked out in an entire Pilots uniform. I had to ask him about it, he told me he'd grown up in Idaho and became a baseball fan because of the one glorious Pilot season and had a special fondness for all things Pilot.

Yeah, I do say. And you know that I'm a long ways from Idaho.

Well the Seattle Pilots go back to 1969. I was a freshman
in high school. I don't remember listening to any games
on the radio and probably very few games ever ended up
on TV. My recollection of that one season is not much.
Guess my thought was they were going to be around for
a while and that I would have a chance to get to know
them better and "BOOM" they was gone. Most conversation
in these parts about the Pilots centers around the fact that
we did have a MLB franchise in 1969 and thats about it.
Expansion team rosters are hardly worth getting excited about
and the Seattle Pilots were no exception.

1969 Seattle Pilots Roster
The 1969 Seattle Pilots team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1969 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1969 Seattle Pilots Opening Day starters list, a 1969 Seattle Pilots salary list, a 1969 Seattle Pilots uniform number breakdown and a 1969 Seattle Pilots primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

"Lamar Hunt and a Texas group also wanted to buy the team, but we had felt we had made the gentlemen's agreement with Bud Selig and the Milwaukee group that's what we were committed to." - Pilots co-owner Max Soriano


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1969 Seattle Pilots


1969 Seattle Pilots Official Logo

Complete Roster


RosterSchedule
# Pitchers Height Weight Throws Bats Date Of Birth
23 Jack Aker 6-02 190 Right Right 1940-07-13
32, 45 Dick Baney 6-00 185 Right Right 1946-11-01
13 Steve Barber 6-00 200 Left Left 1938-02-22
46 Dick Bates 6-00 190 Right Left 1945-10-07
39 Gary Bell 6-01 198 Right Right 1936-11-17
56 Jim Bouton 6-00 185 Right Right 1939-03-08
32 Gene Brabender 6-05½ 225 Right Right 1941-08-16
27 Bucky Brandon 6-02 200 Right Right 1940-07-08
39 George Brunet 6-01 210 Left Right 1935-06-08
38, 55 Bill Edgerton 6-02 185 Left Left 1941-08-16
14 Miguel Fuentes 6-00 160 Right Right 1946-05-10
25 John Gelnar 6-01½ 190 Right Right 1943-06-25
27 Bob Locker 6-03 200 Right Both 1938-03-15
42 Skip Lockwood 6-00 190 Right Right 1946-08-17
28 Mike Marshall 5-10 180 Right Right 1943-01-15
38 Bob Meyer 6-02 185 Left Right 1939-08-04
35 John Morris 6-01 198 Left Right 1941-08-23
43 John O'Donoghue 6-03 210 Left Right 1939-10-07
33 Marty Pattin 5-11 180 Right Right 1943-04-06
39 Garry Roggenburk 6-06 195 Left Right 1940-04-16
24 Diego Segui 6-00 190 Right Right 1937-08-17
40 Jerry Stephenson 6-02 185 Right Left 1943-10-06
23 Fred Talbot 6-02 195 Right Right 1941-06-28
45, 50 Gary Timberlake 6-02 205 Left Right 1948-08-09
41 Dooley Womack 6-00 170 Right Left 1939-08-25
# Catchers Height Weight Throws Bats Date Of Birth
10 Larry Haney 6-02 195 Right Right 1942-11-19
15 Jerry McNertney 6-01 195 Right Right 1936-08-07
17 Jim Pagliaroni 6-04 210 Right Right 1937-12-08
26, 57 Merritt Ranew 5-10 180 Right Left 1938-05-10
30 Freddie Velazquez 6-01 185 Right Right 1937-12-06
# Infielders Height Weight Throws Bats Date Of Birth
30 Ron Clark 5-10 175 Right Right 1943-01-14
10 John Donaldson 5-11 165 Right Left 1943-05-05
18 Gus Gil 5-10 180 Right Right 1939-04-19
34, 54 Greg Goossen 6-01½ 210 Right Right 1945-12-14
21 Tommy Harper 5-10 168 Right Right 1940-10-14
11 John Kennedy 6-00 185 Right Right 1941-05-29
14 Gordy Lund 5-11 170 Right Right 1941-02-23
5 Don Mincher 6-03 213 Right Left 1938-06-24
1 Ray Oyler 5-11 165 Right Right 1938-08-04
9 Rich Rollins 5-10 185 Right Right 1938-04-16
22 Fred Stanley 5-10 167 Right Right 1947-08-13
# Outfielders Height Weight Throws Bats Date Of Birth
20 Wayne Comer 5-10 175 Right Right 1944-02-03
12 Tommy Davis 6-02 205 Right Right 1939-03-21
14 Jim Gosger 5-11 185 Left Left 1942-11-06
8 Mike Hegan 6-01 190 Left Left 1942-07-21
36 Steve Hovley 5-10 188 Left Left 1944-12-18
16 Dick Simpson 6-04 176 Right Right 1943-07-28
28 Sandy Valdespino 5-08 170 Left Left 1939-01-14
25 Jose Vidal 6-00 190 Right Right 1940-04-03
12 Danny Walton 6-00 200 Right Right 1947-07-14
19 Steve Whitaker 6-01 187 Right Left 1943-05-07
51 Billy Williams 6-03 195 Right Left 1933-06-13
# Other Positions Height Weight Throws Bats Date Of Birth
26 Mike Ferraro 5-11 175 Right Right 1944-08-18
1969 Seattle Pilots Related Links
STATMASTER: Team Fielding, Hitting & Pitching Statistics
Team Schedule Message Board




The 1969 Seattle Pilots played 162 games during the regular season, won 64 games, lost 98 games, and finished in sixth position. They played their home games at Sicks Stadium (Park Factors: 98/100) where 677,944 fans witnessed their 1969 Pilots finish the season with a .395 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1969 Seattle Pilots Opening Day starters list, a 1969 Seattle Pilots salary list, a 1969 Seattle Pilots uniform number breakdown and a 1969 Seattle Pilots primary starters list:

1969 Seattle Pilots
Opening Day Starters
Gary Bell
Tommy Davis
Jim Gosger
Tommy Harper
Mike Hegan
Jerry McNertney
Don Mincher
Ray Oyler
Rich Rollins



1969 Seattle Pilots
Most Games by Position

C Jerry McNertney (122)
1B Don Mincher (122)
2B John Donaldson (90)
3B Tommy Harper (59)
SS Ray Oyler (106)
LF Tommy Davis (112)
CF Wayne Comer (92)
RF Mike Hegan (61)

SP Steve Barber
SP Gene Brabender
SP Marty Pattin
SP Fred Talbot

RP Jim Bouton
RP Bob Locker
RP John O'Donoghue
CL Diego Segui


1969 Seattle Pilots
Salaries

Tommy Davis $69,000.00
Gary Bell $40,000.00
Don Mincher $36,500.00
George Brunet $35,000.00
Jim Pagliaroni $30,000.00
Bob Locker $29,500.00
Tommy Harper $25,000.00
Gene Brabender $21,500.00
Bucky Brandon $20,000.00
Ray Oyler $18,800.00
Jerry McNertney $18,000.00
Diego Segui $18,000.00
Fred Talbot $17,000.00
Garry Roggenburk $16,800.00
Jack Aker $16,500.00
Marty Pattin $15,500.00
John Donaldson $14,500.00
John Kennedy $14,500.00
Mike Marshall $13,500.00
Larry Haney $13,000.00
Mike Hegan $13,000.00
John O'Donoghue $12,000.00
Merritt Ranew $12,000.00
Sandy Valdespino $12,000.00
John Morris $11,500.00
Wayne Comer $11,000.00
Gordy Lund $10,000.00
Bob Meyer $10,000.00
Jerry Stephenson $9,600.00
Dick Baney $9,000.00
Fred Stanley $8,500.00
Danny Walton $8,500.00
Steve Hovley $7,500.00
Freddie Velazquez $7,200.00

1969 Seattle Pilots
Uniform Numbers

#1 Ray Oyler
#5 Don Mincher
#8 Mike Hegan
#9 Rich Rollins
#10 John Donaldson
#10 Larry Haney
#11 John Kennedy
#12 Tommy Davis
#12 Danny Walton
#13 Steve Barber
#14 Miguel Fuentes
#14 Jim Gosger
#14 Gordy Lund
#15 Jerry McNertney
#16 Dick Simpson
#17 Jim Pagliaroni
#18 Gus Gil
#19 Steve Whitaker
#20 Wayne Comer
#21 Tommy Harper
#22 Fred Stanley
#23 Jack Aker
#23 Fred Talbot
#24 Diego Segui
#25 John Gelnar
#25 Jose Vidal
#26 Mike Ferraro
#26 Merritt Ranew
#27 Bucky Brandon
#27 Bob Locker
#28 Mike Marshall
#28 Sandy Valdespino
#30 Ron Clark
#30 Freddie Velazquez
#32 Dick Baney
#32 Gene Brabender
#33 Marty Pattin
#34 Greg Goossen
#35 John Morris
#36 Steve Hovley
#38 Bill Edgerton
#38 Bob Meyer
#39 Gary Bell
#39 George Brunet
#39 Garry Roggenburk
#40 Jerry Stephenson
#41 Dooley Womack
#42 Skip Lockwood
#43 John O'Donoghue
#45 Dick Baney
#45 Gary Timberlake
#46 Dick Bates
#50 Gary Timberlake
#51 Billy Williams
#54 Greg Goossen
#55 Bill Edgerton
#56 Jim Bouton
#57 Merritt Ranew



Did you know that a 1969 Seattle Pilots Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?