Seattle Pilots
From SoSH
| Established: | 1967 |
| Former Team Names: | none |
| Ballpark: | Sick's Stadium |
| World Series Titles: | 0 |
| Pennants: | 0 |
| Division Titles: | 0 |
| Wild Cards: | 0 |
Contents |
1969
Seattle was awarded a MLB franchise in 1967 (to balance the expansion of the Kansas City Royals), the team played only one season before moving and becoming the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Pilots were made famous by the book Ball Four by Jim Bouton. In the book Bouton described what life was like in the Majors. This book caused many players to become uncomfortable because Bouton told the secrets of the clubhouse to the world.
The Pilots played in Sick's Stadium, an expanded PCL stadium. The Pilots had some attendance problems, but were far from last in the league. They had 677,944 fans pass through the gates, which was in the lower half of the league, but still better than the Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres.
Seattle ended up suing the American League over the loss of the Pilots. They were awarded the Seattle Mariners in exchange for dropping the suit.
Record
- 64-98, 6th place in AL West
- Home: 34-47
- Away: 30-51
Roster
- Primary Starting Pitchers
- Gene Brabender
- Marty Pattin
- Fred Talbot
- Steve Barber
- Mike Marshall
- George Brunet
- Primary Bullpen pitchers
- Diego Segui
- Jim Bouton
- John O'Donoghue
- Bob Locker
- John Gelnar
- Other pitchers
- Bob Meyer
- Miguel Fuentes
- Garry Roggenburk
- Skip Lockwood
- Dick Baney
- Jack Aker
- Bucky Brandon
- Dooley Womack
- John Morris
- Gary Timberlake
- Bill Edgerton
- Jerry Stephenson
- Dick Bates
- Gary Bell
- Regular position players
- 1B Don Mincher
- 2B John Donaldson
- SS Ray Oyler
- 3B Tommy Harper
- OF Wayne Comer
- OF Tommy Davis
- OF Steve Hovley
- C Jerry McNertney
- Other Position players
- Mike Hegan
- Gus Gil
- Rich Rollins
- Ron Clark
- Greg Goossen
- John Kennedy
- Steve Whitaker
- Jim Pagliaroni
- Danny Walton
- Merritt Ranew
- Larry Haney
- Jim Gosger
- Dick Simpson
- Fred Stanley
- Sandy Valdespino
- Gordy Lund
- Jose Vidal
- Freddie Velazquez
- Billy Williams
- Mike Ferraro
Stadium
Fast facts
- Location: 2700 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle, WA
- Opened: 1938
- Demolished: 1979
- Seating capactity:
- Original: 11,000
- April 1969: 18,000
- June 1969: 25,420
