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1969 in baseball
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
Other champions
Awards and honors
MLB statistical leaders
The save is introduced as an official statistic this year. Ron Perranoski lead the majors with 31.
Major league baseball final standings
American League final standings
National League final standings
Nippon Professional Baseball final standings
Central League final standings
Pacific League final standings
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Births
January–March
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Deaths
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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