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 World Series: New York Mets over Baltimore Orioles (4–1); Donn Clendenon, MVP All-Star Game, July 23 at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium: National League, 9–3; Willie McCovey, MVP Other champions College World Series: Arizona State Japan Series: Yomiuri Giants over Hankyu Braves (4–2) Big League World Series: Mojave Desert LL, Barstow, California Little League World Series: Taipei, Taiwan Senior League World Series: Sacramento, California Awards and honors Baseball Hall of Fame Roy Campanella Stan Coveleski Waite Hoyt Stan Musial Most Valuable Player Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota Twins, 3B (AL) Willie McCovey, San Francisco Giants, 1B (NL) Cy Young Award Mike Cuellar, Baltimore Orioles and Denny McLain,