The Washington Senators couldn't pull it off against the Kansas City Royals, 4 to 3, on May 23, 1969.

1969 Washington Senators

Final

KCR

Royals

18-21

4

WSH

Senators

20-23

3

KCR

WSH

1

1

1

2

0

0

3

0

1

4

1

0

5

0

1

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

1

0

R

4

3

H

12

5

E

0

0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jackie Hernandez SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Pat Kelly CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lou Piniella LF 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Joe Keough PR,RF 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Foy 3B 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Chuck Harrison 1B 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jerry Adair 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bob Oliver RF,LF 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Jim Campanis C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Kirkpatrick PH,C 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bill Butler P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Burgmeier P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Fiore PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Moe Drabowsky P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hawk Taylor PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dave Wickersham P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 12 3 0 2 2 0 1 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill Butler 5.2 5 3 3 6 4 0
Tom Burgmeier 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moe Drabowsky (W) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Dave Wickersham (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 5 3 3 6 8 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ed Brinkman SS 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Tim Cullen 2B 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Frank Howard 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Hank Allen RF,LF 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 2
Brant Alyea LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ed Stroud RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Billings 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dennis Higgins P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Del Unser CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Paul Casanova C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Barry Moore P 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Joe Coleman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken McMullen 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Epstein PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3 0 6 8 1 0 6

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Barry Moore 6.0 8 2 2 2 1 0
Joe Coleman 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 0
Dennis Higgins (L) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 12 4 4 2 2 0

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