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Sick's Stadium

Seattle, WA · 1969–1969

Sick's Stadium
Photo: Seattle Municipal Archives, CC BY 2.0
82
Games on file
1969
First
1969
Last

Sick's Stadium was a ballpark in Seattle, WA. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 11, 1969 and the last on October 2, 1969. The register files it under the American League.

82 major-league games in this archive were played here, in 1969. The game logs list the Seattle Pilots as the home club here. Its recorded capacity is 11,000. 1 game played here has a page of its own in this archive: Bill Melton's Three-Home-Run Game, 1969 in 1969.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 11, 1969, when the Seattle Pilots beat the Chicago White Sox 7–0. Joe Horlen started for the Chicago White Sox and Gary Bell for the Seattle Pilots. Marty Springstead was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on October 2, 1969, when the Oakland Athletics beat the Seattle Pilots 3–1. Jim Roland started for the Oakland Athletics and Steve Barber for the Seattle Pilots. Frank Umont was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 23,657, for a game between the New York Yankees and the Seattle Pilots on August 3, 1969.

The major leagues also played in Seattle, WA at Kingdome (1977–1999) and Safeco Field (from 1999).

Home clubs

Games remembered here

1969

Bill Melton's Three-Home-Run Game, 1969

Bill Melton hit three home runs for the Chicago White Sox against the Seattle Pilots on June 24, 1969.

Further reading: Wikipedia