Seattle Pilots

April 11, 1969 Sick's Stadium, Seattle, Wa

Inaugural home game

Seattle Pliots  7 - 0  Chicago White Sox

Opening day victory, after a 2-1 road trip to face the California Angels

Pilots RBIs: Gary Bell 2; Don Mincher 2 (HR); Jerry McNertney; Tommy Harper; Rich Rollins

Pitching: Gary Bell complete game shutout, 9 hits, 6 strikeouts, 4 walks

Joe Horlen (L-Chi) 3-innings; 3 runs, 4 hits

Seattle Pilots business envelope wth meter cancel promoting the team 

"Come see the Pilots Play - Sicks Stadium"

The Seattle Pilots were a 1969 American League expansion team, which lasted one season.  The franchise would move to Milwaukee. The team would finish the season 64-98.

Sicks Stadium was located in Rainier Valley and was home to the Seattle Rainers of the Pacific Coast League. The site was the previous location of Dugdale Field, a 1913 ballpark, home of the Seattle Indians