Seattle Pilots were an American professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington during the 1969 Major League Baseball season.
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11 Facts About Seattle Pilots
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Seattle Pilots had long been a hotbed for minor league baseball and was home to the Seattle Pilots Rainiers, a successful team in the Pacific Coast League.
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At the time, Seattle Pilots was the third-biggest metropolitan area on the West Coast.
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In 1967, Charles Finley looked to move his Kansas City Athletics to Seattle Pilots, but ended up moving the Athletics to Oakland, California.
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Also, the Seattle Pilots had to pay the PCL $1 million to compensate for the loss of one of its most successful franchises.
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However, the Seattle Pilots experienced the typical struggles of a first-year expansion team.
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The Seattle Pilots had a total attendance of 677,944 people for the season, 20th in the 24-team league, and their average attendance per game, 8,268, was 20th.
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Seattle Pilots finished above fellow cellar dweller teams like the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and the expansion San Diego Padres.
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The Seattle Pilots lost several hundred thousand dollars their first and only season.
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However, the remaining owners of the Pilots turned it down in the face of pressure from Washington's two senators, Warren Magnuson and Henry M "Scoop" Jackson, as well as state attorney general Slade Gorton.
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One legacy of the Brewers' roots in Seattle Pilots is that their colors are still blue and gold, although the shades have been darker since 2000.
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