As an expansion team in the American League, along with the Kansas City Royals, the Pilots were placed in the newly established West division.
[3] Despite the poor conditions at aging Sick's Stadium, the ticket prices were among the highest in the major leagues.
A book about the season exists called The 1969 Seattle Pilots: Major League Baseball's One-Year Team.
The last remaining active member of the 1969 Seattle Pilots was Fred Stanley, who retired after the 1982 season.
The Pilots and Kansas City Royals, along with the two National League expansion teams set to debut in 1969, the Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres, were allowed to participate in the June 1968 MLB first-year player draft, although the new teams were barred from the lottery's first three rounds.