1969 League Championship Series - Baltimore Orioles over Minnesota Twins (3-0)

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1969 League Championship Series (3-0): Baltimore Orioles (109-53) over Minnesota Twins (97-65)

WS: NYM-BAL / ALCS: BAL-MIN / NLCS: NYM-ATL
1970 ALCS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 4, 1969 at Memorial Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11 12     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    0  1  0    2  0  0    0  0  0     3  4  2
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  1     4 10  1

    PITCHERS: MIN - Perry, Perranoski (9)
              BAL - Cuellar, Richert (9), Watt (10), Lopez (12), Hall (12)

               WP - Dick Hall
	       LP - Ron Perranoski
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MIN - Oliva
              BAL - Belanger, Powell, Robinson

  ATTENDANCE: 39,324

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 5, 1969 at Memorial Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0     0  3  1
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1     1  8  0

    PITCHERS: MIN - Boswell, Perranoski (11)
              BAL - McNally

               WP - Dave McNally
	       LP - Dave Boswell
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MIN - none
              BAL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 41,704

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 6, 1969 at Metropolitan Stadium (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            0  3  0    2  0  1    0  2  3    11 18  0
    Minnesota Twins              1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     2 10  2

    PITCHERS: BAL - Palmer
              MIN - Miller, Woodson (2), Hall (4), Worthington (5), Grzenda (6), Chance (7), Perranoski (9)

               WP - Jim Palmer
	       LP - Bob Miller
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - Blair
              MIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 32,735

Series Batting Stats

Baltimore Orioles Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Mark Belanger	3	15	4	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	.267	.267	.600	.867	0	0	150	530	76	152	2	50	14	.287	.696
Paul Blair	3	15	1	6	2	0	1	6	2	2	.400	.471	.733	1.204	0	1	150	625	102	178	26	76	20	.285	.804
Don Buford	3	14	3	4	1	0	0	1	3	0	.286	.412	.357	.769	0	1	144	554	99	161	11	64	19	.291	.814
Mike Cuellar	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	39	103	6	12	0	5	0	.117	.279
Andy Etchebarren	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	73	217	29	54	3	26	1	.249	.701
Dick Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	39	7	1	2	0	2	1	.286	.661
Elrod Hendricks	3	8	2	2	2	0	0	3	1	2	.250	.333	.500	.833	0	0	105	295	36	72	12	38	0	.244	.716
Davey Johnson	3	13	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.231	.333	.231	.564	0	0	142	511	52	143	7	57	3	.280	.743
Marcelino Lopez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	27	14	2	3	0	0	0	.214	.567
Dave May	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	78	120	8	29	3	10	2	.242	.672
Dave McNally	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	41	94	4	8	1	5	0	.085	.295
Curt Motton	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	56	89	15	27	6	21	3	.303	.971
Jim Palmer	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	27	64	5	13	0	6	0	.203	.485
Boog Powell	3	13	2	5	0	0	1	1	2	0	.385	.467	.615	1.082	0	0	152	533	83	162	37	121	1	.304	.942
Merv Rettenmund	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	95	190	27	47	4	25	6	.247	.733
Pete Richert	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	44	8	0	1	0	0	1	.125	.250
Brooks Robinson	3	14	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.571	1.071	0	2	156	598	73	140	23	84	2	.234	.693
Frank Robinson	3	12	1	4	2	0	1	2	3	3	.333	.467	.750	1.217	0	0	148	539	111	166	32	100	9	.308	.955
Chico Salmon	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	52	91	18	27	3	12	0	.297	.826
Eddie Watt	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	56	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200
Totals	38	123	16	36	8	1	4	15	13	14	.293	.360	.472	.832	0	4	162	5518	779	1465	175		82	.265	.756

Minnesota Twins Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Bob Allison	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	81	189	18	43	8	27	2	.228	.751
Dave Boswell	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	40	94	7	16	2	9	0	.170	.472
Leo Cardenas	3	13	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	7	.154	.154	.308	.462	0	0	160	578	67	162	10	70	5	.280	.741
Rod Carew	3	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.071	.133	.071	.205	0	0	123	458	79	152	8	56	19	.332	.853
Dean Chance	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	20	24	1	1	0	1	0	.042	.190
Joe Grzenda	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	38	5	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.286
Tom Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	43	5	8	0	0	0	.186	.465
Harmon Killebrew	3	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	6	2	.125	.500	.250	.750	0	0	162	555	106	153	49	140	8	.276	1.011
Charlie Manuel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	83	164	14	34	2	24	1	.207	.600
Bob Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	48	31	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.031
George Mitterwald	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	0	0	69	187	18	48	5	13	0	.257	.707
Graig Nettles	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	96	225	27	50	7	26	1	.222	.693
Tony Oliva	3	13	3	5	2	0	1	2	1	3	.385	.429	.769	1.198	1	0	153	637	97	197	24	101	10	.309	.851
Ron Perranoski	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	75	24	1	2	0	1	0	.083	.237
Jim Perry	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	47	93	8	16	0	7	0	.172	.430
Rich Reese	3	12	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	.167	.231	.167	.397	0	0	132	419	52	135	16	69	1	.322	.875
Rick Renick	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	71	139	21	34	5	17	0	.245	.681
John Roseboro	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	115	361	33	95	3	32	5	.263	.654
Cesar Tovar	3	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.077	.143	.077	.220	1	0	158	535	99	154	11	52	45	.288	.757
Ted Uhlaender	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	152	554	93	151	8	62	15	.273	.684
Dick Woodson	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	44	27	3	2	0	0	0	.074	.212
Al Worthington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	46	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	40	110	5	17	3	1	1	5	12	27	.155	.236	.227	.463	2	0	162	5677	790	1520	163		115	.268	.748

Baltimore Orioles Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Mike Cuellar	1	1	2.25	0	0	0	0	8.0	3	2	1	7	0.500	39	39	2.38	23	11	0	290.2	213	79	182	1.005
Dick Hall	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0.000	39	0	1.92	5	2	6	65.2	49	9	31	0.883
Marcelino Lopez	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	2	0	9.000	27	4	4.41	5	3	0	69.1	65	34	57	1.428
Dave McNally	1	1	0.00	1	0	0	1	11.0	3	0	5	11	0.727	41	40	3.22	20	7	0	268.2	232	84	166	1.176
Jim Palmer	1	1	2.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	10	2	2	4	1.333	26	23	2.34	16	4	0	181.0	131	64	123	1.077
Pete Richert	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	2	2	2.000	44	0	2.20	7	4	12	57.1	42	14	54	0.977
Eddie Watt	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	2	0.000	56	0	1.65	5	2	16	71.0	49	26	46	1.056
Totals	7	3	1.13	3	0	0	2	32.0	17	4	12	27	0.906	162	162	2.828	109	53		1473.2	1194	498	897	1.148

Minnesota Twins Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Dave Boswell	1	1	0.84	0	1	0	0	10.2	7	1	7	4	1.313	39	38	3.23	20	12	0	256.1	215	99	190	1.225
Dean Chance	1	0	13.50	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	0	2	2.000	20	15	2.95	5	4	0	88.1	76	35	50	1.257
Joe Grzenda	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.000	38	0	3.88	4	1	3	48.2	52	17	24	1.418
Tom Hall	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.000	31	18	3.33	8	7	0	140.2	129	50	92	1.273
Bob Miller	1	1	5.40	0	1	0	0	1.2	5	1	0	0	3.000	48	11	3.02	5	5	3	119.1	118	32	57	1.257
Ron Perranoski	3	0	5.79	0	1	0	0	4.2	8	3	0	2	1.714	75	0	2.11	9	10	31	119.2	85	52	62	1.145
Jim Perry	1	1	3.38	0	0	0	0	8.0	6	3	3	3	1.125	46	36	2.82	20	6	0	261.2	244	66	153	1.185
Dick Woodson	1	0	10.80	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	2	3	2	3.600	44	10	3.67	7	5	1	110.1	99	49	66	1.341
Al Worthington	1	0	6.75	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	1	0	1	2.250	46	0	4.57	4	1	3	61.0	65	20	51	1.393
Totals	11	3	4.02	0	3	0	0	31.1	36	14	13	14	1.564	162	162	3.239	97	65		1497.2	1388	524	906	1.277

WS: NYM-BAL / ALCS: BAL-MIN / NLCS: NYM-ATL
1970 ALCS

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