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1970 League Championship Series (3-0): Baltimore Orioles (108-54) over Minnesota Twins (98-64)

WS: BAL-CIN / ALCS: BAL-MIN / NLCS: CIN-PIT
 1969 ALCS /  1971 ALCS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 3, 1970 at Metropolitan Stadium (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            0  2  0    7  0  1    0  0  0    10 13  0
    Minnesota Twins              1  1  0    1  3  0    0  0  0     6 11  2

    PITCHERS: BAL - Cuellar, Hall (5)
              MIN - Perry, Zepp (4), Woodson (5), Williams (6), Perranoski (9)

               WP - Dick Hall
	       LP - Jim Perry
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - Buford, Cuellar, Powell
              MIN - Killebrew

  ATTENDANCE: 26,847

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 4, 1970 at Metropolitan Stadium (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            1  0  2    1  0  0    0  0  7    11 13  0
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0     3  6  2

    PITCHERS: BAL - McNally
              MIN - Hall, Zepp (4), Williams (5), Perranoski (8), Tiant (9)

               WP - Dave McNally
	       LP - Tom Hall
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - Johnson, Robinson
              MIN - Killebrew, Oliva

  ATTENDANCE: 27,490

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 5, 1970 at Memorial Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)

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

    PITCHERS: MIN - Kaat, Blyleven (3), Hall (5), Perry (7)
              BAL - Palmer

               WP - Jim Palmer
	       LP - Jim Kaat
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MIN - none
              BAL - Johnson

  ATTENDANCE: 27,608

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 12 5 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 .333 .385 .333 .718 0 0 145 459 53 100 1 36 13 .218 .562
Paul Blair 3 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .077 .143 .077 .220 0 0 133 480 79 128 18 65 24 .267 .782
Don Buford 2 7 2 3 0 0 1 3 2 0 .429 .500 .857 1.357 0 0 144 504 99 137 17 66 16 .272 .816
Mike Cuellar 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 0 0 41 112 6 10 2 7 0 .089 .257
Andy Etchebarren 2 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 0 0 78 230 19 56 4 28 4 .243 .660
Dick Hall 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 32 12 2 1 0 1 0 .083 .167
Elrod Hendricks 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0 0 106 322 32 78 12 41 1 .242 .699
Davey Johnson 3 11 4 4 0 0 2 4 1 1 .364 .462 .909 1.371 0 0 149 530 68 149 10 53 2 .281 .753
Dave McNally 1 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000 0 0 41 105 14 14 1 6 0 .133 .461
Jim Palmer 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 0 0 44 113 13 17 1 9 0 .150 .342
Boog Powell 3 14 2 6 2 0 1 6 0 3 .429 .429 .786 1.214 0 0 154 526 82 156 35 114 1 .297 .962
Merv Rettenmund 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 .333 .600 .333 .933 0 0 106 338 60 109 18 58 13 .322 .938
Brooks Robinson 3 12 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 1 .583 .538 .750 1.288 0 0 158 608 84 168 18 94 1 .276 .764
Frank Robinson 3 10 3 2 0 0 1 2 5 2 .200 .467 .500 .967 0 0 132 471 88 144 25 78 2 .306 .918
Totals 28 109 27 36 6 0 6 25 12 19 .330 .395 .550 .946 0 0 162 5545 792 1424 179 84 .257 .745

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 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 47 72 15 15 1 7 1 .208 .664
Brant Alyea 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .222 .000 .222 0 0 94 258 34 75 16 61 3 .291 .897
Bert Blyleven 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 50 2 7 0 1 0 .140 .297
Leo Cardenas 3 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 0 0 160 588 67 145 11 65 2 .247 .674
Rod Carew 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 51 191 27 70 4 28 4 .366 .930
Tom Hall 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 53 44 4 8 0 1 0 .182 .364
Jim Holt 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 142 319 37 85 3 40 3 .266 .642
Jim Kaat 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 56 76 17 15 1 8 0 .197 .512
Harmon Killebrew 3 11 2 3 0 0 2 4 2 4 .273 .385 .818 1.203 0 0 157 527 96 143 41 113 0 .271 .957
Charlie Manuel 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 59 64 4 12 1 7 0 .188 .495
George Mitterwald 2 8 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 .500 .500 .625 1.125 0 0 117 369 36 82 15 46 3 .222 .679
Tony Oliva 3 12 2 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 .500 .500 .917 1.417 0 0 157 628 96 204 23 107 5 .325 .878
Ron Perranoski 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 24 0 1 0 0 0 .042 .083
Jim Perry 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 41 97 9 24 1 6 0 .247 .572
Frank Quilici 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 111 141 19 32 2 12 0 .227 .588
Paul Ratliff 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0 0 69 149 19 40 5 22 0 .268 .806
Rich Reese 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 0 0 153 501 63 131 10 56 5 .261 .703
Rick Renick 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 81 179 20 41 7 25 0 .229 .708
Danny Thompson 3 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .250 .472 0 0 96 302 25 66 0 22 0 .219 .482
Luis Tiant 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 32 7 13 0 4 1 .406 .955
Cesar Tovar 3 13 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 .385 .385 .538 .923 0 0 161 650 120 195 10 54 30 .300 .798
Stan Williams 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 68 19 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Dick Woodson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Bill Zepp 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 44 3 6 0 0 0 .136 .292
Totals 52 101 10 24 4 1 3 10 9 22 .238 .300 .386 .686 0 0 162 5483 744 1438 153 57 .262 .730

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 12.46 0 0 0 0 4.1 10 6 1 2 2.538 40 40 3.48 24 8 0 297.2 273 69 190 1.149
Dick Hall 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 4.2 1 0 0 3 0.214 32 0 3.08 10 5 3 61.1 51 6 30 0.929
Dave McNally 1 1 3.00 1 0 0 1 9.0 6 3 5 5 1.222 40 40 3.22 24 9 0 296.0 277 78 185 1.199
Jim Palmer 1 1 1.00 1 0 0 1 9.0 7 1 3 12 1.111 39 39 2.71 20 10 0 305.0 263 100 199 1.190
Totals 4 3 3.33 3 0 0 2 27.0 24 10 9 22 1.222 162 162 3.147 108 54 1478.2 1317 469 941 1.208

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
Bert Blyleven 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 2 1.000 27 25 3.18 10 9 0 164.0 143 47 135 1.159
Tom Hall 2 1 6.75 0 1 0 0 5.1 6 4 4 6 1.875 52 11 2.55 11 6 4 155.1 94 66 184 1.030
Jim Kaat 1 1 9.00 0 1 0 0 2.0 6 2 2 1 4.000 45 34 3.56 14 10 0 230.1 244 58 120 1.311
Ron Perranoski 2 0 19.29 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 5 1 3 2.571 67 0 2.43 7 8 34 111.0 108 42 55 1.351
Jim Perry 2 1 13.50 0 1 0 0 5.1 10 8 1 3 2.063 40 40 3.04 24 12 0 278.2 258 57 168 1.130
Luis Tiant 1 0 13.50 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 1.500 18 17 3.40 7 3 0 92.2 84 41 50 1.349
Stan Williams 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 6.0 2 0 1 2 0.500 68 0 1.99 10 1 15 113.1 85 32 76 1.032
Dick Woodson 1 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 3.000 21 0 3.82 1 2 1 30.2 29 19 22 1.565
Bill Zepp 2 0 6.75 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 1 2 2 3.000 43 20 3.22 9 4 2 151.0 154 51 64 1.358
Totals 14 3 7.62 0 3 0 0 26.0 36 22 12 19 1.846 162 162 3.231 98 64 1448.1 1329 486 940 1.253

WS: BAL-CIN / ALCS: BAL-MIN / NLCS: CIN-PIT
 1969 ALCS /  1971 ALCS

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