1970 World Series

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1970 World Series Program


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The 1970 World Series was between the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles, with the Orioles winning in five games. In this series Emmett Ashford became the first African American to umpire in the Fall Classic. It also featured the first World Series games to be played on artificial turf, as Games 1 and 2 took place at Cincinnati's brand-new Riverfront Stadium. In Game 1, when Ty Cline hit the ball straight high, Elrod Hendricks caught it as well as tagging Bernie Carbo at the plate with his empty glove as Carbo missed the plate. Carbo was called out. Reds manager Sparky Anderson ran out of the dugout and argued with umpire Ken Burkhart about the controversial tag.

Records: Baltimore Orioles (W: 108, L: 54, Pct: .667, GA: 15) - Cincinnati Reds (W: 102, L: 60, Pct: .630, GA: 16)

Playoffs: ALCS: (3-0) Baltimore Orioles over Minnesota Twins – NLCS: (3-0) Cincinnati Reds over Pittsburgh Pirates

Managers: Earl Weaver (Baltimore), Sparky Anderson (Cincinnati)

Umpires: Ken Burkhart (NL), Red Flaherty (AL), Tony Venzon (NL), Bob Stewart (AL), Billy Williams (NL), Emmett Ashford (AL)

Series MVP: Brooks Robinson (Baltimore)

Television: NBC (Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek, Chuck Thompson and Jim McIntyre announcing)

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[edit] Summary

AL Baltimore Orioles (4) vs. NL Cincinnati Reds (1)


    Game  Score                   Date         Location             Attendance
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    (1)   Orioles - 4, Reds - 3   October 10   Riverfront Stadium   51,351
    (2)   Orioles - 6, Reds - 5   October 11   Riverfront Stadium   51,351
    (3)   Reds - 3, Orioles - 9   October 13   Memorial Stadium     51,773
    (4)   Reds - 6, Orioles - 5   October 14   Memorial Stadium     53,007
    (5)   Reds - 3, Orioles - 9   October 15   Memorial Stadium     45,341

[edit] Matchups

[edit] Game 1

October 10, 1970 at Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  0    2  1  0    1  0  0     4  7  2
    Cincinnati Reds              1  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0     3  5  0

    PITCHERS: BAL - Palmer, Richert (9)
              CIN - Nolan, Carroll (7)

               WP - Palmer
               LP - Nolan
             SAVE - Richert

   HOME RUNS: BAL - Powell, Hendricks, B. Robinson
              CIN - May

  ATTENDANCE: 51,531

[edit] Game 2

October 11, 1970 at Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  0    1  5  0    0  0  0     6 10  2
    Cincinnati Reds              3  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0     5  7  0

    PITCHERS: BAL - Cuellar, Phoebus (3), Drabowsky (5), Lopez (7), Hall (8)
              CIN - McGlothlin, Wilcox (5), Carroll (5), Gullett (8)

               WP - Phoebus
               LP - Wilcox
             SAVE - Hall

   HOME RUNS: BAL - Powell
              CIN - Tolan, Bench

  ATTENDANCE: 51,531

[edit] Game 3

October 13, 1970 at Memorial Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              0  1  0    0  0  0    2  0  0     3  9  0
    Baltimore Orioles            2  0  1    0  1  4    1  0  X     9 10  1

    PITCHERS: CIN - Cloninger, Granger (6), Gullett (7)
              BAL - McNally

               WP - McNally
               LP - Cloninger
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - none
              BAL - F. Robinson, Buford, McNally

  ATTENDANCE: 51,733

[edit] Game 4

October 14, 1970 at Memorial Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              0  1  1    0  1  0    0  3  0     6  8  3
    Baltimore Orioles            0  1  3    0  0  1    0  0  0     5  8  0

    PITCHERS: CIN - Nolan, Gullett (3), Carroll (6)
              BAL - Palmer, Watt (8), Drabowsky (9)

               WP - Carroll
               LP - Watt
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - Rose, May
              BAL - B. Robinson

  ATTENDANCE: 53,007

[edit] Game 5

October 15, 1970 at Memorial Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     3  6  0
    Baltimore Orioles            2  2  2    0  1  0    0  2  X     9 15  0

    PITCHERS: CIN - Merritt, Granger (2), Wilcox (3), Cloninger (5), Washburn (7), Carroll (8)
              BAL - Cuellar

               WP - Cuellar
               LP - Merritt
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - none
              BAL - F. Robinson, Rettenmund

  ATTENDANCE: 45,341

mlb.com coverage of Game 5

[edit] Composite Box

1970 World Series (4-1): Baltimore Orioles (A.L.) over Cincinnati Reds (N.L.)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Baltimore Orioles 4 3 6 3 8 5 2 2 0 33 50 5
Cincinnati Reds 7 2 4 0 1 1 2 3 0 20 35 3
Total Attendance: 253,183 Average Attendance: 50,637
Winning Player’s Share: – $18,216, Losing Player’s Share – $13,688 * Includes Playoffs and World Series

[edit] Trivia

  • Brooks Robinson won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award hitting .429, (which broke the record for total bases with seventeen (17)), tied the record for most hits in one (1) game with four (4), and tied teammate Paul Blair for most hits in a five-game Series with nine (9).
  • Total Baseball described Brooks Robinson's fielding with, "other-wordly defense at third (which) gave Reds righthanded hitters nightmares through the Series."
  • Prior to Game 1 a reporter asked Brooks "The Hoover" Robinson if he thought he would be able to play defense on the artificial grass. Robinson cooly replied, "I'm a Major League third baseman. If you want to go play in a parking lot, I'm supposed to stop the ball."
  • Upon hearing that Brooks Robinson had won the MVP award and a new car from Toyota, Reds' catcher Johnny Bench said, "If we had known he wanted a car that badly, we'd all have chipped in and bought him one."
  • This was the last World Series in which all games were played in the afternoon.

[edit] Reference(s)

Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 330-334)

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