1970 Midwest League

	Statistics
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The Midwest League played a 126 game, split-season schedule which began on April 26 and ended on August 31. The first half ended on June 27.
An All-Star Game was played on July 13 between a Midwest League All-Star team and first-half champion Quincy; the Stars won by a 10-7 score^[1].
A best-of-three championship playoff was won by Quincy.
- A single-game tiebreaker was required to determine that Quad City won the second half title
Total 1970 attendance: 532,034.

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+ | year              = 1970
+ | name_full         = Midwest League
+ | name_short        = Midwest
+ | classification    = A
+}}
+* The Midwest League played a 126 game, split-season schedule which began on April 26 and ended on August 31.  The first half ended on June 27.
+* An All-Star Game was played on July 13 between a Midwest League All-Star team and first-half champion Quincy; the Stars won by a 10-7 score<ref>{{cite-web|url=http://www.mwlguide.com/years/1970/allstars.html|year=2009|month=10|day=10}}</ref>.
+* A best-of-three championship playoff was won by Quincy.
+** A single-game tiebreaker was required to determine that Quad City won the second half title
+* Total 1970 attendance: 532,034.
+==Sources==
+* {{cite-book|title=1970 Baseball Blue Book}}
+* {{cite-book|title=1971 Sporting News Baseball Guide}}
+<references/>
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+ | indexterms        =
+}}