1968 Midwest League

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* The Midwest League played a 126 game, split-season schedule which began on April 28 and ended on September 2. The first half ended on June 29.
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* An All-Star Game was played on July 8 between a Midwest League All-Star team and first-half champion Quad Cities; the All-Stars won by a 5-1 score<ref>{{cite-web|url=http://www.mwlguide.com/years/1968/allstars.html|year=2009|month=10|day=8}}</ref>.
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* [[1968 Quad Cities (Midwest)|Quad Cities]] defeated [[1968 Decatur (Midwest)|Decatur]] 2-1 in the post-season championship playoff.
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* Total 1968 attendance: 441,938.
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==Sources==
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* {{cite-book|title=1968 Baseball Blue Book}}
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* {{cite-book|title=1969 Sporting News Baseball Guide}}
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{{league-season-club-member | 1968 Appleton (Midwest)}}
 
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{{league-season-club-member | 1968 Burlington (Midwest)}}
 
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{{league-season-club-member | 1968 Cedar Rapids (Midwest)}}
 
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{{league-season-club-member | 1968 Clinton (Midwest)}}
 
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{{league-season-club-member | 1968 Decatur (Midwest)}}
 
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{{league-season-club-member | 1968 Dubuque (Midwest)}}
 
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{{league-season-club-member | 1968 Quad Cities (Midwest)}}
 
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{{league-season-club-member | 1968 Quincy (Midwest)}}
 
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{{league-season-club-member | 1968 Waterloo (Midwest)}}
 
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{{league-season-club-member | 1968 Wisconsin Rapids (Midwest)}}
 
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[[Category:Professional Leagues in 1968|Midwest League]]
 

Latest revision as of 22:36, 2 September 2010

1968 Midwest League
Classification: A
Statistics
{{#sabr-lightbox-iframe:http://sabrpedia.org/includes/active/leagues/batting/70931045.html|Individual batting statistics for 1968 Midwest League|width:95%;height:95%;scrolling:auto|Batting}} • {{#sabr-lightbox-iframe:http://sabrpedia.org/includes/active/leagues/pitching/70931045.html|Individual pitching statistics for 1968 Midwest League|width:95%;height:95%;scrolling:auto|Pitching}}
  • The Midwest League played a 126 game, split-season schedule which began on April 28 and ended on September 2. The first half ended on June 29.
  • An All-Star Game was played on July 8 between a Midwest League All-Star team and first-half champion Quad Cities; the All-Stars won by a 5-1 score[1].
  • Quad Cities defeated Decatur 2-1 in the post-season championship playoff.
  • Total 1968 attendance: 441,938.

[edit] Sources

  • 1968 Baseball Blue Book.
  • 1969 Sporting News Baseball Guide.

Footnotes

  1. http://www.mwlguide.com/years/1968/allstars.html, retrieved on 2009-10-08.




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