1969 Midwest League
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| - | | year= 1969 | + | | year = 1969 |
| - | | | + | | name_full = Midwest League |
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| + | * The Midwest League played a 128 game, split-season schedule which began on April 27 and ended on September 1. The first half ended on June 28. | ||
| + | ** The league played with nine teams in 1969, which resulted in one team taking a bye in each series; another consequence was an unusually high double-header rate. | ||
| + | ** The tenth team would have been Dubuque, but that arrangement fell through; the league then offered the franchise to Rockford, then (at the last minute) to Beloit.<ref>{{cite-newspaper|title=Beloit in Midwest for 1970|newspaper=Waterloo (IA) Daily Courier|year=1969|month=4|day=10|pages=26}}</ref> | ||
| + | * Early-season games scheduled for Quad Cities and Clinton were held in other ballyards, as their home fields were flooded by the Mississippi River.<ref>{{cite-newspaper|title=Beloit Scheduled to Become 10th Member of Midwest League|newspaper=Appleton Post-Crescent|year=1969|month=4|day=21|pages=B7}}</ref> | ||
| + | * An All-Star Game was played on July 21 between a Midwest League All-Star team and first-half champion Appleton; the Foxes won by a 5-3 score<ref>{{cite-web|url=http://www.mwlguide.com/years/1969/allstars.html|year=2009|month=10|day=9}}</ref>. | ||
| + | * No championship playoff was held as Appleton won both half-season titles. | ||
| + | * Total 1969 attendance: 367,420. | ||
| + | ==Sources== | ||
| + | * {{cite-book|title=1969 Baseball Blue Book}} | ||
| + | * {{cite-book|title=1970 Sporting News Baseball Guide}} | ||
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| Classification: | A |
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- The Midwest League played a 128 game, split-season schedule which began on April 27 and ended on September 1. The first half ended on June 28.
- The league played with nine teams in 1969, which resulted in one team taking a bye in each series; another consequence was an unusually high double-header rate.
- The tenth team would have been Dubuque, but that arrangement fell through; the league then offered the franchise to Rockford, then (at the last minute) to Beloit.[1]
- Early-season games scheduled for Quad Cities and Clinton were held in other ballyards, as their home fields were flooded by the Mississippi River.[2]
- An All-Star Game was played on July 21 between a Midwest League All-Star team and first-half champion Appleton; the Foxes won by a 5-3 score[3].
- No championship playoff was held as Appleton won both half-season titles.
- Total 1969 attendance: 367,420.
[edit] Sources
- 1969 Baseball Blue Book.
- 1970 Sporting News Baseball Guide.
Footnotes
- ↑ "Beloit in Midwest for 1970", pg 26. Waterloo (IA) Daily Courier, 1969-04-10.
- ↑ "Beloit Scheduled to Become 10th Member of Midwest League", pg B7. Appleton Post-Crescent, 1969-04-21.
- ↑ http://www.mwlguide.com/years/1969/allstars.html, retrieved on 2009-10-09.
