1969 Midwest League
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1969 Midwest League | |
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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.
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.