1970 Midwest League

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1970 Midwest League
Classification: A
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.

[edit] Sources

  • 1970 Baseball Blue Book.
  • 1971 Sporting News Baseball Guide.

Footnotes

  1. http://www.mwlguide.com/years/1970/allstars.html, retrieved on 2009-10-10.




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