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9 unusual facts about 1970 in baseball


1970 Caribbean Series

After nine years of absence, the XIII edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was revived in 1970 without Panama or Cuba.

Bill Adair

He compiled a 1,611-1,305 (.552) record in the minors, but his managing career in the major leagues was limited to ten games with the 1970 White Sox.

Bill Rigney

Returning to the field the next year, Rigney and led the Minnesota Twins to the 1970 AL West championship before being replaced midway through the 1972 season.

Emmett Ashford

Emmett Littleton Ashford (November 23, 1914 – March 1, 1980), nicknamed "Ash", was the first African American umpire in Major League Baseball, working in the American League from 1966 to 1970.

José Tartabull

José Milages Tartabull Guzmán (born November 27, 1938) is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder; his Major League career lasted nine years, from 1962 to 1970.

Minnie Mendoza

Cristobal Rigoberto Mendoza Carreras (born November 16, 1933), better known as Minnie Mendoza, is a former Major League Baseball infielder and coach who played for the Minnesota Twins during the 1970 MLB season.

Rich McKinney

McKinney started the 1970 season with Tucson, where he batted .303 with six home runs and 41 RBIs in 62 games.

Verlon Walker

He served under Durocher through the 1970 season and was still listed as a Cub coach when he died, the following March, from leukemia in Chicago at the age of 42.

Wichita Aeros

The Wichita Aeros were an American minor league baseball franchise based in Wichita, Kansas, that played in the Triple-A American Association from 1970 through 1984.



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