1969 American League Championship Series

Infobox LCS
alcs = yes


year = 1969
champion = Baltimore Orioles (3)
champion_manager = Earl Weaver
champion_games = 109-53, .673, GA: 19
runnerup = Minnesota Twins (0)
runnerup_manager = Billy Martin
runnerup_games = 97-65, .599, GA: 9
date = October 4–October 6
television = NBC
announcers = Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek (Game 1-2)
Jim Simpson and Sandy Koufax (Game 3)
umpires = Nestor Chylak, Ed Runge, Frank Umont, Bob Stewart, Johnny Rice, Red FlahertyThe by|1969 American League Championship Series was the first ALCS held after Major League Baseball adopted the two-division format that season. It featured the Baltimore Orioles vs. the Minnesota Twins, with the Orioles winning the series 3-0 and advancing to the 1969 World Series, where they would lose to the New York Mets in one of baseball's great upsets. The Orioles and Twins would meet again the following year, with similar results.

This was the first of 3 straight appearances in the ALCS for the Orioles.

ummary

Baltimore Orioles vs. Minnesota Twins

Baltimore wins the series, 3-0

Game summaries

Game 1

Saturday, October 4, 1969 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, MarylandLinescore
Road=Minnesota|RoadAbr=MIN
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=1|R6=0|R7=2|R8=0|R9=0|R10=0|R11=0|R12=0|RR=3|RH=4|RE=2
Home=Baltimore|HomeAbr=BAL
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=1|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=1|H10=0|H11=0|H12=1|HR=4|HH=10|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Dick Hall (1-0)|LP=Ron Perranoski (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Tony Oliva (1)|HomeHR=Frank Robinson (1), Boog Powell (1), Mark Belanger (1)|

Game 2

Sunday, October 5, 1969 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, MarylandLinescore
Road=Minnesota|RoadAbr=MIN
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|R10=0|R11=0|RR=0|RH=3|RE=1
Home=Baltimore|HomeAbr=BAL
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|H10=0|H11=1|HR=1|HH=8|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Dave McNally (1-0)|LP=Dave Boswell (0-1)|SV=|

Game 3

Monday, October 6, 1969 at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, MinnesotaLinescore
Road=Baltimore|RoadAbr=BAL
R1=0|R2=3|R3=0|R4=2|R5=0|R6=1|R7=0|R8=2|R9=3|RR=11|RH=18|RE=0
Home=Minnesota|HomeAbr=MIN
H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=1|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=2|HH=10|HE=2
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Jim Palmer (1-0)|LP=Bob Miller (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Paul Blair (1)|HomeHR=|

Composite Box

1969 ALCS (3-0): Baltimore Orioles over Minnesota TwinsLinescore
Road=Baltimore Orioles
R1=0|R2=3|R3=0|R4=3|R5=1|R6=1|R7=0|R8=2|R9=4|R10=0|R11=1|R12=1|RR=16|RH=36|RE=1
Home=Minnesota Twins
H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=2|H6=0|H7=2|H8=0|H9=0|H10=0|H11=0|H12=0|HR=5|HH=17|HE=5Total Attendance: 113,763 Average Attendance: 37,921|

Notes

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1969_ALCS.shtml 1969 ALCS at Baseball-Reference]