Jim Gilliam provided the big hit as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Baltimore 3-2 to claim the championship of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. With Los Angeles down 2-1 in the bottom of the eighth, Gilliam smacked a two-run homer off Hoyt Wilhelm to give the Dodgers their first lead of […]
Category: 1970s Baseball History
The heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers needed a big hit in the 10th inning to survive a 4-2 battle with the Chicago Cubs in the semifinals of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Gil Hodges blasted a two-run walk-off homer in the 10th inning to send the Dodgers to the championship game […]
Milt Pappas tossed a complete game as he led Baltimore to a 3-0 victory over the Milwaukee Braves in the second round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Pappas limted the Braves to five hits as he fanned five. Walt Dropo led the Orioles offense with a two-run single in the […]
Cleveland’s Jim Perry posted a 4-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Perry allowed just four hits and one walk as he fanned seven in the shutout. After surrendering back-to-back singles to Curt Flood and Stan Musial with one out in […]
Back in the 1970s as a pre-teen, there was no other feeling like opening a pack of baseball cards. Pulling a Hank Aaron, Willie Mays or Roberto Clemente was a special event though they were at the end of their careers. New players like George Brett or Robin Yount brought just as big a smile. […]
The Montreal Expos worked their way through the field with five straight victories to win the 1975 Strat-O-Matic Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. The Expos scored five times in the first three innings on their way to a 7-6 win over the Boston Red Sox. Gary Carter got things started in the top of […]
Carlton Fisk led the charge as the Boston Red Sox pounded Minnesota 10-3 to take the American League championship in the 1975 Strat-O-Matic Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Fisk had two hits, but drove in two runs with each hit. He homered in the fourth and tripled in the ninth. Jim Rice had a […]
The National League championship of the 1975 Strat-O-Matic Tournament presented by Press Room Pass was a wild ride as Montreal was able to survive with a 10-7 victory over Los Angeles. Overall by both teams, there were 17 runs, 19 hits and five errors with seven pitchers used in the final three innings. With a […]
The Minnesota Twins took the American League West championship with a 3-1 victory over California in the 1975 Strat-O-Matic Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Jim Hughes nearly went the distance on the mound for the Twins as he scattered seven hits with six strikeouts, allowing a homer to Bruce Bochte in the fifth inning. […]
Six runs in the first two innings gave the Boston Red Sox the boost they would need to win the championship of the American League East bracket the 1975 Strat-O-Matic Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. After Fred Lynn put Boston up with a RBI single in the first inning, Carlton Fisk drilled a three-run […]