Jim Simpson hosted pre-game coverage along with Sandy Koufax and Mickey Mantle. Games 3, 4 and 5 of the 1969 Series are believed to be the oldest surviving color television broadcasts of World Series games (even though World Series telecasts have aired in color since 1955). Ed Kranepool added a home run and Jerry Grote an RBI double for the Mets, while Gary Gentry pitched 6⅔ shutout innings and helped his own cause with a second inning two-run double. This series is a major plot point in the 2000 film Frequency and is also a plot point in the 2012 movie Men in Black 3. All Rights Reserved by Baseball Almanac, Inc.Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. Part of the Baseball Almanac Family, order an "original" print copy of this same box score, Game played on Wednesday, October 15, 1969 at Shea Stadium. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. ", "The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." The expression, "Good pitching defeats good hitting", was never more evident than in this World Series; Baltimore collected only 23 hits for a .146 batting average, both team lows for a 5-game series. Find out more. Jerry Koosman got the win, his second of the series. Swoboda then scored when Jerry Grote's grounder was mishandled by first baseman Boog Powell, whose throw to first was then dropped by pitcher Eddie Watt in an unusual double error. Earlier in January, the Jets, led by Joe Namath, upset the heavily favored Baltimore Colts in the Super Bowl, which also aired on NBC. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. According to Swoboda, you couldn't distinguish the actual game ball from any of the ones that spilled out of the bag. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. E–Richert (1), Garrett (1). - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981). In all four Mets victories, their starting first baseman hit a home run: Donn Clendenon in Games 2, 4 and 5, and Ed Kranepool in Game 3. In the top of the sixth inning, Mets starting pitcher Jerry Koosman appeared to have hit Frank Robinson with a pitch, but plate umpire Lou DiMuro ruled that the pitch hit his bat before hitting him and denied him first base. There are several direct connections between the two Mets World Championship teams of 1969 and 1986. Copies of all five broadcasts circulate among collectors. New York Mets beat Baltimore Orioles (2-1). However, the renowned "shoe polish" incident may not be such a simple, straightforward matter. Al Weis was intentionally walked to set up a force play and get to the pitcher's spot in the lineup. The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Boog Powell led the Orioles with five hits and a .263 average—but all were non-scoring singles (although one advanced Frank Robinson to third base to set up Swoboda's defensive heroics). In the bottom of the tenth, Jerry Grote led off by blooping a double to left. Orioles second baseman Davey Johnson flied out to Cleon Jones for the last out of the 1969 World Series; Johnson later managed the 1986 Mets to their World Series title. The Orioles repeated as AL East champs the next season, when they won 108 games, one fewer than the previous year. Four years later, the Mets returned to the World Series despite an 82–79 record, but lost to the Oakland Athletics in seven games. The New York Mets defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye. A further controversy that day involved the flying of the American flag at Shea Stadium. Ron Taylor came on to retire Brooks Robinson for the final out and earn the save. The first pitch was one hour later than usual due to a Baltimore ordinance, since repealed, which prohibited Sunday sporting events from beginning prior to 2 p.m. Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? In the seventh, the Orioles had the bases loaded with two out, but Agee made a headfirst diving grab of a line drive hit by Paul Blair in right-center. This also occurred in game 4 of the 1966 World Series. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. However, Mets pitcher Tom Seaver was on the losing end in 1986, as a member of the Boston Red Sox (he did not appear in the 1986 World Series due to a knee injury). However, Koosman lost the no-hitter and the lead in the seventh inning as Paul Blair singled, stole second, and scored on a single by Brooks Robinson. We present them here for purely educational purposes. They breezed through the 1969 season, winning 109 games (the most games won since the 1961 Yankees) and became the first American League Eastern Division champions by 19 games, then brushing aside the Minnesota Twins three games to none in the ALCS to win their second pennant in four years. In the top of the ninth, Seaver ran into trouble. In any case, this incident provided baseball with yet another entertaining legend, about which the absolute truth will probably never be known. Buford capped the inning off by doubling in Belanger. We hadn't been more than a hit or two from turning it around. Somebody – I think it was Clendenon – yelled out, 'Dammit, we can beat these guys!' Frank Robinson tagged and scored, but Swoboda's heroics kept the Orioles from possibly taking the lead. Replays showed Martin running inside the first-base line, which appeared to hinder Richert's ability to make a good throw and Orioles second baseman Davey Johnson from catching it. Brooks Robinson then hit a sinking line drive towards right that Mets right fielder Ron Swoboda dove for and caught just inches off the ground. Karl Ehrhardt, a Mets fan known as "the sign man" at Shea Stadium, held up a sign that read There Are No Words soon after the final out was made. IBB–Weis (2,by Hall). Also in 1986, the Mets' World Series championship was in conjunction with a Super Bowl win, this time by the New York Giants, who defeated the Denver Broncos, 39–20, to win Super Bowl XXI. The 66th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Baltimore Orioles and the National League (NL) champion New York Mets. In the bottom of the sixth, McNally bounced a pitch that appeared to have hit Mets left fielder Cleon Jones on the foot, then bounced into the Mets' dugout. The fact that the Mets began the season by losing 11–10 to the then-expansion Montreal Expos seemed to confirm this. Weis led all batters in the series with a .455 average. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. These are master "truck feeds" preserved by NBC, which do not contain original commercials, but show a static image of the Shea Stadium field between innings. Frank Robinson and Boog Powell hit back-to-back one-out singles to put runners on first and third. The O's then added three more runs in the fourth when, with two outs, Elrod Hendricks singled and Davey Johnson walked. Copyright © 2000-2020 Sports Reference LLC. Join our linker program. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Thursday, October 22, 12:56AM. Therefore, his claim of having scuffed the ball against his own shoe could be a ruse. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. The New York Mets, who had never finished higher than ninth place (next-to-last) nor won more than 73 games in a season since joining the National League in 1962, were not highly regarded before the 1969 season started. It hit us like a ton of bricks."[7]. Tom Seaver – the game's losing pitcher – said years later "I swear, we came into the clubhouse more confident than when we had left it. The umpires' judgment was that Martin did not interfere. With two out in the fourth and Oriole runners on first and third, Agee raced to the 396-foot (121 m) sign in left-center and made a backhanded running catch of a drive hit by Elrod Hendricks. The World Series win earned the team the sobriquets "The Amazin' Mets" and "The Miracle Mets", as they had risen from the depths of mediocrity (the 1969 team had the first winning record in Mets history). 1969 World Series - New York Mets over Baltimore Orioles (4-1) series statistics and schedule. The O's then added three more runs in the fourth when, with two outs, Elrod Hendricks singled and Davey Johnson walked. The Mets then tied the score in the seventh on a home run by the unheralded and light-hitting Al Weis. And we felt we hadn't been. HR–New York Clendenon (2,2nd inning off Cuellar 0 on, 0 out). And we believed it. Donn Clendenon provided him a slim lead with a home run in the fourth. Don Buford hit Tom Seaver's second pitch of the game for a home run, which just evaded Ron Swoboda's leaping attempt at catching it. * - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? [11] Bill Gleason, a sports columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, alleged that this feat would not repeated again until Disco Demolition Night,[12] an event which saw many people rush onto the playing field in Comiskey Park just before the second game of a doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers was scheduled to begin on July 12, 1979.[12]. It is abbreviated history. Some defensive statistics Copyright © Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2020. A–57,367. Tom Seaver atoned for his Game 1 ineffectiveness by shutting the Orioles out through eight innings. - unknown, for minors. Also, the surviving copy of Game 5 as aired on MLB Network in late 2009 had noticeable drop-outs and tape-tracking errors for the first few innings. This proved to be the decisive run, and Orioles starter Dave McNally had the tough-luck loss. The episode ends with the brothers singing "Meet the Mets.". With two outs in the top of the ninth inning, Koosman faced Orioles second baseman Davey Johnson (who, coincidentally, later managed the Mets to their second World Series championship in 1986). October 15, 1969 Box Score. NBC televised the Series, with Curt Gowdy sharing play-by-play commentary with Orioles announcer Bill O'Donnell (for the games in Baltimore) and Mets announcer Lindsey Nelson (for the games in New York). Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. Third-year pitcher Tom Seaver won a major-league-leading 25 games en route to his first Cy Young Award; the other two top Mets starting pitchers, Jerry Koosman and rookie Gary Gentry, combined to win 30 more games. Subsequent controversy focused on MLB rule 6.05 (k),[9] which says that a batter shall be out—with the ball dead and the runners returned to their original bases—if "...In running the last half of the distance from home base to first base, while the ball is being fielded to first base, he runs outside (to the right of) the three-foot line, or inside (to the left of) the foul line, and in the umpire's judgment in so doing interferes with the fielder taking the throw at first base.". Tony Kubek served as field reporter and in-stands interviewer. NL New York Mets (4) vs. AL Baltimore Orioles (1). copyright=new Date(); Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: This page was last edited on 3 September 2020, at 18:25. Or write about sports? Outfielder Cleon Jones hit a (then) club-record .340 and finished third in the National League batting race, while his lifelong friend and outfield mate Tommie Agee hit 26 home runs and drove in 76 runs to lead the club; they were the only players on the team who garnered more than 400 at bats. "1969 World Series Game 1 – New York Mets vs. Baltimore Orioles", "1969 World Series Game 2 – New York Mets vs. Baltimore Orioles", "1969 World Series Game 3 – Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Mets", "1969 World Series Game 4 – Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Mets", "1969 World Series Game 5 – Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Mets", Disco Demolition – Thirty Years Ago!

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