1970 Orioles win Kevin Burghardt’s Great Teams of the 1970s project

kevin bYou may know him from his Lid campaign from Facebook.  He’s also done an APBA Fan Profile on the APBA Blog.  Kevin Burghardt is a die-hard 1970s fan when it comes to baseball.  He’s finished his Great Teams from the 1970s project we’ve read about in the past.  Not too surprisingly, the powerhouse Orioles of 1970 won it all.

Kevin sent me the standings and leaderboards from his project.   You can find more info on his project at his website.

Thanks for sharing, Kevin!!

Great Teams from the 1970’s

Final Standings

AL East

1970 Baltimore         100-62            .617               

1978 Milwaukee       91-71              .562                9

1972 Detroit              85-77              .525                15

1978 Boston             77-85              .475                23

1977 New York         74-88              .457                26

1976 Cleveland        61-101            .377                39

 

AL West

1977 Kansas City    92-70              .568               

1973 Oakland           91-71              .562                1

1970 Minnesota       83-79              .512                9

1977 Texas               78-84              .481                14

1977 Chicago           72-90              .444                20

1979 California        68-94              .420                24

 

NL East

1977 Philadelphia   96-66              .593               

1979 Pittsburgh        93-69              .574                3

1979 Montreal          90-72              .556                6

1971 St. Louis          82-80              .506                14

1972 Chicago           82-80              .506                14

1976 New York         74-88              .457                22

 

NL West

1975 Cincinnati       99-63              .611               

1977 Los Angeles    82-80              .506                17

1971 San Francisco            72-90              .444                27

1978 San Diego       70-92              .432                29

1979 Houston           69-93              .426                30

1974 Atlanta             63-99              .389                36

 

 

 

 

 Postseason

 

ALCS: Baltimore over Kansas City (4-0)

NLCS: Philadelphia over Cincinnati (4-2)

World Series: Baltimore over Philadelphia (4-1)

 

AL MVP: Hal McRae-KC (.285, 28, 110)

AL Cy Young: Jim Palmer-Balt. (26-9, 2.53)

NL MVP: Joe Torre-SL (.365, 19, 128)

NL Cy Young: Steve Carlton-Phil. (22-8, 2.69)

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Thomas Nelshoppen

I am an IT consultant by day and an APBA media mogul by night. My passions are baseball (specifically Illini baseball), photography and of course, APBA. I have been fortunate to be part of the basic game Illowa APBA League since 1980 as well as the BBW Boys of Summer APBA League since 2014. I am slogging through a 1966 NL replay and hope to finish before I die.

2 Comments:

  1. How do I contact Kevin? I wanted to ask him how he handled the same player on multiple teams. (examples: Davey Johnson, Tim McCarver…)

  2. Kevin:

    Great writeup. I did an AL Great Teams from the ’70s era…same result. The ’70 Orioles were, indeed, a great team.

    RC

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