Memories of the 70's

Harmon Killebrew - Minnesota Twins
Aug. 11, 1971, Harmon Killebrew hit 2 home runs vs the Baltimore Orioles. The home runs were his 500 & 501 of his career. Killebrew became only the 10th man in history to perform this feat. The Metropolitan Stadium crowd cheered loud and long for their popular star.

Four Twenty Game Winners - 1971
Jim Palmer, Orioles Star Pitcher shutout the Indians on a stunning 3-hitter, 5-0. The Baltimore Orioles became the 1st team since 1920 to have four pitchers win 20 games in a single season. Palmer joined Pat Dobson, Mike Cuellar and Dave McNally, all who had already won 20 games this year.

Senators Get OK to Move to Texas
Owner Bob Short was given American League approval to move his Washington Senators to the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The shifting of the baseball club will begin in time for the start of the 1972 season. Senators manager, Ted Williams stated, "I'll go with the team". The new team will be renamed : The Texas Rangers Baseball Club.

Pirates Win World Series Vs Orioles 1971
The Pittsburgh Pirates took the 7th game on the fine pitching performance of Steve Blass, 2-1. This was his 2nd win of this series. Blass went the entire 9 innings allowing only four hits to gain the victory. Pirate star right fielder Roberto Clemente powered a long bases empty homer in the fourth inning; his second of the series.

Hank Aaron Hits 700th Homer
July 24, 1973, Atlanta Braves Star Left fielder, Henry Aaron hit a 2-run homer and became only the second baseball player to hit 700 career home runs. Aaron was closing in on the immortal Babe Ruth who has 714 lifetime homers. The Phillies beat the Braves 8-4. Phils pitcher Ken Brett, brother of George, gave Aaron the pitch he wanted and he responded by blasting his 27th of the season.

Four Team Players
These Los Angeles Dodgers infielders stayed together from 1973-1981; the longest run in baseball history. 1B Steve Garvey 2B Davey Lopes 3B Ron Cey SS Bill Russell

First Designated Hitter
April 6, 1973, Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees got a hit. He went 1 for 3 vs the Boston Red Sox.

Rich Reese - Minnesota Twins 1973
Rich Reese struck out as Nolan Ryan's became the all-time season strikeout king. Reese became Ryan's 383rd victim of the season. Ryan pitched 11 innings and struck out 16 Twins' hitters. Ryan gained his 21st win of the season.

Fred Lynn - Boston Red Sox
Freddie Lynn won all the honors in 1975. He was voted the "Rookie of the Year" and also won the "Most Valuable Player" Award. Lynn hit .331 lined 21 homers, knocked in 105 runs and led the league by scoring 103 runs.