1970

1970 in baseball
Cuban National League
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1970.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Yomiuri Giants (CL) over the Lotte Orions (PL), 4 - 1 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Yomiuri Giants (Details)
    • Pacific League: Lotte Orions (Details)
• Claxton Shield: South Australia

Europe

• European Cup: Europhon Milano, Serie A1 (Details)
  • Division Élite: Paris Université Club
  • Baseball-Bundesliga: VFR Mannheim
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Haarlem Nicols
  • Serie A1: Europhon Milano

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Baltimore Orioles (AL) over the Cincinnati Reds (NL), 4 - 1 (Details)
    • American League: Baltimore Orioles (Details)
    • National League: Cincinnati Reds (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Junior World Series: Syracuse Chiefs (IL) over the Omaha Royals (AA), 4 - 1 (Details)
  • American Association: Omaha Royals (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Bluefield Orioles
  • California League: Bakersfield Dodgers
  • Carolina League: Winston-Salem Red Sox
  • Eastern League: Waterbury Pirates
  • Florida State League: Miami Marlins
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL White Sox
  • International League: Syracuse Chiefs (Details)
  • Mexican Center League: Ciudad Madero Bravos
  • Mexican Northern League
  • Mexican Southeast League: Puerto Mexico Charros
  • Midwest League: Quincy Cubs
  • New York-Penn League: Auburn Twins
  • Northern League: Duluth-Superior Dukes
  • Northwest League: Lewiston Broncs
  • Pacific Coast League: Spokane Indians (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Idaho Falls Angels
  • Southern League: Columbus Astros
  • Texas League: Albuquerque Dodgers
  • Western Carolinas League: Greenville Red Sox

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Aguila de Veracruz defeated the Diablos Rojos del México in the finals, 4 - 2

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Henequeneros (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Caracas, Venezuela; Navegantes del Magallanes (Venezuela) (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Tigres del Licey defeated the Águilas Cibaeñas in the finals, 5 - 1
  • Winter League of Sonora: Tomateros de Culiacán
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Leones de Ponce
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Navegantes del Magallanes defeated the Tiburones de La Guaira in the finals, 3 - 0

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): The University of Southern California defeated Florida State University in the finals, 2 - 1 (15 inn.) (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: San Fernando Valley State College over the Nicholls State University, 2 - 1 in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: Eastern Michigan University over the Northeastern Louisiana University, 1 - 0 in the finals
  • NJCAA Baseball World Series: Mesa Community College
• Community College League of California: Cerritos College over the College of the Sequoias in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Grand Rapids Sullivans (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Chukyo University defeated the Kansai University in the final, 5 - 1 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Minoshima High School (Wakayama) defeat Hokuyo High School (Osaka), 5 - 4 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Tokai University Sagami High School (Kanagawa) defeat PL Gakuen (Osaka), 10 - 6 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: American (Wayne, NJ) defeat Campbell (Campbell, CA), 2 - 0 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in Colombia (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); United States (Silver); Puerto Rico (Bronze)
• Central American Games in Panama (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Dominican Republic (Silver); Mexico (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• American Baseball: From the Commissioners to Continental Expansion, by David Quentin Voigt
• Ball Four, by Jim Bouton
• Once Upon the Polo Grounds, by Leonard Shecter
• Only The Ball Was White, by Robert Peterson
• The Science of Hitting, by Ted Williams

Song

• Knock It Out of the Park, by Sam & Dave

Film

• Brewster McCloud

Births

Further information: Births in 1970

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1970

Further Reading

• William S. Bike: The Forgotten 1970 Chicago Cubs: Go and Glow, The History Press, Charleston, SC, 2021. ISBN 978-1467149082