Saturday, February 5, 2022

1960s Topps All-Star Rookie Cup Tournament - Finals!!!

Our Final features two teams from the Middle 1960s. The challenger is the overall #4 seeded 1966 squad Oliva's Army led by fresh HOF inductee Tony Oliva. They will face #1 seeded team from 1965 captained by Joe Morgan. Both teams enter the final undefeated at 4-0. 

1960s Final Game 1:

Oliva's Army 1965 (4-0)2 - 8 - 1
Little Joe's 1966 (4-0)1 - 5 - 0
W: Wally Bunker (3-0)L: Frank Linzy (2-1)
HR: None
 
Oliva's Army gets the upset in game 1, Wally Bunker moves to (3-0) as he shuts down Little Joe's on 5 hits and a single run. 

Game 2

Oliva's Army 1965 (5-0)4 - 6 - 0
Little Joe's 1966 (4-1)5 - 9 - 3
W: Marcelino Lopez (3-0)L: Bill McCool (2-1)
HR: Joe Morgan 66 2 (2), Bert Campaneris 65 (1)



Little Joe's Even the series behind a pair of Home Runs from the Captain himself. 

Game 3
Oliva's Army 1965 (5-1)0 - 6 - 3
Little Joe's 1966 (5-1)1 - 11 - 1
W: Frank Linzy (3-1)L: Wally Bunker (3-1)
HR: None

For the 2nd time in the final Frank Linzy and Wally Bunker square off in a pitchers battle. Linzy (3-1)  avenges his game 1 loss with a 6-hit shutout. The W gives Little Joe's a 2-1 advantage going into game 4. 

Game 4
Oliva's Army 1965 (5-2)5 - 7 - 0
Little Joe's 1966 (6-1)6 - 7 - 0
W: Marcelino Lopez (4-0)L: Bill McCool (2-2)
HR: Tony Perez 66 2 (3 ,4), Bert Campaneris 65 (2),
 
Little Joe's capture the 1960s Tournament with a 6-5 victory over Oliva's Army.

Tony Perez hits a pair of Home Runs to run his tournament total to 4 and takes home MVP Honors


1966 Topps Tony Perez

Marcelino Lopez goes through the tournament undefeated with 4 victories. 

Final Standings - All-Star Rookie Tournament 1960s

Final StandingsWL
1Little Joe's 196671
2Oliva's Army 196553
3Charlie's Hustlers 196423
4Team Boog 196344
5Team Mad Hits 196812
6Team Davey J 196712
7Team Torre 196222
8Bench No Drips 196902
9Santos Squad 196112
10Team McCovey 196002

Biggest Surprise 1963 Team Boog seeded 7th finished 4th
Biggest Disappointment 1969 Bench No Drips 5th Seed finished 8th

Stats
PitchingWLPctO/U .500
1960Jim O'Toole01.000-1
Jim Perry01.000-1
1961Chuck Estrada11.5000
Dick Stigman01.000-1
1962Don Schwall11.5000
Jack Curtis11.5000
1963Al Jackson31.7502
Dean Change13.250-2
1964Ray Culp11.5000
Gary Peters12.333-1
1965Wally Bunker31.7502
Bill McCool22.5000
1966Marcelino Lopez401.0004
Frank Linzy31.7502
1967Jim Nash11.5000
Woody Fryman)01.000-1
1968Dick Hughes101.0001
Tom Seaver02.000-2
1969Jerry Koosman01.000-1
Stan Bahnsen01.000-1



Home Runs
Tony Perez 66 2 (3 ,4),4
Bert Campaneris 65 (2)2
Joe Morgan 66 2 (2)2
Manny Jimenenez 63 (2)2
Rod Carew 68 2 (2)2
Tom Tresh 63 (1)2
Jim Gentile 61 (1),1
Tommy Davis 61 (1)1
Curt Blefary 66 (1)1
Dick Allen 65 (1)1
Ed Charles 63 (1),1
Floyd Robinson 62 (1),1
Fred Whitfield 63 (1),1
George Scott 67 (1)1
Jimmie Hall 64 (1),1
Joe Torre 62 (1)1
Lee May, 68 (1)1
Mike Brumley 65 (1)1
Paul Schall 66 (1), )1
Rico Carty 65 (1)1
Ron Swoboda 66 (1)1
Sonny Jackson 67 (1)1
Tommie Agee 671
Tommy Harper 64 (11
Tony Conigliaro 65 (1),1


Whats Next

Now that we have found the best rookie cup team of the 1960s we are going to move to a more recent decade.

We have the 1990s Rookie Cup All-Stars tournament on-deck!

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