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 |
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| 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 |
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| W: Marcelino Lopez (3-0) | L: Bill McCool (2-1) |
HR: Joe Morgan 66 2 (2), Bert Campaneris 65 (1)
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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 |
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| W: Frank Linzy (3-1) | L: Wally Bunker (3-1) |
HR: None
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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 |
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| 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 Standings | W | L |
| 1 | Little Joe's 1966 | 7 | 1 |
| 2 | Oliva's Army 1965 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Charlie's Hustlers 1964 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Team Boog 1963 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Team Mad Hits 1968 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Team Davey J 1967 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Team Torre 1962 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Bench No Drips 1969 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Santos Squad 1961 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Team McCovey 1960 | 0 | 2 |
Biggest Surprise 1963 Team Boog seeded 7th finished 4th
Biggest Disappointment 1969 Bench No Drips 5th Seed finished 8th
Stats
| Pitching | W | L | Pct | O/U .500 |
| 1960 | Jim O'Toole | 0 | 1 | .000 | -1 |
| Jim Perry | 0 | 1 | .000 | -1 |
| 1961 | Chuck Estrada | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
| Dick Stigman | 0 | 1 | .000 | -1 |
| 1962 | Don Schwall | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
| Jack Curtis | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
| 1963 | Al Jackson | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2 |
| Dean Change | 1 | 3 | .250 | -2 |
| 1964 | Ray Culp | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
| Gary Peters | 1 | 2 | .333 | -1 |
| 1965 | Wally Bunker | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2 |
| Bill McCool | 2 | 2 | .500 | 0 |
| 1966 | Marcelino Lopez | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 |
| Frank Linzy | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2 |
| 1967 | Jim Nash | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
| Woody Fryman) | 0 | 1 | .000 | -1 |
| 1968 | Dick Hughes | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 |
| Tom Seaver | 0 | 2 | .000 | -2 |
| 1969 | Jerry Koosman | 0 | 1 | .000 | -1 |
| Stan Bahnsen | 0 | 1 | .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 67 | 1 |
| Tommy Harper 64 (1 | 1 |
| 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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