NORTHEAST ALLSTARS WIN THE 1967 INSIDE PITCH JACKIE ROBINSON MEMORIAL ALL STAR TOURNEY

 

At the end of each Gowdy IP Memorial season, I like to combine elements of the MLB All Star game, the World Baseball Classic and a way to honor the Negro leagues.  The resulting project is called the Jackie Robinson Memorial All Star Tournament. Four teams play a round robin tournament to select a champion. 

Four teams are created for each purpose. To honor the Negro leagues, I create a team called the Black Diamonds.  Every player on this squad is a black ball player for the given season.  The International All Stars are foreign born players while the Northeast and Southwest All Stars comprise players from their respective regions.  Every player from every team are the top players based on ERA+and OPS+with a few players making a squad based on their Gowdy seasonal performance. 

 

1. THE BLACK DIAMONDS 


Ballpark: Wrigley Field 

Pitchers: 
McBean, Jenkins, D. Wilson, E. Wilson, Gibson, Veale, A. Jackson, Grant and Wyatt

Catchers: 
Roseboro, E. Howard and Battey 

Infielders:
McCovey, Morgan, D.Allen, Hart, G.Scott, H. Allen, Wills, Foy

Outfielders: 
F. Robinson, Wynn, H. Aaron, Stargell, Blair, B. Williams, R.Smith 

2. INTERNATIONAL ALL STARS  


Ballpark: Dodger Stadium 

Pitchers: 
Ortega, Marichal, Tiant. Cuellar, J. Santiago, Pascual, Drabowsky, Hiller, D. Segui and M. Rojas

Catchers: 
Azcue and Sanguillen 

Infielders: 
Cepeda, Carew, Campaneris, T.Perez, Webster, Javier, Cardenas and Mota 

Outfielders:
T. Gonzalez, Phillips, Clemente, P. Ward, M. Alou, Oliva, Pagan, Tovar 

3. NORTHEAST ALL STARS 


Ballpark: Yankee Stadium 

Pitchers: 
Hands, Short, Queen, Peters, Chance, Hargan, Wood, Clark, Nottebart, Marshall, Gladding, Lyle 

Catchers: 
Freehan and Torre

Infielders: 
Reese, McAuliffe, Petrocelli, B.Robinson, McGraw, Beckert, S. Jackson, Buford, Schaal

Outfielders: 
Yastrezmski,  Kaline, F. Howard, Reichardt, Belfary, T.Conigliaro, Rose 






4. SOUTHWEST ALL STARS 


Ballpark: Atlanta 

Pitchers: 
P.Niekro, Bunning, G. Nolan, Horlen, Holtzman, Hardin, Siebert, Abernathy, Wilhelm, Linzy, McMahon, Baldwin

Catchers: 
McCarver and Haller 

Infielders: 
Killebrew, Helms. Fregosi, Santo, Mincher, Causey, Kessinger, Davenport, Wine and Cash

Outfielders: 
Mantle, Flood, Staub, Brock, M. Jones, Horton 

GAME 1 
Dodger Stadium 
Black Diamonds at Internationals 
Al McBean (BD) v. Phil Ortega (ITL) 

Internationals  3R 10H 0E
Black Diamonds 0R 5H OE

W: Ortega (1-0) 
L:  McBean (0-1) 
S:  Drabowsky (1)
HR: Clemente (1) 

Notes: 
Clemente (2-4) R 2RBI HR 
Azcue hit a 2B and scored the 3rd run on a Campaneris 1B
Ortega 5.2IP 3H 0R 2K 
John Hiller Kd Willie McCovey with the bases loaded in the 6th. 

GAME 2 
Yankee Stadium 
Southwest at Northeast 
Phil Niekro (SW) vs. Bill Hands 

Northeast 3R 5H 0E
Southwest 1R 6H 0E

W: Hands (1-0) 
L:  Wilhelm (0-1) 
S:  Nottebart 
HR: Howard (1) 

Notes: 
B5th: Al Kaline knocked in Bill Freehan   (NE 1-0)
T6th:  Brock 2B and Mantle FC RBI tied it up (Tie 1-1)
B6th: Frank Howard's 2 run HR in the 6th was the difference (NE 3-1) 
Bill Hands 7IP 5H 1R 0K  
Hands also had 2 hits 





GAME 3 
Wrigley Field 
Southwest (0-1) at Black Diamonds (0-1) 
Jim Bunning (SW) v. Ferguson Jenkins (BD) 

Black Diamonds 6R 9H 0E
Southwest            4R 7H 0E

W: Jenkins (1-0) 
L:  Bunning (0-1) 

Notes:
Black Diamonds scored 6 runs off Bunning in 2 innings to seal the win. 
Dick Allen (2-3) 2R 
Willie McCovey (2-4) R  4RBI  HR
Joe Morgan (2-4) R 3B

GAME 4 
Dodger Stadium  
Northeast (1-0) at Internationals (1-0) 
Chris Short (NE) v. Juan Marichal (ITL)

Northeast          4R 9H 0E
Internationals   2R 7H 0E

W: Steve Hargan  (1-0) 
L:  Juan Marichal (0-1) 
S:  Sparky Lyle (2) 
HR: F. Howard (2) 

Notes: 
Al Kaline (2-2) R 3B 2BB





GAME 5 
Wrigley Field 
Northeast (2-0) at Black Diamonds (1-1) 
Gary Peters (NE) vs. Don Wilson (BD) 

Northeast 2R 6H 0R
Black Diamonds 1R 4H 0R 

W: Peters (1-0) 
L:  D. Wilson )0-1) 
S: M. Queen (1) 
HR: None 

Notes: 
Bill Freehan's 1B knocked in Pete Rose and Glenn Beckert in the 5th 
Jim Ray Hart 1B knocked in Hank Aaron in the 6th
Gary Peters and Mel Queen only allowed 4 hits and posted 11Ks 






GAME 6 
Atlanta Stadium 
International (1-1) v. Southwest (0-2) 
Luis Tiant (ITL) v. Gary Nolan (SW) 

Southwest 1R 5H 0E
Internationals 0R 8H 0E 

W: Nolan (1-0) 
L:  Tiant  (0-1) 
S:  Abernathy (1) 

Notes: 
Curt Flood and Norm Cash hit back to back 2Bs for the win. 





FINAL STANDINGS 

Northeast 3-0
Black Diamonds 1-2 
Southwest 1-2
Internationals 1-2 


Frank Howard won the MVP , hitting 2 clutch HRs for the Northeast All Stars. 

That's the way it was in the 1967 Jackie Robinson Memorial All Star Tourney.
Now it is on to the 1968 Gowdy Inside Pitch season !!!