Midwest League 1970

All-Star Game

All-Stars 10, Quincy 7

Quincy, Monday, July 13, 1970

The 1970 Midwest League All-Star Game was played at Quincy's Q Stadium on July 13, 1970. The game pitted a team of the league's best players, as selected by the league managers and media representatives, against the Quincy Cubs, who won the first half championship.

The All-Stars won a 10-7 slugfest. Clinton center fielder Wilbur Howard (four hits, three runs scored--and two errors), Quad Cities shortstop Sam Ashford (three hits, two RBIs), and Appleton catcher Ron Davini (3 RBIs) led the All-Stars to victory over the host Cubs. Waterloo's Doug Bird notched the win for the Stars, while Quincy's Ron Jones absorbed the loss.

ALL-STARS                    AB  R  H BI      QUINCY                        AB R H BI
Cecil Cooper (DAN/BOS) 1B     3  1  2 1       Jim Johnson (QUI/CHC) 3B       5 1 4 1
 Rosario Llanos (CR/STN) P    0  0  0 0       Chris Ward (QUI/CHC) CF        4 0 0 0
 Mike Spellman (QC/CAL) P     0  0  0 0       Steve Collette (QUI/CHC) 2B    4 1 1 0
 Ronnie Shotts (WR/MIN) 3B    2  0  0 0       Pat Bourque (QUI/CHC) 1B       3 0 0 0
Walt Ransom (DAN/BOS) SS      4  0  0 0       Earl Lombardo (QUI/CHC) SS     2 0 0 0
 Jeff Pryor (QC/CAL) P        0  0  0 0        Bob Schell (QUI/CHC) SS       1 0 1 0
 Jerry Bell (CLI/MIL) PH      1  0  0 0       Bill Massarand (QUI/CHC) RF    4 1 0 0
 Dennis Deck (APP/CWS) P      0  0  0 0       Mike Holbrook (QUI/CHC) LF     4 1 1 0
 John Conzatti (CLI/MIL) P    0  0  0 0       Steve Salata (QUI/CHC) C       2 1 0 0
Wilbur Howard (CLI/MIL) CF    5  3  4 1        Bill Foss (QUI/CHC) PH-C      2 0 1 0
Joe Bowen (DAN/CWS) LF        5  1  2 3       Ron Jones (QUI/CHC) P          0 0 0 0
Joe Robinson (BUR/OAK)        5  1  1 0        Terrell Jones (QUI/CHC) PH    1 1 1 3
Roger Cain (BUR/OAK) RF       3  1  1 0        Jessie Hill (QUI/CHC) P       0 1 0 0
 Gene Dusan (BUR/OAK) PH-RF   2  0  0 0        Jim Mottine (QUI/CHC) P       0 0 0 0
Sam Ashford (QC/CAL) 2B       5  1  3 2        Mike Roe (QUI/CHC) PH         1 0 0 0
Ron Davini (APP/CWS) C        2  1  1 2        Gary Ross (QUI/CHC) P         0 0 0 0
 Andy Rodriguez (DEC/SF) C    2  0  1 0
Doug Bird (WAT/KC) P          0  0  0 0
 Terry Hansen (DEC/SF) PH     1  0  0 0
 Steve Hardin (WR/MIN) P      0  0  0 0
 Bob Hansen (CLI/MIL) PH-1B   1  1  0 0
 TOTALS                      41 10 15 9                                     33 7 9 4

All-Stars         103 400 002 - 10 15 3
Quincy            003 010 021 -  7  9 3

 E - Johnson, Asford, Holbrook, Howard 2, Collette. 2B - Bowen, Ashford. HR - Bowen, T. Jones.
 DP - Ashford, Ransom & Cooper; Robinson, Ashford & Hanson. LOB - All-Stars 6, Quincy 4. SB -
 Rodriguez.

ALL-STARS        IP H R ER BB SO
Bird (W)        2.0 1 0  0  1  1
Hardin          1.0 3 3  2  0  1
Llanos          1.0 0 0  0  1  0
Spellman        1.0 1 1  0  1  0
Pryor           2.0 0 0  0  0  2
Deck            1.0 2 2  0  0  0
Conzatti        1.0 2 1  1  1  0

QUINCY           IP H R ER BB SO
Jones (L)       3.0 5 4  4  0  3
Hill            3.0 6 4  4  2  0
Mottine         2.0 1 0  0  0  0
Ross            1.0 3 2  2  0  1

 WP - Conzatti. PB - Foss.

  Umpires - Harold Vann, Robert Hane, Bill Rosenberry, Arthur Williams, Ron Hansen,
  Ken Ferris.

Time: 2:28.  Attendance: 1,228.

Notes, Issues, Sources, and Mysteries

• Based on the box score in the 1995 Midwest League Yearbook, with help from the game account in the July 14, 1970, edition of the Appleton Post-Crescent, which also contained a box score. The team selections were published in the July 8 edition of the the Cedar Rapids Gazette and other papers.
• A selection oddity: Andy Rodriguez was not announced as an All-Star selection with the other team members, but was added to the roster when late ballots put him within a half-vote of leader Ron Davini. Gene Dusan finished third--another half-vote back--in the vote count for catchers.
• Frank Calo of Danville managed the All-Stars, with QC's Mike Stubbins and CR's Roy Majtyka selected as his coaching staff for the game.
• Quincy pitchers Ron Jones, Joe Stover, and Jim Todd were all selected for the All-Star team, independent of their team's participation as the team's opposition.
• No official game MVP was selected.
• Selected, but did not play: Quincy's Joe Stover and Jim Hardin, Appleton's Duane Shaffer, and Decatur's Ed Figueroa. All were pitchers, and two would have played on the other team had they appeared in the game.