Ty Cline
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Ty Cline | |
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Center fielder | |
Born: Hampton, South Carolina | June 15, 1939|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
September 14, 1960, for the Cleveland Indians | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 26, 1971, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .238 |
Home runs | 6 |
Runs batted in | 125 |
Teams | |
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Tyrone Alexander Cline (born June 15, 1939[1] in Hampton, South Carolina) is a former Major League Baseball player, primarily a reserve outfielder and pinch-hitter for the Cleveland Indians (1960–62), Milwaukee Braves (1963–65), Chicago Cubs (1966), Atlanta Braves (1966–67), San Francisco Giants (1967–68), Montreal Expos (1969–70) and Cincinnati Reds (1970–71).
Cline played for Clemson University in the Atlantic Coast Conference for three seasons, leaving in 1960 after his junior year to sign a professional baseball contract with the Cleveland Indians. He attained All-American status during his college career, during which he played the outfield and was a starting pitcher.
He was instrumental in helping the Reds defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the 1970 National League pennant, tripling and scoring the winning run in the 10th inning of the first game of the National League Championship Series, and scoring the game-winning and pennant-clinching run after an eighth-inning walk in game three.
He appeared as a pinch hitter in each of the first three matches of the 1970 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles, his lone hit being a leadoff single off Moe Drabowsky in the seventh inning of Game 2 at Riverfront Stadium. He also set in motion the most controversial play of the Series when he pinch hit for Woody Woodward with runners Tommy Helms at first base and Bernie Carbo at third, one out and the score tied at three in the sixth inning of Game 1. Cline reached safely on a Baltimore chop off Jim Palmer who, while running towards home plate, immediately signaled to catcher Elrod Hendricks that Carbo was trying to score from third. Hendricks fielded the ball barehanded, spun around to his left and lunged at an oncoming Carbo in an attempt to tag him out, but collided with Burkhart who, while positioning himself to judge whether the batted ball was fair, accidentally blocked the runner's path to the plate. Carbo slid around Burkhart on the outside but missed touching home plate. With his back to the play and after being knocked down, Burkhart ruled Carbo out even though Hendricks made the tag with his mitt while holding the ball in his bare hand.[2] Having not been properly tagged out, Carbo unknowingly stepped on the plate as he was arguing, but the play was dead once Burkhart made his call.
Ty Cline officially retired from baseball following the 1971 season. In retirement Cline worked at The Baskin-Robbins ice cream business that he owned.[3]
Statistics
In 12 seasons Cline played in 892 games, had 1,834 at-bats, 251 runs, 437 hits, 53 doubles, 25 triples, 6 home runs, 125 RBI, 22 stolen bases, 153 walks, .238 batting average, .304 on-base percentage, .304 slugging percentage, 558 total bases, 27 sacrifice hits, 4 sacrifice flies and 5 intentional walks.
References
- ^ Inc., Baseball Almanac. "Ty Cline Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Durso, Joseph. "Umpire Disputed," The New York Times, Sunday, October 11, 1970. Retrieved May 2, 2017
- ^ "Herald-Journal - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- All-American college baseball players
- Atlanta Braves players
- Chicago Cubs players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Clemson Tigers baseball players
- Cleveland Indians players
- Milwaukee Braves players
- Montreal Expos players
- San Francisco Giants players
- Richmond Braves players
- Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players
- Salt Lake City Bees players
- Mobile Bears players
- Living people
- 1939 births
- Major League Baseball left fielders
- Major League Baseball center fielders
- Baseball players from South Carolina
- People from Hampton County, South Carolina
- American expatriate baseball players in Canada
- Baseball players at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games medalists in baseball
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States