Ty Cline
| Ty Cline | |||
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| Center fielder | |||
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Born: June 15, 1939 Hampton, South Carolina |
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| 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 | ||
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Tyrone Alexander Cline (born June 15, 1939 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 both the outfield and was a starting pitcher. An account of Cline's time as center fielder with the Indians is included in the book "Portrait of a Franchise: An Intimate Look at Cleveland Indians Baseball During the Rockin' Sixties."
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.
In the 1970 World Series versus the Baltimore Orioles, Cline recorded one hit, a single, in three appearances; his lone safety coming against veteran reliever Moe Drabowsky in the seventh inning of Game 2 at Riverfront Stadium. He also set in motion the most controversial play of the Series as a pinch hitter for Woody Woodward with the score tied at three in the sixth inning of Game 1. Cline reached first base safely on a Baltimore chop which was fielded by Orioles catcher Elrod Hendricks who then collided with home plate umpire Ken Burkhart and an oncoming Bernie Carbo. Burkhart ruled Carbo out even though Hendricks made the tag with his mitt while holding the ball in his other hand.
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