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Dane Iorg (Born May 11, 1950 in Eureka, California) is a retired Major League Baseball infielder and outfielder. He played for ten seasons (1977 - 1986) for four teams, including eight seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals. His surname is pronounced "orge", to rhyme with "gorge". May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ...
1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Carson Mansion (1885) in Eurekas Old Town Eureka is the county seat of Humboldt County, California, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 26,128. ...
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ...
An infielder is a baseball player who plays on the infield, the dirt portion of a baseball diamond between first base and third base. ...
An outfielder moves in to catch a fly ball Outfielder is a collective term including left fielder, center fielder, and right fielder, the three positions in baseball farthest from the batter. ...
This article is currently under construction // This year in baseball Events January-March January 4 - Mary Shane is hired by the Chicago White Sox as the first woman TV play-by-play announcer. ...
This article is currently under construction // This year in baseball Events January 8 - Willie McCovey is the only player elected this year to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America, and becomes the 16th player elected in his first year of eligibility. ...
Major league affiliations National League (1892-present) Central Division (1994-present) Eastern Division (1969-1993) American Association (1882-1891) Major league titles World Series titles (9) 1982 •1967 • 1964 • 1946 1944 • 1942 • 1934 • 1931 1926 NL Pennants (16) 2004 • 1987 • 1985 • 1982 1968 • 1967 • 1964 • 1946 1944 • 1943 • 1942 • 1934...
Iorg is perhaps best known for his game-winning hit in game 6 of the 1985 World Series as a member of the Kansas City Royals against his old team, St. Louis (which led the series three games to two at the time). While this game is best remembered for first base umpire Don Denkinger's controversial "safe" call of Royals hitter Jorge Orta on a ground ball to lead off the bottom of the ninth, Iorg batted later in the inning with one out, runners on second and third base and the Royals still trailing 1-0. ABC Network's Al Michaels had the call: The 1985 World Series, popularly known as the Show-Me Series and the I-70 Series, pitted the National League champion St. ...
Major league affiliations American League (1969-present) Central Division (1994-present) West Division (1969-1993) Major league titles World Series titles (1) 1985 AL Pennants (2) 1985 • 1980 Central Division titles (0) None West Division titles (6) [1] 1985 • 1984 • 1980 • 1978 1977 • 1976 Wild card berths (0) None [1...
Donald Anton Denkinger (born August 28, 1936 in Cedar Falls, Iowa) is a former umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1968 to 1998. ...
Jorge Orta (b. ...
Look up ABC in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Abbreviation ABC is an abbreviation with many meanings: The Latin alphabet, of which A, B, and C are the first three letters. ...
Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American television sportscaster. ...
"'And that's a looper hit into right field for a base hit! (Onix) Concepcion scores. Here comes (Jim) Sundberg, here's the throw. HE SCORES! We go to a seventh!'"
The Royals went on to win game seven 11-0 and give Kansas City their only World Series championship, as the Cardinals clearly had not recovered from the ninth inning of game six. However Iorg's heroics would go largely overlooked due to a number of factors. For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ...
- Denkinger's call overshadowed the winning hit, as it drew the ire of many Cardinals and baseball fans alike. Denkinger to this day receives death threats over the call at first base, which ABC replays (and Al Michaels himself over the air, boldly proclaiming "Oh, I don't think there's any doubt about it!") confirmed was incorrect - The series (also known as the I-70 series because of it being in the state of Missouri and the one interstate linked both cities) was between Kansas City and St. Louis: two small midwestern markets, and thus was lacking in mass national appeal - The 1986 World Series unfolded in an eerily identical fashion as the previous year, from the road team winning the first two games but losing the series to a similar game six comeback by a home team facing elimination in its final at bat and subsequent game seven victory by that same team. However in this case the two teams were the New York Mets and Boston Red Sox, two much larger markets. The drama and media exposure of the 86 Series nearly eclipsed its counterpart of the previous year Kansas City may refer to: Places: Kansas City Metropolitan Area Kansas City, Missouri, Missouri North Kansas City, Missouri, Missouri Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas Kansas City, Oregon Kansas City, Tennessee Or: Kansas City standard, in computing refers to a standard for storage of data on audio cassettes Deuce-to-seven low...
The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ...
The 1986 World Series, the 83rd playing of the modern championship series in Major League Baseball, was a memorable battle between the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox which helped to spread the legend of the Curse of the Bambino to mass public awareness. ...
Major league affiliations National League (1962-present) East Division (1969-present) Major league titles World Series titles (2) 1986 • 1969 NL Pennants (4) 2000 • 1986 • 1973 • 1969 East Division titles (4) 1988 • 1986 • 1973 • 1969 Wild card berths (2) 2000 • 1999 Major league nicknames New York Mets (1962-present) Major...
Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) East Division (1969-present) Major league titles World Series titles (6) 2004 • 1918 • 1916 • 1915 1912 • 1903 AL Pennants (11) 2004 • 1986 • 1975 • 1967 1946 • 1918 • 1916 • 1915 1912 • 1904 • 1903 East Division titles (5) 1995 • 1990 • 1988 • 1986 1975 Wild card berths...
Iorg was primarily a pinch hitter during the 1985 World Series, and his winning hit was one of only two at-bats he had for the entire series.
In the 1982 World Series, Iorg played for the Cardinals, primarily as their World Series designated hitter (the entire 1982 World Series was played under American League rules) and batted .529 with 9 hits in 17 at bats as the Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in seven games. 1982 World Series Logo The 1982 World Series matched the St. ...
A designated hitter (often shortened to DH), is an official position adopted by Major League Baseballs American League in 1973 that allowed teams to boost sagging offensive performances by designating a player to bat in place of the pitcher. ...
Major league affiliations National League (1998-present) Central Division (1998-present) American League (1969-1997) Central Division (1994-1997) East Division (1972-1993) West Division (1969-1971) Major league titles World Series titles (0) None NL Pennants (0) None AL Pennants (1) 1982 Central Division titles (0) None AL East...
While baseball has a well-documented tradition of little-known players delivering game-winning hits to determine pennant races and postseason series, from Bucky Dent to Gene Larkin to Francisco Cabrera to Aaron Boone, Iorg's hit in game six was as dramatic as any of the aforementioned, yet rarely garners any of the same attention from fans, media or even Major League Baseball itself. Russell Earl Bucky Dent (b. ...
Eugene Thomas Larkin (born October 24, 1962 in Flushing, New York) was a switch-hitting Utility infielder who played his entire seven-year baseball career with the Minnesota Twins. ...
Francisco Cabrera (born October 10, 1966 in Santo Domingo) is a former Major League Baseball catcher/first baseman who played five seasons with two different teams, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Atlanta Braves, from 1989 to 1993. ...
Aaron Boone Aaron Boone (born March 9, 1973 in La Mesa, California) is a third baseman in Major League Baseball who has played for the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Yankees but currently is with the Cleveland Indians. ...
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ...
External links
- Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
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