1969 Series MVP dies
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Donn Clendenon, the power-hitting first baseman who was the most valuable player in the New York Mets' 1969 World Series victory, died Saturday in Sioux Falls, S.D., after a long fight with leukemia. He was 70.
Clendenon hit three home runs and had four RBIs in the Mets' five-game victory over the Baltimore Orioles. He hit .274 with 159 home runs and 682 RBIs in 12 seasons in the major leagues with Pittsburgh, Montreal, the Mets and St. Louis.
After retiring from baseball in 1972, Clendenon earned a law degree. he moved to Sioux Falls in the summer of 1987. He said in a 1987 interview that he worked at law firms in Washington, D.C., and Chicago before "getting tired of the big cities."
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Donn Clendenon, the power-hitting first baseman who was the most valuable player in the New York Mets' 1969 World Series victory, died Saturday in Sioux Falls, S.D., after a long fight with leukemia. He was 70.
Clendenon hit three home runs and had four RBIs in the Mets' five-game victory over the Baltimore Orioles. He hit .274 with 159 home runs and 682 RBIs in 12 seasons in the major leagues with Pittsburgh, Montreal, the Mets and St. Louis.
After retiring from baseball in 1972, Clendenon earned a law degree. he moved to Sioux Falls in the summer of 1987. He said in a 1987 interview that he worked at law firms in Washington, D.C., and Chicago before "getting tired of the big cities."
