1970 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1970 Pittsburgh Pirates
1970 NL East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas Johnson (minority shareholders)
General manager(s) Joe L. Brown
Manager(s) Danny Murtaugh
Local television KDKA-TV
Bob Prince, Nellie King, Gene Osborn
Local radio KDKA
Bob Prince, Nellie King, Gene Osborn
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The 1970 Pittsburgh Pirates season resulted in the team winning their first National League East title with a record of 89-73, five games ahead of the Chicago Cubs. However, they lost the NLCS to the NL West Champion Cincinnati Reds, three games to none.

The Pirates were managed by Danny Murtaugh and played their home games at Forbes Field during the first part of the year, before moving into the brand new Three Rivers Stadium on July 16. Coinciding with their move, the Pirates became the first major league team to adopt pullover jerseys and sans-a-belt pants for their uniforms, a style copied by a majority of the MLB for the next two decades and which the Pirates themselves would wear through the 1990 season.[2]

Offseason

Three Rivers Stadium

In 1958, the Pirates had sold Forbes Field to the University of Pittsburgh, who wanted the land for expanded graduate facilities. Pitt then leased Forbes back to the Pirates until a new multipurpose stadium could be built. The Steelers opted to play at Pitt Stadium in the meantime. In June 1970, the Pirates played their final game at Forbes Field. It was a doubleheader sweep of the Chicago Cubs and Bill Mazeroski got the final hit at Forbes Field.[3]

A site on the North Side had been chosen earlier in the year, but it took until April 25, 1968, to finally break ground. Three Rivers Stadium opened on July 16, 1970, and became the home of the Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Notable transactions

Regular season

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 89 73 0.549 50–32 39–41
Chicago Cubs 84 78 0.519 5 46–34 38–44
New York Mets 83 79 0.512 6 44–38 39–41
St. Louis Cardinals 76 86 0.469 13 34–47 42–39
Philadelphia Phillies 73 88 0.453 15½ 40–40 33–48
Montreal Expos 73 89 0.451 16 39–41 34–48

Record vs. opponents

1970 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 8–4 5–13 9–9 6–12 6–6 6–6 7–5 6–6 9–9 7–11 7–5
Chicago 4–8 7–5 7–5 6–6 13–5 7–11 9–9 8–10 9–3 7–5 7–11
Cincinnati 13–5 5–7 15–3 13–5 7–5 8–4 7–5 8–4 8–10 9–9 9–3
Houston 9–9 5–7 3–15 8–10 8–4 6–6 4–8 6–6 14–4 10–8 6–6
Los Angeles 12–6 6–6 5–13 10–8 8–4 7–5 6–5 6–6 11–7 9–9 7–5
Montreal 6–6 5–13 5–7 4–8 4–8 10–8 11–7 9–9 6–6 6–6 7–11
New York 6–6 11–7 4–8 6–6 5–7 8–10 13–5 6–12 6–6 6–6 12–6
Philadelphia 5-7 9–9 5–7 8–4 5–6 7–11 5–13 4–14 9–3 8–4 8–10
Pittsburgh 6–6 10–8 4–8 6–6 6–6 9–9 12–6 14–4 6–6 4–8 12–6
San Diego 9–9 3–9 10–8 4–14 7–11 6–6 6–6 3–9 6–6 5–13 4–8
San Francisco 11–7 5–7 9–9 8–10 9–9 6–6 6–6 4–8 8–4 13–5 7–5
St. Louis 5–7 11–7 3–9 6–6 5–7 11–7 6–12 10–8 6–12 8–4 5–7

Detailed records

National League
Opponent W L WP RS RA
NL East
Chicago Cubs 10 8 0.556 87 88
Montreal Expos 9 9 0.500 78 68
New York Mets 12 6 0.667 80 72
Philadelphia Phillies 14 4 0.778 68 39
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals 12 6 0.667 83 68
Total 57 33 0.633 396 335
NL West
Atlanta Braves 6 6 0.500 69 73
Cincinnati Reds 4 8 0.333 45 57
Houston Astros 6 6 0.500 64 56
Los Angeles Dodgers 6 6 0.500 40 38
San Diego Padres 6 6 0.500 56 43
San Francisco Giants 4 8 0.333 59 62
Total 32 40 0.444 333 329
Season Total 89 73 0.549 729 664

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA
April 19 11 8 0.579 73 74
May 30 12 18 0.400 138 154
June 28 17 11 0.607 97 84
July 27 16 11 0.593 138 117
August 29 14 15 0.483 156 132
September 28 18 10 0.643 118 98
October 1 1 0 1.000 9 5
Total 162 89 73 0.549 729 664
Games Won Lost Win % RS RA
Home 82 50 32 0.610 356 315
Away 80 39 41 0.488 373 349
Total 162 89 73 0.549 729 664

Game log

1970 Game Log: 89–73 (Home: 50–32; Away: 39–41)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Notable transactions

Roster

1970 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Postseason

National League Championship Series

The Cincinnati Reds won the series, three games to none, over the Pirates.

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Cincinnati – 3, Pittsburgh – 0October 3Three Rivers Stadium33,088
2Cincinnati – 3, Pittsburgh – 1October 4Three Rivers Stadium39,317
3Pittsburgh – 2, Cincinnati – 3October 5Riverfront Stadium40,538

Statistics

Batting

Regular Season[9]
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Garber, GeneGene Garber 14 3 2 0.667 0 0
May, MiltMilt May 5 4 2 0.500 0 2
Clines, GeneGene Clines 31 37 15 0.405 0 3
Clemente, RobertoRoberto Clemente 108 412 145 0.352 14 60
Sanguillen, MannyManny Sanguillen 128 486 158 0.325 7 61
Cash, DaveDave Cash 64 210 66 0.314 1 28
Alou, MattyMatty Alou 155 677 201 0.297 1 47
Hebner, RichieRichie Hebner 120 420 122 0.290 11 46
Robertson, BobBob Robertson 117 390 112 0.287 27 82
Oliver, AlAl Oliver 151 551 149 0.270 12 83
Pagan, JoseJose Pagan 95 230 61 0.265 7 29
Stargell, WillieWillie Stargell 136 474 125 0.264 31 85
Patek, FreddieFreddie Patek 84 237 58 0.245 1 19
Alley, GeneGene Alley 121 426 104 0.244 8 41
Jeter, JohnnyJohnny Jeter 85 126 30 0.238 2 12
Mazeroski, BillBill Mazeroski 112 367 84 0.229 7 39
May, JerryJerry May 51 139 29 0.209 1 16
Cambria, FredFred Cambria 6 10 2 0.200 0 1
Nelson, JimJim Nelson 15 20 4 0.200 0 3
Giusti, DaveDave Giusti 66 16 3 0.188 0 3
Kopacz, GeorgeGeorge Kopacz 10 16 3 0.188 0 0
Moose, BobBob Moose 29 66 12 0.182 0 2
Ricketts, DaveDave Ricketts 14 11 2 0.182 0 0
Veale, BobBob Veale 34 67 11 0.164 0 6
Walker, LukeLuke Walker 42 46 6 0.130 0 5
Blass, SteveSteve Blass 32 70 8 0.114 0 2
Ellis, DockDock Ellis 38 70 7 0.100 0 1
Martinez, JoseJose Martinez 19 20 1 0.050 0 0
Brunet, GeorgeGeorge Brunet 12 4 0 0.000 0 0
Dal Canton, BruceBruce Dal Canton 41 16 0 0.000 0 0
Gibbon, JoeJoe Gibbon 41 3 0 0.000 0 0
Grant, MudcatMudcat Grant 8 2 0 0.000 0 0
Hartenstein, ChuckChuck Hartenstein 17 1 0 0.000 0 0
Lamb, JohnJohn Lamb 23 3 0 0.000 0 0
McBean, AlAl McBean 7 1 0 0.000 0 0
Pena, OrlandoOrlando Pena 23 6 0 0.000 0 0
Acosta, EdEd Acosta 3 0 0 0 0
Colpaert, DickDick Colpaert 8 0 0 0 0
Marone, LouLou Marone 1 0 0 0 0

Postseason[10]
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Hebner, RichieRichie Hebner 2 6 4 0.667 0 0
Stargell, WillieWillie Stargell 3 12 6 0.500 0 1
Pagan, JoseJose Pagan 1 3 1 0.333 0 0
Alou, MattyMatty Alou 3 12 3 0.250 0 0
Oliver, AlAl Oliver 2 8 2 0.250 0 1
Clemente, RobertoRoberto Clemente 3 14 3 0.214 0 1
Robertson, BobBob Robertson 2 5 1 0.200 0 0
Sanguillen, MannyManny Sanguillen 3 12 2 0.167 0 0
Cash, DaveDave Cash 2 8 1 0.125 0 0
Alley, GeneGene Alley 2 7 0 0.000 0 0
Ellis, DockDock Ellis 1 2 0 0.000 0 0
Jeter, JohnnyJohnny Jeter 3 2 0 0.000 0 0
Mazeroski, BillBill Mazeroski 1 2 0 0.000 0 0
Moose, BobBob Moose 1 4 0 0.000 0 0
Patek, FreddieFreddie Patek 1 3 0 0.000 0 0
Walker, LukeLuke Walker 1 2 0 0.000 0 0
Gibbon, JoeJoe Gibbon 2 0 0 0 0
Giusti, DaveDave Giusti 2 0 0 0 0

Pitching

Regular Season[11]
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Grant, MudcatMudcat Grant 8 12 2 1 2.25 4
Brunet, GeorgeGeorge Brunet 12 1623 1 1 2.70 17
Lamb, JohnJohn Lamb 23 3213 0 1 2.78 24
Walker, LukeLuke Walker 42 163 15 6 3.04 124
Giusti, DaveDave Giusti 66 103 9 3 3.06 85
Ellis, DockDock Ellis 30 20123 13 10 3.21 128
Nelson, JimJim Nelson 15 6813 4 2 3.42 42
Cambria, FredFred Cambria 6 3313 1 2 3.51 14
Blass, SteveSteve Blass 31 19623 10 12 3.52 120
Marone, LouLou Marone 1 213 0 0 3.86 0
Veale, BobBob Veale 34 202 10 15 3.92 178
Moose, BobBob Moose 28 18923 11 10 3.99 119
Hartenstein, ChuckChuck Hartenstein 17 2323 1 1 4.56 14
Dal Canton, BruceBruce Dal Canton 41 8423 9 4 4.57 53
Pena, OrlandoOrlando Pena 23 3723 2 1 4.78 25
Gibbon, JoeJoe Gibbon 41 41 0 1 4.83 26
Garber, GeneGene Garber 14 2213 0 3 5.24 7
Colpaert, DickDick Colpaert 8 1023 1 0 5.91 6
McBean, AlAl McBean 7 10 0 0 8.10 3
Acosta, EdEd Acosta 3 223 0 0 13.50 1

Postseason[12]
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Gibbon, JoeJoe Gibbon 2 013 0 0 0.00 1
Walker, LukeLuke Walker 1 7 0 1 1.29 5
Ellis, DockDock Ellis 1 923 0 1 2.79 1
Moose, BobBob Moose 1 723 0 1 3.52 4
Giusti, DaveDave Giusti 2 213 0 0 3.86 1

Awards and honors

1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Jets International League Joe Morgan
AA Waterbury Pirates Eastern League Red Davis
A Salem Rebels Carolina League Billy Klaus
A Gastonia Pirates Western Carolinas League Ed Hobaugh
A-Short Season Niagara Falls Pirates New York–Penn League Irv Noren
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Dick Cole
Rookie GCL Tourists Gulf Coast League Ed Napoleon

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Waterbury

Notes

References

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