1970 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1970 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1970

World Series Champions

Baltimore Orioles

Runner Up

Cincinnati Reds

Most Valuable Players

AL: Boog Powell NL: Johnny Bench

Cy Young Winners

AL: Jim Perry NL: Bob Gibson

Rookies of the Year

AL: Thurman Munson NL: Carl Morton

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

Mike Ivie (San Diego Padres)

All-Star Game

Cincinnati,Ohio

Teams

Players

847

Attendance

28,747,333

Payroll

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1970 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	108	54	.667	--	792	574	218	Won World Series (Reds)	1,057,069	15	Harry Dalton	Earl Weaver	Memorial Stadium
2	3	4	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	93	69	.574	15.0	680	612	68	dnq	1,136,879	12	Lee MacPhail	Ralph Houk	Yankee Stadium I
3	5	8	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	21.0	786	722	64	dnq	1,595,278	6	Dick O'Connell	Eddie Kasko	Fenway Park
4	7	13	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	29.0	666	731	-65	dnq	1,501,293	7	Jim Campbell	Mayo Smith	Tiger Stadium
5	8	15	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	32.0	649	675	-26	dnq	729,752	20	Alvin Dark	Alvin Dark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
6	9	20	Washington Senators II	T - S - R - L	162	70	92	.432	38.0	626	689	-63	dnq	824,789	17	Bob Short	Ted Williams	RFK Memorial Stadium
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	3	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	98	64	.605	--	744	605	139	Lost ALCS (Orioles)	1,261,887	10	Calvin Griffith	Bill Rigney	Metropolitan Stadium
2	4	6	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	9.0	678	593	85	dnq	778,355	18	Charlie Finley	John McNamara	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
3	6	9	California Angels	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	12.0	631	630	1	dnq	1,077,741	14	Dick Walsh	Lefty Phillips	Anaheim Stadium
4	11	22	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	65	97	.401	33.0	611	705	-94	dnq	693,047	22	Cedric Tallis	Bob Lemon, Charlie Metro	Municipal Stadium
4	10	21	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	65	97	.401	33.0	613	751	-138	dnq	933,690	16	Marvin Milkes	Dave Bristol	County Stadium
6	12	24	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	56	106	.346	42.0	633	822	-189	dnq	495,355	24	Ed Short	Don Gutteridge, Chuck Tanner, Bill Adair	Comiskey Park
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	--	729	664	65	Lost NLCS (Reds)	1,341,947	9	Joe Brown	Danny Murtaugh	Three Rivers Stadium
2	5	11	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	5.0	806	679	127	dnq	1,642,705	4	John Holland	Leo Durocher	Wrigley Field
3	6	12	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	6.0	695	630	65	dnq	2,697,479	1	Bob Scheffing	Gil Hodges	Shea Stadium
4	8	17	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	13.0	744	747	-3	dnq	1,629,736	5	Bing Devine	Red Schoendienst	Busch Stadium II
5	10	18	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	161	73	88	.453	15.5	594	730	-136	dnq	708,247	21	John Quinn	Frank Lucchesi	Connie Mack Stadium
6	11	19	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	16.0	687	807	-120	dnq	1,424,683	8	Jim Fanning	Gene Mauch	Jarry Park
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	102	60	.630	--	775	681	94	Lost World Series (Orioles)	1,803,568	2	Bob Howsam	Sparky Anderson	Riverfront Stadium
2	3	7	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	161	87	74	.540	14.5	749	684	65	dnq	1,697,142	3	Al Campanis	Walter Alston	Dodger Stadium
3	4	10	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	16.0	831	826	5	dnq	740,720	19	Horace Stoneham	Charlie Fox, Clyde King	Candlestick Park
4	7	14	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	23.0	744	763	-19	dnq	1,253,444	11	Spec Richardson	Harry Walker	Astrodome
5	9	16	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	26.0	736	772	-36	dnq	1,078,848	13	Paul Richards	Lum Harris	Atlanta Stadium
6	12	23	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	63	99	.389	39.0	681	788	-107	dnq	643,679	23	Buzzie Bavasi	Preston Gomez	San Diego Stadium
24 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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