1970 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1970 Pittsburgh Pirates 1970 NL East Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1887) Eastern Division (Since 1969)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (Since 1970) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Since 1887)
1970 Information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath
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

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Opening Day Starters 1.2 Season standings 1.3 Roster 1.4 Batting 1.4.1 Other batters 1.5 Starting pitchers 1.5.1 Other pitchers 1.5.1.1 Relief pitchers 2 National League Championship Series 2.1 Cincinnati Reds vs. Pittsburgh Pirates 3 Award Winners 4 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Pittsburgh Pirates	89	73	.549	--
Chicago Cubs	84	78	.519	5
New York Mets	83	79	.512	6
St. Louis Cardinals	76	86	.469	13
Philadelphia Phillies	73	88	.453	15.5
Montreal Expos	73	89	.451	16

[edit] Roster

1970 Pittsburgh Pirates roster v • d • e
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager Danny Murtaugh

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] National League Championship Series

Main article: 1970 National League Championship Series

[edit] Cincinnati Reds vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

Reds win the Series, 3-0

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Cincinnati - 3, Pittsburgh - 0	October 3	Three Rivers Stadium	33,088
2	Cincinnati - 3, Pittsburgh - 1	October 4	Three Rivers Stadium	39,317
3	Pittsburgh - 2, Cincinnati - 3	October 5	Riverfront Stadium	40,538

[edit] Award Winners

• Danny Murtaugh, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year

1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

[edit] References

• 1970 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1970 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 1970 MLB season by team     AL East: Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York AL West: California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Washington             NL East: Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West: Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 1970 All-Star Game • 1970 World Series

Preceded by New York Mets 1969

NL East Championship Season 1970

Succeeded by Pittsburgh Pirates 1971

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