1970 Pittsburgh Pirates

89-73 • 0.549 Win% • 1st in NL E

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📊 Season Record

89 Wins

73 Losses

0.549 Win %

                        1st
                        Rank
                    

729 R 664 RA

Diff +65

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

729 Runs Scored

664 Runs Allowed

+65 Run Diff

955K Attendance

📈 vs. 1970 NL Average

Batting Avg .270 5% above the 1970 league average (.258)

OBP .323 1% below the 1970 league average (.328)

SLG .339 2% above the 1970 league average (.334)

Team ERA 3.70 9% better than the 1970 league average (4.05)

Runs Scored 729 equal to the 1970 league average (731 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field/Three Rivers Stadium

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Home Games 40

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Total Attendance 955,100

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Avg per Game 23,877

⚾ Batting Leaders

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Matty Alou	155	677	97	201	1	47	30	18	19	0.297
Al Oliver	151	551	63	149	12	83	35	35	1	0.270
Manny Sanguillen	128	486	63	158	7	61	17	45	2	0.325
Willie Stargell	136	474	70	125	31	85	44	119	0	0.264
Gene Alley	121	426	46	104	8	41	31	70	7	0.244
Richie Hebner	120	420	60	122	11	46	42	48	2	0.290
Roberto Clemente	108	412	65	145	14	60	38	66	3	0.352
Bob Robertson	117	390	69	112	27	82	51	98	4	0.287
Bill Mazeroski	112	367	29	84	7	39	27	40	2	0.229
Freddie Patek	84	237	42	58	1	19	29	46	8	0.245
Jose Pagan	95	230	21	61	7	29	20	24	1	0.265
Dave Cash	64	210	30	66	1	28	17	25	5	0.314
Jerry May	51	139	13	29	1	16	21	25	0	0.209
Johnny Jeter	85	126	27	30	2	12	13	34	9	0.238
Steve Blass	32	70	3	8	0	2	2	15	0	0.114
Dock Ellis	38	70	9	7	0	1	2	37	1	0.100
Bob Veale	34	67	5	11	0	6	4	34	0	0.164
Bob Moose	29	66	5	12	0	2	6	18	0	0.182
Luke Walker	42	46	0	6	0	5	3	26	0	0.130
Gene Clines	31	37	4	15	0	3	2	5	2	0.405
Jose Martinez	19	20	1	1	0	0	1	5	0	0.050
Jim Nelson	15	20	1	4	0	3	1	6	0	0.200
Bruce Dal Canton	41	16	0	0	0	0	2	9	0	0.000
Dave Giusti	66	16	1	3	0	3	3	6	0	0.188
George Kopacz	10	16	1	3	0	0	0	5	0	0.188
Dave Ricketts	14	11	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0.182
Fred Cambria	6	10	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	0.200
Orlando Peña	23	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.000
George Brunet	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.000
Milt May	5	4	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.500
Gene Garber	14	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.667
Joe Gibbon	41	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
John Lamb	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.000
Mudcat Grant	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Chuck Hartenstein	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Al McBean	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Ed Acosta	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Dick Colpaert	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Lou Marone	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 John Lamb 2.78 2 Luke Walker 3.04 3 Dave Giusti 3.06 4 Dock Ellis 3.21 5 Jim Nelson 3.42

Wins

1 Luke Walker 15 2 Dock Ellis 13 3 Bob Moose 11 4 Steve Blass 10 5 Bob Veale 10

Strikeouts

1 Bob Veale 178 2 Dock Ellis 128 3 Luke Walker 124 4 Steve Blass 120 5 Bob Moose 119

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BB	SO
Bob Veale	10	15	3.92	34	32	0	202.0	94	178
Dock Ellis	13	10	3.21	30	30	0	201.2	87	128
Steve Blass	10	12	3.52	31	31	0	196.2	73	120
Bob Moose	11	10	3.99	28	27	0	189.2	64	119
Luke Walker	15	6	3.04	42	19	3	163.0	89	124
Dave Giusti	9	3	3.06	66	1	26	103.0	39	85
Bruce Dal Canton	9	4	4.57	41	6	1	84.2	39	53
Jim Nelson	4	2	3.42	15	10	0	68.1	38	42
Joe Gibbon	0	1	4.83	41	0	5	41.0	24	26
Orlando Peña	2	1	4.78	23	0	2	37.2	7	25
Fred Cambria	1	2	3.51	6	5	0	33.1	12	14
John Lamb	0	1	2.78	23	0	3	32.1	13	24
Chuck Hartenstein	1	1	4.56	17	0	1	23.2	8	14
Gene Garber	0	3	5.24	14	0	0	22.1	10	7
George Brunet	1	1	2.70	12	1	0	16.2	9	17
Mudcat Grant	2	1	2.25	8	0	0	12.0	2	4
Dick Colpaert	1	0	5.91	8	0	0	10.2	8	6
Al McBean	0	0	8.10	7	0	1	10.0	7	3
Ed Acosta	0	0	13.50	3	0	1	2.2	2	1
Lou Marone	0	0	3.86	1	0	0	2.1	0	0

🏆 Postseason Results

NL Championship

Lost to CIN 3-0

👥 Roster (39)

Ed Acosta Gene Alley Matty Alou Steve Blass George Brunet Fred Cambria Dave Cash Roberto Clemente Gene Clines Dick Colpaert Bruce Dal Canton Dock Ellis +27 more

39 players