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1970 American League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings East Division Team W L WL% GB Bltmore BAL 108 54 .667 -- NewYorkY NYY 93 69 .574 15.0 BostonRS BOS 87 75 .537 21.0 Detroit DET 79 83 .488 29.0 Clvlnd CLE 76 86 .469 32.0 Washngtn WSA 70 92 .432 38.0 West Division Team W L WL% GB Minnesta MIN 98 64 .605 -- Oakland OAK 89 73 .549 9.0 Califrna CAL 86 76 .531 12.0 KansasCy KCR 65 97 .401 33.0 Milwkee MIL 65 97 .401 33.0 ChicagoW CHW 56 106 .346 42.0 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL | East | West Postseason World Series (4-1):   Baltimore Orioles over Cincinnati Reds AL Championship Series (3-0):   Baltimore Orioles over Minnesota Twins BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1970 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
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League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 BAL  4.89   792  162  5545  1424  213  25  179  717   952  .257  .342  .401   84   39 114  4.77  5.01
 BOS  4.85   786  162  5535  1450  252  28  203  594   855  .262  .333  .428   50   48 110  5.62  4.09
 MIN  4.59   744  162  5483  1438  230  41  153  501   905  .262  .324  .403   57   52 104  4.52  4.67
 OAK  4.19   678  162  5376  1338  208  24  171  584   977  .249  .322  .392  131   68 106  4.16  4.21
 NYY  4.17   680  163  5492  1381  208  41  111  588   808  .251  .324  .365  105   61 100  3.91  4.43
 DET  4.11   666  162  5377  1282  207  38  148  656   825  .238  .321  .374   29   30  99  4.30  3.93
 CLE  4.01   649  162  5463  1358  197  23  183  503   909  .249  .312  .394   25   36  99  4.77  3.25
 CHW  3.91   633  162  5514  1394  192  20  123  477   872  .253  .312  .362   53   33  92  4.12  3.68
 CAL  3.90   631  162  5532  1391  197  40  114  447   922  .251  .307  .363   69   27  94  3.54  4.25
 WSA  3.86   626  162  5460  1302  184  28  138  635   989  .238  .318  .358   72   42  99  3.74  3.99
 KCR  3.77   611  162  5503  1341  202  41   97  514   958  .244  .308  .348   97   53  89  3.86  3.69
 MIL  3.76   613  163  5395  1305  202  24  126  592   985  .242  .317  .358   91   73  93  3.86  3.66
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.17  8109 1946 65675 16404 2492 373 1746 6808 10957  .250  .322  .379  863  562

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 BAL  3.54   574  162  3.15  1478  1317   8.1   469  2.9  139   941   60    12    12  31 116  3.16  3.93
 MIN  3.73   605  162  3.23  1448  1329   8.2   486  3.0  130   940   26     8    12  58 117  3.52  3.95
 NYY  3.75   612  163  3.24  1471  1386   8.5   451  2.8  130   777   36     5     6  49 109  3.17  4.33
 OAK  3.66   593  162  3.30  1442  1253   7.7   542  3.3  134   858   33    11    15  40 107  3.27  4.05
 CAL  3.89   630  162  3.48  1462  1280   7.9   559  3.5  154   922   21     8    10  49 104  3.38  4.40
 KCR  4.35   705  162  3.78  1463  1346   8.3   641  4.0  138   915   30     7    11  25  98  4.19  4.51
 WSA  4.25   689  162  3.80  1457  1375   8.5   611  3.8  139   823   20     7    11  40  93  4.07  4.43
 BOS  4.46   722  162  3.87  1446  1391   8.6   594  3.7  156  1003   38     7     8  44 102  4.72  4.20
 CLE  4.17   675  162  3.91  1451  1333   8.2   689  4.3  163  1076   34     5     8  35 100  4.57  3.77
 DET  4.51   731  162  4.09  1447  1443   8.9   623  3.8  153  1045   33     7     9  39  92  4.68  4.35
 MIL  4.61   751  163  4.21  1446  1397   8.6   587  3.6  146   895   31     2     2  27  89  4.47  4.74
 CHW  5.07   822  162  4.54  1430  1554   9.6   556  3.4  164   762   20     5     6  30  83  5.58  4.53
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.17  8109 1946  3.71 17441 16404   8.5  6808  3.5 1746 10957  382         110 467

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 BAL  117  148  .981   .722  1,057,069  13,050  104-58  59-22 49-32 101  98 28.8 28.5   3   7  28 Weaver
 MIN  123  130  .980   .713  1,261,887  15,579   96-66  51-30 47-34 103 102 28.6 28.1   2   4  20 Rigney
 NYY  130  146  .980   .717  1,136,879  14,036   89-73  53-28 40-41  95  95 27.0 27.4   0   3  13 Houk
 OAK  141  152  .977   .727    778,355   9,609   91-71  49-32 40-41  97  95 27.8 27.2   3   1  33 McNamara
 BOS  156  131  .974   .699  1,595,278  19,695   87-75  52-29 35-46 108 107 26.5 27.9   1   2  24 Kasko
 CAL  127  169  .980   .726  1,077,741  13,305   81-81  43-38 43-38  96  97 26.6 26.0   0   4  17 Phillips
 DET  132  142  .978   .691  1,501,293  18,534   74-88  42-39 37-44 101 101 28.7 26.6   1   2  17 Smith
 CLE  133  168  .979   .705    729,752   9,009   78-84  43-38 33-48 104 105 26.2 25.9   0   2  24 Dark
 WSA  116  173  .982   .715    824,789  10,183   74-88  40-41 30-51  95  95 28.1 27.6   0   1  13 Williams
 KCR  152  162  .976   .710    693,047   8,773   70-92  35-44 30-53  99 100 26.4 26.2   0   1  12 Metro and Lemon
 MIL  136  142  .978   .706    933,690  11,527   66-96  38-42 27-55 100 101 29.2 27.8   0   1  21 Bristol
 CHW  165  187  .975   .683    495,355   5,897   62-100 31-53 25-53 101 102 27.1 27.0   1   1  15 Gutteridge, Adair, and Tanner
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Boog Powell BAL .297/.412/.549 Cy Young Award Jim Perry MIN 24-12  3.04 168 SO Rookie of the Year Thurman Munson NYY .302/.386/.415

Gold Glove Winners Pitcher Jim Kaat Catcher Ray Fosse First Base Jim Spencer Second Base Davey Johnson Third Base Brooks Robinson Shortstop Luis Aparicio Outfield Ken Berry, Paul Blair, and Mickey Stanley

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Johnson-CAL .329 Yastrzemski-BOS .329 Oliva-MIN .325 Aparicio-CHW .313 Robinson-BAL .306	On-base % Yastrzemski-BOS .452 Howard-WSA .416 Powell-BAL .412 Killebrew-MIN .411 Bando-OAK .407	Slugging % Yastrzemski-BOS .592 Powell-BAL .549 Killebrew-MIN .546 Howard-WSA .546 Harper-MIL .522	OPS Yastrzemski-BOS 1.044 Howard-WSA .962 Powell-BAL .962 Killebrew-MIN .957 Robinson-BAL .918
Games Alomar-CAL 162 White-NYY 162 Howard-WSA 161 Tovar-MIN 161 Yastrzemski-BOS 161	At Bats Clarke-NYY 686 Alomar-CAL 672 Tovar-MIN 650 Oliva-MIN 628 Brinkman-WSA 625	Plate Appearances (approx.) Alomar-CAL 735 Clarke-NYY 732 Tovar-MIN 726 White-NYY 712 Howard-WSA 706	Runs Yastrzemski-BOS 125 Tovar-MIN 120 Smith-BOS 109 White-NYY 109 Harper-MIL 104
Hits Oliva-MIN 204 Johnson-CAL 202 Tovar-MIN 195 Yastrzemski-BOS 186 White-NYY 180	Total Bases Yastrzemski-BOS 335 Oliva-MIN 323 Harper-MIL 315 Howard-WSA 309 Powell-BAL 289	Doubles Oliva-MIN 36 Otis-KCR 36 Tovar-MIN 36 Harper-MIL 35 Cardenas-MIN 34	Triples Tovar-MIN 13 Stanley-DET 11 Otis-KCR 9 Kenney-NYY 7 Monday-OAK 7 Oliva-MIN 7 Rodriguez-TOT 7 Smith-BOS 7
Home Runs Howard-WSA 44 Killebrew-MIN 41 Yastrzemski-BOS 40 Conigliaro-BOS 36 Powell-BAL 35	RBI Howard-WSA 126 Conigliaro-BOS 116 Powell-BAL 114 Killebrew-MIN 113 Oliva-MIN 107	Bases on Balls Howard-WSA 132 Killebrew-MIN 128 Yastrzemski-BOS 128 Bando-OAK 118 Buford-BAL 109	Strikeouts Jackson-OAK 135 Oliver-KCR 126 Walton-MIL 126 Howard-WSA 125 Epstein-WSA 117
Stolen Bases Campaneris-OAK 42 Harper-MIL 38 Alomar-CAL 35 Kelly-KCR 34 Otis-KCR 33	Singles Johnson-CAL 156 Alomar-CAL 147 Brinkman-WSA 144 Clarke-NYY 142 Cater-NYY 138 Oliva-MIN 138	Adjusted OPS+ Yastrzemski-BOS 177 Howard-WSA 170 Powell-BAL 163 Killebrew-MIN 159 Robinson-BAL 151	Runs Created Yastrzemski-BOS 157 Howard-WSA 130 Powell-BAL 123 Harper-MIL 122 Killebrew-MIN 116 White-NYY 116
Adjusted Batting Runs Yastrzemski-BOS 68 Howard-WSA 60 Powell-BAL 50 Killebrew-MIN 49 Harper-MIL 39	Batting Wins Yastrzemski-BOS 6.8 Howard-WSA 5.9 Powell-BAL 5.0 Killebrew-MIN 4.9 Harper-MIL 3.9	Extra-Base Hits Harper-MIL 70 Yastrzemski-BOS 69 Oliva-MIN 66 Petrocelli-BOS 63 Powell-BAL 63	Times on Base Yastrzemski-BOS 315 Howard-WSA 294 White-NYY 275 Killebrew-MIN 273 Powell-BAL 265
Offensive Win% Yastrzemski-BOS .834 Powell-BAL .774 Howard-WSA .757 Robinson-BAL .743 Killebrew-MIN .728	Hit By Pitch Foster-CLE 12 Epstein-WSA 9 Melton-CHW 9 Reichardt-TOT 9 Buford-BAL 8 Conigliaro-BOS 8 Jackson-OAK 8 Rodriguez-TOT 8 Tovar-MIN 8	Sac. Hits Leon-CLE 23 Niekro-DET 15 Gutierrez-DET 14 Cardenas-MIN 13 Kubiak-MIL 13	Sac. Flies Heidemann-CLE 10 Petrocelli-BOS 10 Melton-CHW 9 Killebrew-MIN 8 Powell-BAL 8 Uhlaender-CLE 8
Intentional Walks Howard-WSA 29 Killebrew-MIN 23 Powell-BAL 18 Kubiak-MIL 16 Oliva-MIN 12 Yastrzemski-BOS 12	Grounded into Double Plays Killebrew-MIN 28 Johnson-CAL 25 May-CHW 25 Howard-WSA 23 Kaline-DET 20	Caught Stealing Jackson-OAK 17 Harper-MIL 16 Kelly-KCR 16 Tovar-MIN 15 Yastrzemski-BOS 13	Power/Speed Number Harper-MIL 34.1 Yastrzemski-BOS 29.2 Campaneris-OAK 28.9 Jackson-OAK 24.4 White-NYY 23.0
At Bats per Strikeout Clarke-NYY 19.6 Alou-OAK 18.5 Aparicio-CHW 16.2 Brinkman-WSA 15.2 Tovar-MIN 13.8	At Bats per Home Run Killebrew-MIN 12.9 Howard-WSA 12.9 Yastrzemski-BOS 14.2 Powell-BAL 15.0 Conigliaro-BOS 15.6	Outs Clarke-NYY 542 Alomar-CAL 535 Tovar-MIN 495 Brinkman-WSA 490 Rodriguez-TOT 488	ERA Segui-OAK 2.56 Palmer-BAL 2.71 Wright-CAL 2.83 Peterson-NYY 2.90 McDowell-CLE 2.92
Wins Cuellar-BAL 24 McNally-BAL 24 Perry-MIN 24 Wright-CAL 22 McDowell-CLE 20 Palmer-BAL 20 Peterson-NYY 20	Won-Loss % Hargan-CLE .786 Cuellar-BAL .750 McNally-BAL .727 Hall-BAL .667 Palmer-BAL .667 Perry-MIN .667	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Peterson-NYY 1.102 Perry-MIN 1.130 Messersmith-CAL 1.140 Cuellar-BAL 1.149 Blyleven-MIN 1.159	Hits Allowed/9IP Messersmith-CAL 6.66 McDowell-CLE 6.96 Segui-OAK 7.22 Johnson-KCR 7.49 Culp-BOS 7.56
Bases on Balls/9IP Peterson-NYY 1.38 Perry-MIN 1.84 Cox-WSA 2.06 Cuellar-BAL 2.09 Horlen-CHW 2.14	Strikeouts/9IP McDowell-CLE 8.97 Johnson-KCR 8.66 Cain-DET 7.77 Lolich-DET 7.59 Messersmith-CAL 7.49	Games Wood-CHW 77 Grant-OAK 72 Knowles-WSA 71 Williams-MIN 68 Fisher-CAL 67 Perranoski-MIN 67	Saves Perranoski-MIN 34 McDaniel-NYY 29 Knowles-WSA 27 Timmermann-DET 27 Grant-OAK 24
Innings McDowell-CLE 305.0 Palmer-BAL 305.0 Cuellar-BAL 297.7 McNally-BAL 296.0 Perry-MIN 278.7	Strikeouts McDowell-CLE 304 Lolich-DET 230 Johnson-KCR 206 Palmer-BAL 199 Culp-BOS 197	Games Started Cuellar-BAL 40 Dobson-OAK 40 Hunter-OAK 40 McNally-BAL 40 Perry-MIN 40	Comp. Games Cuellar-BAL 21 McDowell-CLE 19 Palmer-BAL 17 McNally-BAL 16 Culp-BOS 15
Shutouts Dobson-OAK 5 Palmer-BAL 5 Cuellar-BAL 4 Perry-MIN 4 Peters-BOS 4	Home Runs Allow. Cuellar-BAL 34 Krausse-MIL 33 Dobson-OAK 32 Hunter-OAK 32 Murphy-CAL 32	Bases On Balls Allow. McDowell-CLE 131 Lolich-DET 109 Rooker-KCR 102 John-CHW 101 Odom-OAK 100 Palmer-BAL 100	Hits Allowed McNally-BAL 277 Cuellar-BAL 273 Lolich-DET 272 Palmer-BAL 263 Stottlemyre-NYY 262
SO to Walk Peterson-NYY 3.18 Perry-MIN 2.95 Blyleven-MIN 2.87 Cuellar-BAL 2.75 Johnson-KCR 2.51	Losses Lolich-DET 19 Krausse-MIL 18 Janeski-CHW 17 John-CHW 17 Horlen-CHW 16	Earned Runs Allow. Cuellar-BAL 115 Lolich-DET 115 Krausse-MIL 114 Dobson-OAK 111 Hunter-OAK 111	Wild Pitches John-CHW 17 McDowell-CLE 17 Peters-BOS 16 Coleman-WSA 14 Lolich-DET 14 Odom-OAK 14
Hit Batsmen Culp-BOS 11 Johnson-KCR 11 Hunter-OAK 9 John-CHW 9 Moore-TOT 9 Perry-MIN 9 Zepp-MIN 9	Batters Faced McDowell-CLE 1257 Palmer-BAL 1257 McNally-BAL 1218 Cuellar-BAL 1214 Lolich-DET 1181	Games Finished Wood-CHW 62 Perranoski-MIN 52 McDaniel-NYY 51 Grant-OAK 49 Knowles-WSA 49	Adjusted ERA+ Segui-OAK 138 Palmer-BAL 134 McDowell-CLE 134 Culp-BOS 131 Wright-CAL 127
Oldest Player Hall-BAL 1930-09-27 (39) Abernathy-KCR 1933-03-06 (37) Roseboro-WSA 1933-05-13 (37) Francona-TOT 1933-11-04 (36) Mendoza-MIN 1933-11-16 (36)	Youngest Player Blyleven-MIN 1951-04-06 (19) Burroughs-WSA 1951-03-07 (19) Moloney-CHW 1950-06-07 (20) Allen-CAL 1950-05-08 (20) Johnson-CHW 1950-01-03 (20)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Jim Palmer (BAL) C. Bill Freehan (DET) 1B. Boog Powell (BAL) 2B. Davey Johnson (BAL) 3B. Harmon Killebrew (MIN) SS. Luis Aparicio (CHW) LF. Frank Howard (WSA) CF. Carl Yastrzemski (BOS) RF. Frank Robinson (BAL)		Sandy Alomar* (CAL) Rod Carew (MIN) Mike Cuellar (BAL) Ray Fosse* (CLE) Jim Fregosi* (CAL) Tommy Harper* (MIL) Willie Horton* (DET) Catfish Hunter* (OAK) Alex Johnson* (CAL)		Sam McDowell* (CLE) Dave McNally (BAL) Jerry Moses (BOS) Tony Oliva* (MIN) Amos Otis* (KCR) Jim Perry* (MIN) Fritz Peterson* (NYY) Brooks Robinson* (BAL) Mel Stottlemyre* (NYY)		Roy White (NYY) Clyde Wright* (CAL)

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