1970 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1969 Season 1971 Season

Record: 89-73-0, Finished 1st in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Lost NL Championship Series (3-0) to Cincinnati Reds

Manager: Danny Murtaugh (89-73)

General Manager: Joe Brown

Scouting Director: Harding Peterson

Ballparks: Forbes Field and Three Rivers Stadium

Attendance: 1,341,947 (7th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96
One-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96

Pythagorean W-L: 88-74, 729 Runs, 664 Runs Allowed

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162. Oct 1, PIT (89-73) beat STL, 9-5

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Manny Sanguillén	26	128	510	486	63	158	19	9	7	61	2	3	17	45	.325	.344	.444	.788	113	216	15	0	1	6	9
2	1B	Bob Robertson	23	117	451	390	69	112	19	4	27	82	4	1	51	98	.287	.367	.564	.931	149	220	8	2	1	7	2
3	2B	Bill Mazeroski	33	112	404	367	29	84	14	0	7	39	2	0	27	40	.229	.283	.324	.607	65	119	6	2	5	3	9
4	SS	Gene Alley	29	121	466	426	46	104	16	5	8	41	7	3	31	70	.244	.297	.362	.659	78	154	6	3	2	4	9
5	3B	Richie Hebner*	22	120	475	420	60	122	24	8	11	46	2	3	42	48	.290	.362	.464	.827	123	195	8	7	3	3	5
6	LF	Willie Stargell*	30	136	529	474	70	125	18	3	31	85	0	1	44	119	.264	.329	.511	.839	125	242	14	5	0	6	11
7	CF	Matty Alou*	31	155	718	677	97	201	21	8	1	47	19	11	30	18	.297	.329	.356	.685	87	241	9	4	4	3	3
8	RF	Roberto Clemente	35	108	455	412	65	145	22	10	14	60	3	0	38	66	.352	.407	.556	.963	160	229	7	2	1	2	14
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Al Oliver*	23	151	609	551	63	149	33	5	12	83	1	1	35	35	.270	.326	.414	.740	100	228	10	14	2	7	8
10	SS	Freddie Patek	25	84	276	237	42	58	10	5	1	19	8	2	29	46	.245	.322	.342	.664	81	81	2	0	6	4	1
11	3B	José Pagán	35	95	252	230	21	61	14	1	7	29	1	1	20	24	.265	.321	.426	.748	102	98	6	0	0	2	1
12	2B	Dave Cash	22	64	230	210	30	66	7	6	1	28	5	2	17	25	.314	.365	.419	.784	113	88	9	1	0	2	3
13	C	Jerry May	26	51	163	139	13	29	4	2	1	16	0	0	21	25	.209	.313	.288	.601	65	40	3	1	0	2	6
14	OF	Johnny Jeter	25	85	140	126	27	30	3	2	2	12	9	5	13	34	.238	.314	.341	.656	78	43	3	1	0	0	1
15	OF	Gene Clines	23	31	39	37	4	15	2	0	0	3	2	1	2	5	.405	.436	.459	.895	144	17	2	0	0	0	0
16	IF	José Martínez	27	19	22	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.050	.095	.050	.145	-59	1	1	0	1	0	0
17	1B	George Kopacz*	29	10	17	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.188	.188	.188	.375	2	3	0	0	1	0	0
18	C	Dave Ricketts#	34	14	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.182	.250	.182	.432	20	2	0	0	0	0	0
19		Milt May*	19	5	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	265	3	0	1	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
20	P	Bob Moose	22	29	76	66	5	12	2	1	0	2	0	0	6	18	.182	.250	.242	.492	35	16	1	0	4	0	0
21	P	Dock Ellis#	25	38	76	70	9	7	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	37	.100	.125	.114	.239	-34	8	0	0	4	0	0
22	P	Steve Blass	28	32	76	70	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	15	.114	.137	.129	.266	-27	9	2	0	3	1	0
23	P	Bob Veale#	34	34	72	67	5	11	4	0	0	6	0	0	4	34	.164	.211	.224	.435	19	15	2	0	1	0	0
24	P	Luke Walker*	26	42	57	46	0	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	26	.130	.184	.130	.314	-13	6	0	0	8	0	0
25	P	Jim Nelson	22	15	23	20	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.200	.227	.200	.427	17	4	0	0	1	1	0
26	P	Bruce Dal Canton	29	41	20	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.000	.158	.000	.158	-53	0	1	1	1	0	0
27	P	Dave Giusti	30	66	20	16	1	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	6	.188	.316	.313	.628	72	5	0	0	1	0	0
28	P	Fred Cambria	22	6	14	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	49	2	1	0	2	0	0
29	P	Orlando Peña	36	23	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	George Brunet	35	12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	John Lamb	23	23	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Joe Gibbon	35	41	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Gene Garber	22	14	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	264	2	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Mudcat Grant	34	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
35	P	Al McBean	32	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Chuck Hartenstein	28	17	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Ed Acosta#	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Dick Colpaert	26	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Lou Marone	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.7	162	6231	5637	729	1522	235	70	130	676	66	34	444	871	.270	.325	.406	.731	98	2287	117	44	53	53	82
		Rank in 12 NL teams				2	8	1	4	1	7		8	3	12	4	1	9	4	5		2		2		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.8	162	5773	5233	702	1467	227	68	130	653	65	34	419	711	.280	.336	.424	.760	105	2220	109	43	27	51	82
		Pitcher Totals	27.0	162	458	404	27	55	8	2	0	23	1	0	25	160	.136	.188	.166	.353	-3	67	8	1	26	2	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Bob Veale*	34	10	15	.400	3.92	34	32	0	5	1	0	202.0	189	99	88	15	94	11	178	3	1	9	882	99	3.28	1.401	8.4	0.7	4.2	7.9	1.89
2	SP	Dock Ellis	25	13	10	.565	3.21	30	30	0	9	4	0	201.2	194	81	72	9	87	11	128	10	0	3	863	121	3.39	1.393	8.7	0.4	3.9	5.7	1.47
3	SP	Steve Blass	28	10	12	.455	3.52	31	31	0	6	1	0	196.2	187	92	77	14	73	8	120	5	1	2	824	111	3.53	1.322	8.6	0.6	3.3	5.5	1.64
4	SP	Bob Moose	22	11	10	.524	3.99	28	27	0	9	2	0	189.2	186	88	84	14	64	5	119	3	0	0	784	98	3.40	1.318	8.8	0.7	3.0	5.6	1.86
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	CL	Dave Giusti	30	9	3	.750	3.06	66	1	47	0	0	26	103.0	98	38	35	7	39	9	85	0	0	5	428	128	3.01	1.330	8.6	0.6	3.4	7.4	2.18
6	RP	Luke Walker*	26	15	6	.714	3.04	42	19	13	5	3	3	163.0	129	56	55	6	89	8	124	1	0	6	684	128	3.25	1.337	7.1	0.3	4.9	6.8	1.39
7	RP	Bruce Dal Canton	29	9	4	.692	4.57	41	6	14	1	0	1	84.2	94	48	43	7	39	8	53	1	0	1	379	86	3.88	1.571	10.0	0.7	4.1	5.6	1.36
8	RP	Joe Gibbon*	35	0	1	.000	4.83	41	0	13	0	0	5	41.0	44	25	22	2	24	8	26	2	0	5	190	81	3.91	1.659	9.7	0.4	5.3	5.7	1.08
9	RP	Orlando Peña	36	2	1	.667	4.78	23	0	7	0	0	2	37.2	38	21	20	6	7	2	25	1	0	0	152	82	4.02	1.195	9.1	1.4	1.7	6.0	3.57
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Jim Nelson	22	4	2	.667	3.42	15	10	1	1	1	0	68.1	64	32	26	5	38	5	42	3	0	2	298	114	4.16	1.493	8.4	0.7	5.0	5.5	1.11
11		Fred Cambria	22	1	2	.333	3.51	6	5	0	0	0	0	33.1	37	15	13	2	12	0	14	1	0	0	150	112	3.75	1.470	10.0	0.5	3.2	3.8	1.17
12		John Lamb	23	0	1	.000	2.78	23	0	7	0	0	3	32.1	23	10	10	2	13	1	24	2	0	1	127	142	3.35	1.113	6.4	0.6	3.6	6.7	1.85
13		Chuck Hartenstein	28	1	1	.500	4.56	17	0	5	0	0	1	23.2	25	15	12	3	8	4	14	0	1	0	103	87	4.12	1.394	9.5	1.1	3.0	5.3	1.75
14		Gene Garber	22	0	3	.000	5.24	14	0	5	0	0	0	22.1	22	13	13	4	10	1	7	2	0	0	94	76	5.95	1.433	8.9	1.6	4.0	2.8	0.70
15		George Brunet*	35	1	1	.500	2.70	12	1	2	0	0	0	16.2	19	5	5	1	9	1	17	1	0	0	75	148	3.18	1.680	10.3	0.5	4.9	9.2	1.89
16		Mudcat Grant	34	2	1	.667	2.25	8	0	5	0	0	0	12.0	8	3	3	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	44	179	4.64	0.833	6.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	2.00
17		Dick Colpaert	26	1	0	1.000	5.91	8	0	2	0	0	0	10.2	9	7	7	3	8	2	6	0	0	1	47	68	7.42	1.594	7.6	2.5	6.8	5.1	0.75
18		Al McBean	32	0	0		8.10	7	0	3	0	0	1	10.0	13	11	9	2	7	0	3	0	0	0	48	50	6.74	2.000	11.7	1.8	6.3	2.7	0.43
19		Ed Acosta	26	0	0		13.50	3	0	2	0	0	1	2.2	5	4	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	16	33	10.14	2.625	16.9	3.4	6.8	3.4	0.50
20		Lou Marone*	24	0	0		3.86	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	118	8.21	0.857	7.7	3.9	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	27.5	89	73	.549	3.70	162	162	126	36	12	43	1453.2	1386	664	597	106	625	84	990	36	3	35	6197	106	3.59	1.383	8.6	0.7	3.9	6.1	1.58
		Rank in 12 NL teams		2	11		3				7	3	2	7	3	2	3	2	10		4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W