1970 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1970 Pittsburgh Pirates
1970 NL East Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909) Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas Johnson (minority shareholders)
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
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The 1970 Pittsburgh Pirates season resulted in the team winning their first National League East title with a record of 89-73, five games ahead of the Chicago Cubs. However, they lost the NLCS to the NL West Champion Cincinnati Reds, three games to none.

The Pirates were managed by Danny Murtaugh and played their home games at Forbes Field during the first part of the year, before moving into the brand new Three Rivers Stadium on July 16. Coinciding with their move, the Pirates became the first major league team to adopt pullover jerseys and sans-a-belt pants for their uniforms, a style copied by a majority of the MLB for the next two decades and which the Pirates themselves would wear through the 1990 season.^[2]

Offseason

Three Rivers Stadium

In 1958, the Pirates had sold Forbes Field to the University of Pittsburgh, who wanted the land for expanded graduate facilities. Pitt then leased Forbes back to the Pirates until a new multipurpose stadium could be built. The Steelers opted to play at Pitt Stadium in the meantime. In June 1970, the Pirates played their final game at Forbes Field. It was a doubleheader sweep of the Chicago Cubs and Bill Mazeroski got the final hit at Forbes Field.^[3]

A site on the North Side had been chosen earlier in the year, but it took until April 25, 1968, to finally break ground. Three Rivers Stadium opened on July 16, 1970, and became the home of the Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Notable transactions

February 4, 1970: Bo Belinsky was traded by the Pirates to the Cincinnati Reds for Dennis Ribant.^[4]

Regular season

June 12, 1970: Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter against the San Diego Padres.^[5] Allegedly, Ellis pitched the no-hitter on acid. According to Ellis, in Donald Hall's book, In the Country of Baseball, the Pirates were starting a west-coast road trip. After the Pirates landed in San Diego, Ellis visited his hometown of Los Angeles for a party. Ellis had forgotten he was slated to pitch the next day, so he started doing acid the night before the game. At around 10 a.m., after catching maybe an hour of sleep, he realized he was in the wrong place.^[6]

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	89	73	0.549	—	50–32	39–41
Chicago Cubs	84	78	0.519	5	46–34	38–44
New York Mets	83	79	0.512	6	44–38	39–41
St. Louis Cardinals	76	86	0.469	13	34–47	42–39
Philadelphia Phillies	73	88	0.453	15½	40–40	33–48
Montreal Expos	73	89	0.451	16	39–41	34–48

Record vs. opponents

1970 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	8–4	5–13	9–9	6–12	6–6	6–6	7–5	6–6	9–9	7–11	7–5
Chicago	4–8	—	7–5	7–5	6–6	13–5	7–11	9–9	8–10	9–3	7–5	7–11
Cincinnati	13–5	5–7	—	15–3	13–5	7–5	8–4	7–5	8–4	8–10	9–9	9–3
Houston	9–9	5–7	3–15	—	8–10	8–4	6–6	4–8	6–6	14–4	10–8	6–6
Los Angeles	12–6	6–6	5–13	10–8	—	8–4	7–5	6–5	6–6	11–7	9–9	7–5
Montreal	6–6	5–13	5–7	4–8	4–8	—	10–8	11–7	9–9	6–6	6–6	7–11
New York	6–6	11–7	4–8	6–6	5–7	8–10	—	13–5	6–12	6–6	6–6	12–6
Philadelphia	5-7	9–9	5–7	8–4	5–6	7–11	5–13	—	4–14	9–3	8–4	8–10
Pittsburgh	6–6	10–8	4–8	6–6	6–6	9–9	12–6	14–4	—	6–6	4–8	12–6
San Diego	9–9	3–9	10–8	4–14	7–11	6–6	6–6	3–9	6–6	—	5–13	4–8
San Francisco	11–7	5–7	9–9	8–10	9–9	6–6	6–6	4–8	8–4	13–5	—	7–5
St. Louis	5–7	11–7	3–9	6–6	5–7	11–7	6–12	10–8	6–12	8–4	5–7	—

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Chicago Cubs	10	8	0.556	87	88
Montreal Expos	9	9	0.500	78	68
New York Mets	12	6	0.667	80	72
Philadelphia Phillies	14	4	0.778	68	39
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals	12	6	0.667	83	68
Total	57	33	0.633	396	335
NL West
Atlanta Braves	6	6	0.500	69	73
Cincinnati Reds	4	8	0.333	45	57
Houston Astros	6	6	0.500	64	56
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	6	0.500	40	38
San Diego Padres	6	6	0.500	56	43
San Francisco Giants	4	8	0.333	59	62
Total	32	40	0.444	333	329
Season Total	89	73	0.549	729	664

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	19	11	8	0.579	73	74
May	30	12	18	0.400	138	154
June	28	17	11	0.607	97	84
July	27	16	11	0.593	138	117
August	29	14	15	0.483	156	132
September	28	18	10	0.643	118	98
October	1	1	0	1.000	9	5
Total	162	89	73	0.549	729	664

Total	162	89	73	0.549	729	664
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	82	50	32	0.610	356	315
Away	80	39	41	0.488	373	349

Game log

1970 Game Log: 89–73 (Home: 50–32; Away: 39–41)

April: 11–8 (Home: 7–7; Away: 4–1)

May: 12–18 (Home: 6–5; Away: 6–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
20	May 1	@ Reds	4–6	Simpson	Ellis (2–1)	Gullett	19,470	11–9
21	May 2	@ Reds	2–7	McGlothlin	Veale (1–3)	—	7,721	11–10
22	May 3	@ Reds	7–11	Merritt	Blass (2–3)	Carroll	15,219	11–11
23	May 4	@ Braves	3–5	Nash	Walker (3–2)	Priddy	7,457	11–12
24	May 5	@ Braves	6–12	Stone	Moose (0–3)	Wilhelm	9,199	11–13
25	May 6	@ Braves	0–3	Niekro	Ellis (2–2)	—	9,782	11–14
26	May 7	@ Astros	9–5	Walker (4–2)	Bouton	Giusti (4)	11,678	12–14
27	May 8	@ Astros	5–7	Ray	Blass (2–4)	—	13,383	12–15
28	May 9	@ Astros	6–3	Moose (1–3)	Griffin	—	15,137	13–15
29	May 10	@ Astros	2–9	Dierker	Ellis (2–3)	—	16,768	13–16
30	May 11	Reds	4–1	Veale (2–3)	McGlothlin	—	7,722	14–16
31	May 12	Reds	3–5	Merritt	Blass (2–5)	—	7,502	14–17
32	May 13	@ Cardinals	5–1	Moose (2–3)	Gibson	Giusti (5)	12,677	15–17
33	May 14	@ Cardinals	7–11	Johnson	Garber (0–1)	—	10,840	15–18
34	May 15	Expos	1–2	McGinn	Veale (2–4)	—	7,883	15–19
35	May 16	Expos	4–3	Walker (5–2)	Raymond	—	4,237	16–19
36	May 17	Expos	7–8	Strohmayer	Garber (0–2)	Raymond	8,604	16–20
37	May 18	Phillies	2–1	Moose (3–3)	Bunning	—	5,796	17–20
38	May 19	Phillies	0–2	Short	Ellis (2–4)	—	6,251	17–21
39	May 20	Phillies	3–2 (14)	Dal Canton (2–0)	Selma	—	5,977	18–21
40	May 21	@ Expos	6–7	Dillman	Walker (5–3)	—	13,346	18–22
41	May 22	@ Expos	3–6	Stoneman	Moose (3–4)	—	10,576	18–23
42	May 23	@ Expos	8–4	Ellis (3–4)	McGinn	Giusti (6)	28,702	19–23
43	May 24	@ Expos	3–0	Veale (3–4)	Morton	—	29,306	20–23
44	May 26	@ Cubs	3–6	Holtzman	Blass (2–6)	—	12,440	20–24
45	May 27	@ Cubs	4–0	Moose (4–4)	Jenkins	—	11,002	21–24
46	May 28	@ Cubs	7–8	Colborn	Garber (0–3)	—	10,805	21–25
47	May 29	Giants	6–3	Veale (4–4)	Robertson	Giusti (7)	11,497	22–25
48	May 30	Giants	11–13	Bryant	Blass (2–7)	Faul	10,658	22–26
49	May 31	Giants	7–3	Moose (5–4)	Marichal	Giusti (8)	9,515	23–26

June: 17–11 (Home: 13–4; Away: 4–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
50	June 1	Padres	5–1	Ellis (4–4)	Coombs	—	5,036	24–26
51	June 2	Padres	8–14	Herbel	Veale (4–5)	Dukes	4,747	24–27
52	June 4	Dodgers	0–5	Osteen	Blass (2–8)	—	5,423	24–28
53	June 5	Dodgers	3–0	Moose (6–4)	Moeller	—	7,691	25–28
54	June 6	Dodgers	7–6 (12)	Giusti (2–0)	Pena	—	13,153	26–28
55	June 7	Dodgers	3–1	Veale (5–5)	Foster	—	11,243	27–28
56	June 9	@ Giants	5–1	Blass (3–8)	Marichal	—	4,250	28–28
57	June 10	@ Giants	2–4	Perry	Moose (6–5)	—	3,732	28–29
58	June 12	@ Padres	2–0	Ellis (5–4)	Roberts	—		29–29
59	June 12	@ Padres	2–5	Coombs	Veale (5–6)	—	9,903	29–30
60	June 13	@ Padres	7–2	Blass (4–8)	Santorini	—	7,105	30–30
61	June 14	@ Padres	1–2	Kirby	Moose (6–6)	—	15,781	30–31
62	June 15	@ Dodgers	5–2	Nelson (1–0)	Moeller	Giusti (9)	14,490	31–31
63	June 16	@ Dodgers	0–1	Sutton	Veale (5–7)	—	20,069	31–32
64	June 17	@ Dodgers	0–4	Osteen	Ellis (5–5)	—	17,327	31–33
65	June 19	Expos	8–4	Dal Canton (3–0)	Dillman	Walker (1)	9,707	32–33
66	June 20	Expos	4–2	Blass (5–8)	Morton	Giusti (10)	5,148	33–33
67	June 21	Expos	2–3	Nye	Veale (5–8)	—	12,325	33–34
68	June 22	Cardinals	1–6	Reuss	Ellis (5–6)	—		33–35
69	June 22	Cardinals	1–0 (10)	Nelson (2–0)	Linzy	—	15,158	34–35
70	June 23	Cardinals	7–2	Moose (7–6)	Taylor	—	7,654	35–35
71	June 24	Cardinals	4–3 (11)	Walker (6–3)	McCool	—	8,095	36–35
72	June 25	Cardinals	3–2	Giusti (3–0)	Carlton	—	9,910	37–35
73	June 27	Cubs	2–1	Ellis (6–6)	Jenkins	—	10,188	38–35
74	June 28	Cubs	3–2	Giusti (4–0)	Hands	Walker (2)		39–35
75	June 28	Cubs	4–1	Nelson (3–0)	Pappas	Giusti (11)	40,918	40–35
76	June 29	@ Mets	2–3	Seaver	Blass (5–9)	—	42,416	40–36
77	June 30	@ Mets	6–7	Koosman	Veale (5–9)	Taylor	38,681	40–37

July: 16–11 (Home: 5–4; Away: 11–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
78	July 1	@ Mets	4–3	Ellis (7–6)	McAndrew	Giusti (12)	34,316	41–37
79	July 3	@ Cubs	16–14	Giusti (5–0)	Regan	—	26,602	42–37
80	July 4	@ Cubs	10–6	Blass (6–9)	Holtzman	Walker (3)		43–37
81	July 4	@ Cubs	2–7	Pappas	Veale (5–10)	Gura	26,634	43–38
82	July 5	@ Cubs	5–2	Ellis (8–6)	Jenkins	—	25,569	44–38
83	July 6	@ Phillies	7–5	Nelson (4–0)	Bunning	Giusti (13)	6,145	45–38
84	July 7	@ Phillies	4–2	Veale (6–10)	Short	Giusti (14)	6,938	46–38
85	July 8	@ Phillies	0–2	Wise	Blass (6–10)	—	7,038	46–39
86	July 9	@ Cardinals	6–0	Ellis (9–6)	Carlton	—	22,345	47–39
87	July 10	@ Cardinals	6–2	Giusti (6–0)	Gibson	—	23,920	48–39
88	July 11	@ Cardinals	8–7	Dal Canton (4–0)	Taylor	Pena (1)	25,686	49–39
89	July 12	@ Cardinals	7–6 (10)	Giusti (7–0)	Hrabosky	Dal Canton (1)	45,776	50–39
90	July 16	Reds	2–3	Carroll	Ellis (9–7)	—	48,846	50–40
91	July 17	Reds	4–3	Giusti (8–0)	Simpson	—	23,298	51–40
92	July 18	Reds	1–3 (10)	Merritt	Giusti (8–1)	Granger	27,906	51–41
93	July 19	Reds	7–3	Walker (7–3)	Gullett	Gibbon (2)	32,294	52–41
94	July 20	@ Astros	4–5 (12)	Cook	Dal Canton (4–1)	—	17,934	52–42
95	July 21	@ Astros	1–3	Wilson	Nelson (4–1)	Cook	17,741	52–43
96	July 22	Braves	5–3	Dal Canton (5–1)	Stone	Giusti (15)	19,145	53–43
97	July 23	Braves	6–5	Colpaert (1–0)	McQueen	Giusti (16)	14,377	54–43
98	July 24	Astros	11–0	Ellis (10–7)	Griffin	—	43,290	55–43
99	July 25	Astros	4–8	Cook	Veale (6–11)	Dierker	14,069	55–44
100	July 26	Astros	4–6 (10)	Lemaster	Giusti (8–2)	Gladding	40,131	55–45
101	July 28	@ Reds	4–3	Dal Canton (6–1)	McGlothlin	Giusti (17)	25,807	56–45
102	July 29	@ Reds	3–4	Nolan	Ellis (10–8)	Granger	25,788	56–46
103	July 30	@ Reds	4–8	Cloninger	Veale (6–12)	Gullett	26,298	56–47
104	July 31	@ Braves	3–4	Jarvis	Nelson (4–2)	Wilhelm	12,196	56–48

August: 14–15 (Home: 9–7; Away: 5–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
105	August 1	@ Braves	20–10	Pena (1–0)	Stone	Giusti (18)	28,333	57–48
106	August 2	@ Braves	10–7	Ellis (11–8)	Nash	Giusti (19)	15,227	58–48
107	August 3	@ Expos	0–8	McGinn	Moose (7–7)	—	18,110	58–49
108	August 4	@ Expos	4–2	Veale (7–12)	Marshall	—	27,112	59–49
109	August 5	Phillies	4–0	Walker (8–3)	Wise	—	12,915	60–49
110	August 6	Phillies	4–0	Ellis (12–8)	Bunning	—		61–49
111	August 6	Phillies	8–3	Dal Canton (7–1)	Champion	—	26,664	62–49
112	August 7	Mets	6–1	Moose (8–7)	McAndrew	—	37,556	63–49
113	August 8	Mets	9–12	Koosman	Veale (7–13)	Gentry	27,843	63–50
114	August 9	Mets	8–3	Walker (9–3)	Ryan	Pena (2)	41,772	64–50
115	August 10	Mets	2–10	Seaver	Ellis (12–9)	—	47,148	64–51
116	August 11	Dodgers	4–5	Osteen	Dal Canton (7–2)	Brewer	16,708	64–52
117	August 12	Dodgers	4–11	Mikkelsen	Moose (8–8)	Hough	34,551	64–53
118	August 14	Padres	2–1	Pena (2–0)	Roberts	—		65–53
119	August 14	Padres	10–1	Walker (10–3)	Dobson	—	26,979	66–53
120	August 15	Padres	9–3	Veale (8–13)	Wilson	—	14,110	67–53
121	August 16	Padres	6–8	Herbel	Pena (2–1)	Dukes	18,969	67–54
122	August 17	Giants	4–5	Perry	Dal Canton (7–3)	—	21,148	67–55
123	August 18	Giants	6–2	Blass (7–10)	Pitlock	Giusti (20)	25,325	68–55
124	August 19	Giants	4–7	Marichal	Walker (10–4)	—	24,655	68–56
125	August 21	@ Dodgers	1–2	Osteen	Veale (8–14)	—	24,372	68–57
126	August 22	@ Dodgers	2–1 (16)	Dal Canton (8–3)	Mikkelsen	—	39,829	69–57
127	August 23	@ Dodgers	11–0	Blass (8–10)	Foster	—	20,678	70–57
128	August 25	@ Padres	3–4	Dukes	Walker (10–5)	—	4,876	70–58
129	August 26	@ Padres	1–2	Dobson	Cambria (0–1)	Dukes	6,067	70–59
130	August 28	@ Giants	1–5	Marichal	Moose (8–9)	—	6,174	70–60
131	August 29	@ Giants	9–10 (10)	McMahon	Dal Canton (8–4)	—	8,188	70–61
132	August 30	@ Giants	3–7	Johnson	Walker (10–6)	Robertson		70–62
133	August 30	@ Giants	1–2	Bryant	Giusti (8–3)	—	15,963	70–63

September: 18–10 (Home: 10–5; Away: 8–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
134	September 1	@ Expos	8–4	Veale (9–14)	Stoneman	Giusti (21)	20,123	71–63
135	September 2	@ Expos	7–10	Marshall	Gibbon (0–1)	—	15,461	71–64
136	September 4	Phillies	4–3	Blass (9–10)	Wise	Lamb (1)	22,547	72–64
137	September 5	Phillies	6–4	Cambria (1–1)	Lersch	Giusti (22)	22,925	73–64
138	September 6	Phillies	4–3 (10)	Walker (11–6)	Selma	—	19,049	74–64
139	September 7	Cubs	8–3	Moose (9–9)	Pappas	—		75–64
140	September 7	Cubs	2–9	Jenkins	Veale (9–15)	—	42,556	75–65
141	September 8	Cubs	3–10	Hands	Blass (9–11)	—	6,777	75–66
142	September 9	Cardinals	4–6	Bertaina	Cambria (1–2)	Hilgendorf	14,927	75–67
143	September 10	Cardinals	2–0	Walker (12–6)	Briles	—	14,386	76–67
144	September 12	@ Cubs	5–4	Moose (10–9)	Jenkins	Giusti (23)	33,199	77–67
145	September 13	@ Cubs	2–3	Hands	Blass (9–12)	—	22,567	77–68
146	September 15	@ Phillies	8–3	Walker (13–6)	Lersch	Giusti (24)	4,802	78–68
147	September 16	@ Phillies	5–3	Moose (11–9)	Bunning	Lamb (2)	4,418	79–68
148	September 17	@ Phillies	2–3	Short	Lamb (0–1)	Selma	4,199	79–69
149	September 18	@ Mets	3–2	Blass (10–12)	McAndrew	Giusti (25)	42,225	80–69
150	September 19	@ Mets	2–1	Walker (14–6)	Gentry	Gibbon (3)	41,323	81–69
151	September 20	@ Mets	1–4	Koosman	Moose (11–10)	—		81–70
152	September 20	@ Mets	9–5 (10)	Giusti (9–3)	McGraw	—	54,806	82–70
153	September 22	Expos	0–1	Stoneman	Ellis (12–10)	—		82–71
154	September 22	Expos	3–1	Veale (10–15)	Wegener	Gibbon (4)	19,524	83–71
155	September 23	Expos	2–3	Morton	Brunet (0–1)	Marshall	12,420	83–72
156	September 24	Expos	8–0	Walker (15–6)	Renko	—	14,026	84–72
157	September 25	Mets	4–3	Grant (1–0)	Chance	Gibbon (5)	41,484	85–72
158	September 26	Mets	4–3	Grant (2–0)	Herbel	—	34,311	86–72
159	September 27	Mets	2–1	Ellis (13–10)	McAndrew	Giusti (26)	50,469	87–72
160	September 29	@ Cardinals	7–2	Dal Canton (9–4)	Gibson	Lamb (3)	13,232	88–72
161	September 30	@ Cardinals	3–4	Briles	Grant (2–1)	—	8,084	88–73

October: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Notable transactions

June 4, 1970: Dave Parker was drafted by the Pirates in the 14th round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft.^[7]
June 22, 1970: Chuck Hartenstein was selected off waivers from the Pirates by the St. Louis Cardinals.^[8]

Roster

1970 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

17,46 Ed Acosta

28 Steve Blass

22 George Brunet

36 Fred Cambria

36 Dick Colpaert

27 Bruce Dal Canton

17 Dock Ellis

36 Gene Garber

19 Joe Gibbon

31 Dave Giusti

47 Mudcat Grant

22 Chuck Hartenstein

24 John Lamb

29 Lou Marone

34 Al McBean

38 Bob Moose

24 Jim Nelson

22,46 Orlando Peña

39 Bob Veale

23 Luke Walker

Catchers

12 Jerry May

5 Dave Ricketts

35 Manny Sanguillén

Infielders

14 Gene Alley

10,30 Dave Cash

10,20 Richie Hebner

6,10 George Kopacz

15 José Martínez

9 Bill Mazeroski

11 José Pagán

2 Freddie Patek

6,7 Bob Robertson

Outfielders

18 Matty Alou

21 Roberto Clemente

15 Gene Clines

25 Johnny Jeter

16 Al Oliver

8 Willie Stargell

Other batters

29 Milt May

Manager

40 Danny Murtaugh

Coaches

43 Don Leppert

44 Frank Oceak

42 Don Osborn

41 Bill Virdon

Postseason

National League Championship Series

Main article: 1970 National League Championship Series

The Cincinnati Reds won the series, three games to none, over the Pirates.

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

Statistics

Batting

Regular Season^[9]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Garber, GeneGene Garber	14	3	2	0.667	0	0
May, MiltMilt May	5	4	2	0.500	0	2
Clines, GeneGene Clines	31	37	15	0.405	0	3
Clemente, RobertoRoberto Clemente	108	412	145	0.352	14	60
Sanguillen, MannyManny Sanguillen	128	486	158	0.325	7	61
Cash, DaveDave Cash	64	210	66	0.314	1	28
Alou, MattyMatty Alou	155	677	201	0.297	1	47
Hebner, RichieRichie Hebner	120	420	122	0.290	11	46
Robertson, BobBob Robertson	117	390	112	0.287	27	82
Oliver, AlAl Oliver	151	551	149	0.270	12	83
Pagan, JoseJose Pagan	95	230	61	0.265	7	29
Stargell, WillieWillie Stargell	136	474	125	0.264	31	85
Patek, FreddieFreddie Patek	84	237	58	0.245	1	19
Alley, GeneGene Alley	121	426	104	0.244	8	41
Jeter, JohnnyJohnny Jeter	85	126	30	0.238	2	12
Mazeroski, BillBill Mazeroski	112	367	84	0.229	7	39
May, JerryJerry May	51	139	29	0.209	1	16
Cambria, FredFred Cambria	6	10	2	0.200	0	1
Nelson, JimJim Nelson	15	20	4	0.200	0	3
Giusti, DaveDave Giusti	66	16	3	0.188	0	3
Kopacz, GeorgeGeorge Kopacz	10	16	3	0.188	0	0
Moose, BobBob Moose	29	66	12	0.182	0	2
Ricketts, DaveDave Ricketts	14	11	2	0.182	0	0
Veale, BobBob Veale	34	67	11	0.164	0	6
Walker, LukeLuke Walker	42	46	6	0.130	0	5
Blass, SteveSteve Blass	32	70	8	0.114	0	2
Ellis, DockDock Ellis	38	70	7	0.100	0	1
Martinez, JoseJose Martinez	19	20	1	0.050	0	0
Brunet, GeorgeGeorge Brunet	12	4	0	0.000	0	0
Dal Canton, BruceBruce Dal Canton	41	16	0	0.000	0	0
Gibbon, JoeJoe Gibbon	41	3	0	0.000	0	0
Grant, MudcatMudcat Grant	8	2	0	0.000	0	0
Hartenstein, ChuckChuck Hartenstein	17	1	0	0.000	0	0
Lamb, JohnJohn Lamb	23	3	0	0.000	0	0
McBean, AlAl McBean	7	1	0	0.000	0	0
Pena, OrlandoOrlando Pena	23	6	0	0.000	0	0
Acosta, EdEd Acosta	3	0	0	-1 !—	0	0
Colpaert, DickDick Colpaert	8	0	0	-1 !—	0	0
Marone, LouLou Marone	1	0	0	-1 !—	0	0

Postseason^[10]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	RBI
Hebner, RichieRichie Hebner	2	6	4	0.667	0
Stargell, WillieWillie Stargell	3	12	6	0.500	1
Pagan, JoseJose Pagan	1	3	1	0.333	0
Alou, MattyMatty Alou	3	12	3	0.250	0
Oliver, AlAl Oliver	2	8	2	0.250	1
Clemente, RobertoRoberto Clemente	3	14	3	0.214	1
Robertson, BobBob Robertson	2	5	1	0.200	0
Sanguillen, MannyManny Sanguillen	3	12	2	0.167	0
Cash, DaveDave Cash	2	8	1	0.125	0
Alley, GeneGene Alley	2	7	0	0.000	0
Ellis, DockDock Ellis	1	2	0	0.000	0
Jeter, JohnnyJohnny Jeter	3	2	0	0.000	0
Mazeroski, BillBill Mazeroski	1	2	0	0.000	0
Moose, BobBob Moose	1	4	0	0.000	0
Patek, FreddieFreddie Patek	1	3	0	0.000	0
Walker, LukeLuke Walker	1	2	0	0.000	0
Gibbon, JoeJoe Gibbon	2	0	0	-1 !—	0
Giusti, DaveDave Giusti	2	0	0	-1 !—	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[11]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Grant, MudcatMudcat Grant	8	12	2	1	2.25	4
Brunet, GeorgeGeorge Brunet	12	16.666666666667 !16²⁄₃	1	1	2.70	17
Lamb, JohnJohn Lamb	23	32.333333333333 !32¹⁄₃	0	1	2.78	24
Walker, LukeLuke Walker	42	163	15	6	3.04	124
Giusti, DaveDave Giusti	66	103	9	3	3.06	85
Ellis, DockDock Ellis	30	201.66666666667 !201²⁄₃	13	10	3.21	128
Nelson, JimJim Nelson	15	68.333333333333 !68¹⁄₃	4	2	3.42	42
Cambria, FredFred Cambria	6	33.333333333333 !33¹⁄₃	1	2	3.51	14
Blass, SteveSteve Blass	31	196.66666666667 !196²⁄₃	10	12	3.52	120
Marone, LouLou Marone	1	2.3333333333333 !2¹⁄₃	0	0	3.86	0
Veale, BobBob Veale	34	202	10	15	3.92	178
Moose, BobBob Moose	28	189.66666666667 !189²⁄₃	11	10	3.99	119
Hartenstein, ChuckChuck Hartenstein	17	23.666666666667 !23²⁄₃	1	1	4.56	14
Dal Canton, BruceBruce Dal Canton	41	84.666666666667 !84²⁄₃	9	4	4.57	53
Pena, OrlandoOrlando Pena	23	37.666666666667 !37²⁄₃	2	1	4.78	25
Gibbon, JoeJoe Gibbon	41	41	0	1	4.83	26
Garber, GeneGene Garber	14	22.333333333333 !22¹⁄₃	0	3	5.24	7
Colpaert, DickDick Colpaert	8	10.666666666667 !10²⁄₃	1	0	5.91	6
McBean, AlAl McBean	7	10	0	0	8.10	3
Acosta, EdEd Acosta	3	2.6666666666667 !2²⁄₃	0	0	13.50	1

Postseason^[12]
Player	G	IP	L	ERA	SO
Gibbon, JoeJoe Gibbon	2	0.33333333333333 !0¹⁄₃	0	0.00	1
Walker, LukeLuke Walker	1	7	1	1.29	5
Ellis, DockDock Ellis	1	9.6666666666667 !9²⁄₃	1	2.79	1
Moose, BobBob Moose	1	7.6666666666667 !7²⁄₃	1	3.52	4
Giusti, DaveDave Giusti	2	2.3333333333333 !2¹⁄₃	0	3.86	1

Awards and honors

Danny Murtaugh, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year

1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Joe Morgan
AA	Waterbury Pirates	Eastern League	Red Davis
A	Salem Rebels	Carolina League	Billy Klaus
A	Gastonia Pirates	Western Carolinas League	Ed Hobaugh
A-Short Season	Niagara Falls Pirates	New York–Penn League	Irv Noren
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Dick Cole
Rookie	GCL Tourists	Gulf Coast League	Ed Napoleon

Notes

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/pit/history/uniforms_logos.jsp
↑ The Best Game Ever, Preface, p.xiii, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7867-1943-3
↑ Bo Belinsky at Baseball Reference
↑ Dock Ellis No Hitter
↑ ESPN.com – Page2 – The List: Baseball's biggest rumors
↑ Dave Parker at Baseball Reference
↑ Chuck Hartenstein at Baseball-Reference
↑ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ "Major League Baseball Postseason Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ "Major League Baseball Postseason Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

References

1970 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1970 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

National League East champions

1970 MLB season by team

AL East

AL West

NL East

NL West

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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