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1970 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 77-85
Finish: 3rd in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 713
Runs Allowed: 776
Exp W-L: 75-87
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 995,716
Manager: Alex Baxter

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 58-79, 9th in the National League
AA: 83-54, 1st in the National League
A: 87-50, 1st in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
3B  Mike Shannon 30 154 608 61 193 30 3 9 66 1 6 32 89 .317 .350 .421 .771 82.6 17.1 5.3
CF  Earl Robinson 33 155 587 83 162 42 7 20 86 1 2 49 94 .276 .331 .474 .804 85.5 18.2 0.1
RF  Bobby Bonds 24 154 565 86 134 13 5 28 95 15 3 67 168 .237 .318 .427 .745 79.7 14.4 2.9
2B *Gary Geiger 33 157 566 83 150 16 2 24 82 13 8 47 77 .265 .323 .428 .751 75.8 13.5 4.2
CF  Cleon Jones 27 139 574 67 150 25 2 7 51 5 2 29 94 .261 .300 .348 .649 58.3 8.2 3.3
2B  Felix Millan 26 136 518 56 126 19 4 7 47 2 1 28 17 .243 .285 .336 .621 48.7 5.4 3.6
CF  Amos Otis 23 150 496 59 131 24 6 10 57 9 2 46 80 .264 .325 .397 .723 62.9 11.6 4.6
C  Johnny Bench 22 143 473 56 110 25 1 20 75 0 1 47 111 .233 .299 .416 .716 58.6 8.8 6.9
1B *Willie Smith 31 135 457 57 122 20 4 10 41 5 1 21 90 .267 .300 .394 .694 49.1 7.2 2.3
2B  Nelson Mathews 28 129 391 56 87 16 0 19 60 3 2 46 94 .223 .304 .409 .713 50.6 7.5 3.2
LF  Brant Alyea 29 47 118 13 20 5 2 4 9 0 0 12 29 .169 .252 .347 .599 10.6 0.4 0.8
SS  George Banks 31 42 96 11 17 2 0 5 8 0 0 12 27 .177 .277 .354 .631 11.2 0.9 1.1
C *John Stephenson 29 40 105 12 27 2 0 2 6 0 0 7 10 .257 .310 .333 .643 9.6 1.0 1.4
C *John Sullivan 29 22 52 4 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 12 .192 .288 .231 .519 2.8 0.0 0.8
2B  George Williams 30 10 36 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .083 .132 .083 .215 -1.6 0.0 0.2
CF  Charlie James 32 16 25 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .200 .231 .200 .431 1.0 0.0 0.2
  Team Totals 28.6 1629 5667 710 1447 241 36 165 687 54 28 452 1007 .255 .311 .398 .709 685.4 114.2 40.8
  Rank among 10 NL teams 3 8 7 6 1 4 8 7 2 7 9 8 8 7 8 8  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Fergie Jenkins 27 13 17 .433 35 35 0 280.7 288 130 35 100 164 4.17 14.9
 Nolan Ryan 23 14 17 .452 37 37 0 256.0 182 114 27 153 299 4.01 15.3
 Tony Cloninger 29 14 14 .500 32 32 0 251.0 260 133 32 89 140 4.77 10.3
 Jim McAndrew 26 9 14 .391 28 28 0 199.0 218 107 24 57 100 4.84 6.3
*Denny Lemaster 31 11 11 .500 28 28 0 195.0 216 115 26 77 116 5.31 4.9
 Catfish Hunter 24 7 6 .538 37 2 8 78.7 75 32 12 24 44 3.66 7.9
 Cisco Carlos 29 5 3 .625 42 0 5 71.7 80 28 7 23 33 3.52 6.1
 Bob Heffner 31 2 1 .667 28 0 3 57.3 47 11 1 16 44 1.73 8.1
 George Culver 26 2 2 .500 22 0 2 35.3 34 22 2 22 14 5.60 1.2
 Joe Niekro 25 0 0 .000 20 0 2 29.0 34 16 4 8 13 4.97 1.0
Team Totals 27.1 77 85 .475 309 162 20 1453.6 1434 708 170 569 967 4.38 76.0
Rank among 10 NL teams 8 8 9 7 6 6 7 8 9 3 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 31.7
J.Bench 1110.7 121 137 787 43 7 1 .992 30.2
J.Stephenson 219.0 27 31 147 8 1 0 .994 31.6
J.Sullivan 124.0 14 19 82 5 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1453.7 162 187 1016 56 8 1 .993 33.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.46
W.Smith 878.0 98 104 933 96 9 97 .991 10.55
G.Geiger 459.7 52 55 475 39 6 35 .988 10.06
N.Mathews 72.0 8 10 73 7 1 8 .988 10.00
J.Stephenson 16.0 2 2 14 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
G.Banks 12.0 2 2 18 0 0 2 1.000 13.50
J.Sullivan 8.0 0 2 5 1 0 1 1.000 6.75
M.Shannon 5.0 0 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 14.40
C.Jones 3.0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1453.7 162 180 1528 146 16 143 .991 10.36
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.86
F.Millan 1145.0 132 133 238 445 11 98 .984 5.37
N.Mathews 228.7 22 35 47 81 2 18 .985 5.04
G.Williams 73.0 8 9 12 29 1 3 .976 5.05
W.Smith 6.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
G.Geiger 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1453.7 162 179 297 557 14 119 .984 5.29
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.81
G.Geiger 855.0 95 97 70 183 8 16 .969 2.66
N.Mathews 522.7 60 63 38 118 1 10 .994 2.69
G.Banks 55.0 6 10 4 11 0 0 1.000 2.45
J.Stephenson 21.0 1 5 3 3 0 2 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1453.7 162 175 115 315 9 28 .979 2.66
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.15
M.Shannon 1276.7 145 146 183 457 16 84 .976 4.51
G.Banks 170.0 17 27 26 66 1 18 .989 4.87
G.Williams 4.0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.75
G.Geiger 3.0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1453.7 162 176 212 526 17 104 .977 4.57
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 1.88
B.Bonds 1275.7 143 143 282 13 28 1 .913 2.08
B.Alyea 96.0 11 12 15 2 2 1 .895 1.59
W.Smith 47.0 5 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.53
C.James 26.0 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
G.Banks 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1453.7 162 166 310 15 30 2 .915 2.01
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.36
A.Otis 1274.0 142 147 369 5 0 3 1.000 2.64
B.Alyea 67.0 8 8 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.28
N.Mathews 51.0 6 6 18 0 1 0 .947 3.18
W.Smith 38.7 4 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
C.James 18.0 2 3 10 0 0 0 1.000 5.00
B.Bonds 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1453.7 162 172 424 5 1 3 .998 2.66
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.95
C.Jones 1175.3 136 137 273 9 1 1 .996 2.16
B.Alyea 116.0 13 19 34 0 0 0 1.000 2.64
W.Smith 72.7 8 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
B.Bonds 32.0 2 7 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
E.Robinson 23.7 0 10 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.28
G.Geiger 18.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
C.James 11.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
G.Banks 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Millan 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.7 162 190 339 10 1 1 .997 2.16
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.03
F.Jenkins 280.7 35 35 20 33 1 2 .981 1.70
N.Ryan 256.0 37 37 20 30 2 3 .962 1.76
T.Cloninger 251.0 32 32 20 43 2 3 .969 2.26
J.McAndrew 199.0 28 28 20 28 1 0 .980 2.17
D.Lemaster 195.0 28 28 16 25 2 3 .953 1.89
C.Hunter 78.7 2 37 4 12 0 1 1.000 1.83
C.Carlos 71.7 0 42 8 8 1 1 .941 2.01
B.Heffner 57.3 0 28 2 11 0 0 1.000 2.04
G.Culver 35.3 0 22 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.78
J.Niekro 29.0 0 20 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.55
Team Total 1453.6 162 309 114 198 9 13 .972 1.93
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Shannon .317
On-Base Pct Shannon .350
Slugging Pct Robinson .474
OPS Robinson .804
XR Robinson 85.5
Games Geiger 157
At-Bats Shannon 608
Runs Bonds 86
Hits Shannon 193
Total Bases Robinson 278
Singles Shannon 151
Doubles Robinson 42
Triples Robinson 7
Homeruns Bonds 28
RBIs Bonds 95
Stolen Bases Bonds 15
Caught Stealing Geiger 8
Walks Bonds 67
Strikeouts Bonds 168
ERA Ryan 4.01
Wins Cloninger, Ryan 14
Losses Jenkins, Ryan 17
Winning Pct Cloninger, Lemaster .500
Saves Hunter 8
Games Pitched Carlos 42
Games Started Ryan 37
Complete Games Cloninger, Jenkins 13
Shutouts Cloninger, Ryan 3
Innings Pitched Jenkins 280.7
Hits Allowed Jenkins 288
Homeruns Allowed Jenkins 35
Strikeouts Ryan 299
Walks Allowed Ryan 153
Walks per 9IP McAndrew 2.6
Hits per 9IP Ryan 6.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Ryan 10.5
WHiP Ryan 1.31
OAVG Ryan .198
OOBP Ryan .311
OSLG Ryan .351
OOPS Ryan .662
Team All-Stars
Bob Heffner
Mike Shannon
Player Salaries
Earl Robinson $ 15,000,000
Gary Geiger $ 12,540,000
Nolan Ryan $ 4,907,143
Mike Shannon $ 4,100,000
Fergie Jenkins $ 3,514,286
Tony Cloninger $ 2,564,286
Denny Lemaster $ 2,508,571
Johnny Bench $ 2,150,000
Cleon Jones $ 1,707,143
Bob Heffner $ 655,714
Nelson Mathews $ 421,429
Brant Alyea $ 378,571
George Banks $ 350,000
George Williams $ 350,000
Charlie James $ 350,000
Jerry Kindall $ 350,000
George Culver $ 350,000
Billy Cowan $ 350,000
John Sullivan $ 300,000
Bobby Bonds $ 300,000
Cisco Carlos $ 300,000
John Stephenson $ 300,000
Catfish Hunter $ 300,000
Felix Millan $ 300,000
Amos Otis $ 300,000
Joe Niekro $ 300,000
Jim McAndrew $ 300,000
Willie Smith $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Bill Spanswick New York (N) Gary Geiger
5/1 Traded Hal King
Chuck Hartenstein
Jackie Brown		 Colorado Denny Lemaster
 
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