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Season Almanac

1970 MLB Season

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: Johnny Bench (HR, RBI) · Billy Williams (H, R)

Home Runs
  1. 1Johnny BenchCIN45
  2. 2Frank HowardTEX44
  3. 3Billy WilliamsCHC42
Hits
  1. 1Billy WilliamsCHC205
  2. 2Pete RoseCIN205
  3. 3Tony OlivaMIN204
Runs Batted In
  1. 1Johnny BenchCIN148
  2. 2Billy WilliamsCHC129
  3. 3Tony PerezCIN129
Runs
  1. 1Billy WilliamsCHC137
  2. 2Bobby BondsSF134
  3. 3Carl YastrzemskiBOS125
Stolen Bases
  1. 1Bobby TolanCIN57
  2. 2Lou BrockSTL51
  3. 3Bobby BondsSF48
Pitching Strikeouts
  1. 1Sam McDowellCLE304
  2. 2Tom SeaverNYM283
  3. 3Bob GibsonSTL274
Pitching Wins
  1. 1Dave McNallyBAL24
  2. 2Jim PerryMIN24
  3. 3Mike CuellarBAL24
Saves
  1. 1Wayne GrangerCIN35
  2. 2Ron PerranoskiMIN34
  3. 3Lindy McDanielNYY29

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Carl YastrzemskiBAT19.6
  2. 2Billy WilliamsBAT18.8
  3. 3Willie McCoveyBAT18.5
  4. 4Tony PerezBAT18.3
  5. 5Johnny BenchBAT17.7
  6. 6Hank AaronBAT17.6
  7. 7Frank HowardBAT17.2
  8. 8Jim HickmanBAT17.1
  9. 9Harmon KillebrewBAT16.7
  10. 10Boog PowellBAT16.3
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Bert BlylevenP221.6
  2. 2Charlie HoughP199.8
  3. 3Don BaylorDH197.5
  4. 4Ken SingletonOF175
  5. 5Cesar CedenoCF173.2
  6. 6Jose CruzLF172.7
  7. 7Greg LuzinskiLF169
  8. 8Bobby Grich2B162.8

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Bob AllisonRF143.3
  2. 2Ron KlineP126.6
  3. 3Pedro RamosP115.8
  4. 4Tito FranconaLF107.4
  5. 5Hank AguirreP106.3
  6. 6John RoseboroC92.4
  7. 7Don CardwellP88.4
  8. 8Earl WilsonP84

Teams · 24

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
Baltimore Orioles108-54320.8Boog PowellPlayoffs
Cincinnati Reds102-60283.9Tony PerezPlayoffs
Minnesota Twins98-64297.7Harmon KillebrewPlayoffs
New York Yankees93-69263.2Lindy McDaniel
Pittsburgh Pirates89-73279.2Bob RobertsonPlayoffs
Athletics89-73258.3Bert Campaneris
Los Angeles Dodgers87-74275.3Billy Grabarkewitz
Boston Red Sox87-75266Carl Yastrzemski
Los Angeles Angels86-76286.6Alex Johnson
San Francisco Giants86-76228.3Willie McCovey
Chicago Cubs84-78233.2Billy Williams
New York Mets83-79275.6Tom Seaver
Detroit Tigers79-83258.1Jim Northrup
Houston Astros79-83251.2Jimmy Wynn
Cleveland Indians76-86231.3Sam McDowell
St. Louis Cardinals76-86226.6Dick Allen
Atlanta Braves76-86219.2Hank Aaron
Philadelphia Phillies73-88260.3Dick Selma
Washington Nationals73-89222Rusty Staub
Texas Rangers70-92231.4Frank Howard
Kansas City Royals65-97233.7Bob Johnson
Milwaukee Brewers65-97204.6Tommy Harper
San Diego Padres63-99228Cito Gaston
Chicago White Sox56-106209.3Bill Melton

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.