1970 St. Louis Cardinals |
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Owner(s) | August "Gussie" Busch | |
Manager(s) | Red Schoendienst | |
Local television | KSD-TV | |
Local radio | KMOX (Jack Buck, Jim Woods) |
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The 1970 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 89th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 79th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 76-86 during the season and finished fourth in the National League East, 13 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. The season was also the first of 26 seasons for AstroTurf at Busch Memorial Stadium.
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Curt Flood, because of a salary dispute with Gussie Busch, was traded after the 1969 season but refused to go to the Philadelphia Phillies and on January 16, 1970, filed a civil lawsuit to challenge baseball's reserve clause. The case eventually reached the Supreme Court and, though he lost, paved the way for free agency to change the game.
Bob Gibson won a Gold Glove and the Cy Young Award this year, with a 3.12 ERA, 23 wins, and 274 strikeouts. The Cardinals won only 76 games, their lowest total since the days of the 154-game schedule. Vic Davalillo had 24 pinch hits, breaking the National League record, and tying the Major League record set by Dave Philley in 1961.[4][5][6][7]
Third baseman Mike Shannon was limited to 52 games and soon would retire because of a kidney disease that threatened his life.
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 89 | 73 | .549 | -- |
Chicago Cubs | 84 | 78 | .519 | 5 |
New York Mets | 83 | 79 | .512 | 6 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 76 | 86 | .469 | 13 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 73 | 88 | .453 | 15.5 |
Montreal Expos | 73 | 89 | .451 | 16 |
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Joe Torre | 161 | 624 | 203 | .325 | 21 | 100 |
1B | Dick Allen | 122 | 459 | 128 | .279 | 34 | 101 |
2B | Julián Javier | 139 | 513 | 129 | .251 | 2 | 42 |
3B | Mike Shannon | 55 | 174 | 37 | .213 | 0 | 22 |
SS | Dal Maxvill | 152 | 399 | 80 | .201 | 0 | 28 |
LF | Lou Brock | 155 | 664 | 202 | .304 | 13 | 57 |
CF | José Cardenal | 148 | 552 | 162 | .293 | 10 | 74 |
RF | Leron Lee | 121 | 264 | 60 | .227 | 6 | 23 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Joe Hague | 139 | 451 | 122 | .271 | 14 | 68 |
Ted Simmons | 82 | 284 | 69 | .243 | 3 | 24 |
Carl Taylor | 104 | 245 | 61 | .249 | 6 | 45 |
Ed Crosby | 38 | 95 | 24 | .253 | 0 | 6 |
Milt Ramírez | 62 | 79 | 15 | .190 | 0 | 3 |
Luis Meléndez | 21 | 70 | 21 | .300 | 0 | 8 |
Cookie Rojas | 23 | 47 | 5 | .106 | 0 | 2 |
José Cruz | 6 | 17 | 6 | .353 | 0 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Gibson | 34 | 294 | 23 | 7 | 3.12 | 274 |
Steve Carlton | 34 | 253.2 | 10 | 19 | 3.73 | 193 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Nelson Briles | 30 | 106.2 | 6 | 7 | 6.24 | 59 |
George Culver | 11 | 56.2 | 3 | 3 | 4.61 | 23 |
Frank Bertaina | 8 | 31.1 | 1 | 2 | 3.16 | 14 |
Santiago Guzmán | 8 | 13.2 | 1 | 1 | 7.24 | 9 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Sal Campisi | 37 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.92 | 26 |
Ted Abernathy | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.95 | 8 |
Jerry Johnson | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.18 | 5 |
Chuck Hartenstein | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.78 | 9 |
Fred Norman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lewis-Clark[13]
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