1970 National League Stats

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1970 National League Standings

1970 American League <<1969 National League 1971 National League>>

Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Pittsburgh Pirates89-73 (0.549)-72966488-74 (0.543)96-66 (0.593)1,341,94748.318.77.522.1
2Chicago Cubs84-78 (0.519)5.080667994-68 (0.578)90-72 (0.556)1,642,70542.713.31.727.7
3New York Mets83-79 (0.512)6.069563088-74 (0.545)88-74 (0.543)2,697,47940.615.8-2.026.8
4St. Louis Cardinals76-86 (0.469)13.074474781-81 (0.498)76-86 (0.469)1,629,73628.114.10.213.8
5Philadelphia Phillies73-88 (0.453)15.559473066-96 (0.407)60-102 (0.370)708,24712.8-0.1-1.314.3
6Montreal Expos73-89 (0.451)16.068780769-93 (0.427)67-95 (0.414)1,424,68319.87.76.75.4

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Cincinnati Reds102-60 (0.630)-77568191-71 (0.559)102-60 (0.630)1,803,56854.130.74.518.9
2Los Angeles Dodgers87-74 (0.540)14.574968488-74 (0.541)91-71 (0.562)1,697,14243.121.54.716.9
3San Francisco Giants86-76 (0.531)16.083182681-81 (0.503)81-81 (0.500)740,72033.429.70.43.3
4Houston Astros79-83 (0.488)23.074476379-83 (0.488)80-82 (0.494)1,253,44432.818.83.610.3
5Atlanta Braves76-86 (0.469)26.073677277-85 (0.478)74-88 (0.457)1,078,84827.017.2-3.012.9
6San Diego Padres63-99 (0.389)39.068178870-92 (0.434)67-95 (0.414)643,67919.413.63.32.4

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Pos Age Batting WAR Shark WAR G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SB CS wRC OBP SLG
1 Willie McCovey SFN 1B 32 9.5 11.7 152 638 143 39 2 39 137 0 0 133.120 0.444 0.612
2 Tony Perez CIN 3B 28 8.8 8.6 158 681 186 28 6 40 83 8 3 127.078 0.401 0.589
3 Rico Carty ATL LF 30 7.9 7.6 136 560 175 23 3 25 77 1 2 116.416 0.454 0.584
4 Billy Williams CHN LF 32 7.5 7.9 161 714 205 34 4 42 72 7 1 130.700 0.391 0.587
5 Bobby Bonds SFN RF 24 7.2 7.6 157 745 200 36 10 26 77 48 10 114.155 0.375 0.504
6 Jim Hickman CHN 1B 33 6.9 7.0 149 613 162 33 4 32 93 0 1 117.515 0.419 0.582
7 Dick Dietz SFN C 28 6.9 5.8 148 612 148 36 2 22 109 0 1 108.252 0.426 0.515
8 Johnny Bench CIN C 22 6.7 8.8 158 671 177 35 4 45 54 5 2 108.734 0.345 0.587
9 Bernie Carbo CIN LF 22 6.7 7.0 125 467 113 19 3 21 94 10 4 92.254 0.454 0.551
10 Hank Aaron ATL RF 36 6.6 6.6 150 598 154 26 1 38 74 9 0 105.173 0.385 0.574
11 Jim Wynn HOU CF 28 6.4 6.2 157 668 156 32 2 27 106 24 5 105.390 0.394 0.493
12 Joe Torre SLN C 29 6.4 5.8 161 704 203 27 9 21 70 2 2 113.755 0.398 0.498
13 Bobby Tolan CIN CF 24 6.2 6.5 152 675 186 34 6 16 62 57 20 99.063 0.384 0.475
14 Cito Gaston SDN CF 26 6.2 6.0 146 629 186 26 9 29 41 4 1 100.728 0.364 0.543
15 Wes Parker LAN 1B 30 6.1 8.8 161 705 196 47 4 10 79 8 2 102.933 0.392 0.458
16 Pete Rose CIN RF 29 5.9 6.5 159 728 205 37 9 15 73 12 7 107.484 0.385 0.470
17 Rusty Staub MON RF 26 5.9 6.4 160 699 156 23 7 30 112 12 11 109.823 0.394 0.497
18 Ken Henderson SFN LF 24 5.7 6.0 148 649 163 35 3 17 87 20 3 97.249 0.394 0.460
19 Billy Grabarkewitz LAN 3B 24 5.6 5.9 156 640 153 20 8 17 95 19 9 95.250 0.399 0.454
20 Roberto Clemente PIT RF 35 5.5 5.6 108 455 145 22 10 14 38 3 0 82.240 0.407 0.556
21 Orlando Cepeda ATL 1B 32 5.4 6.5 148 627 173 33 0 34 47 6 5 100.863 0.365 0.543
22 Willie Mays SFN CF 39 5.4 5.7 139 566 139 15 2 28 79 5 0 90.682 0.391 0.506
23 Dick Allen SLN 1B 28 5.3 3.4 122 533 128 17 5 34 71 5 4 90.612 0.377 0.560
24 Bob Bailey MON 3B 27 5.3 5.4 131 429 101 19 3 28 72 5 3 81.586 0.407 0.597
25 Denis Menke HOU SS 29 4.8 4.0 154 665 171 26 6 13 82 6 5 93.881 0.392 0.441
26 Bob Robertson PIT 1B 23 4.6 3.7 117 451 112 19 4 27 51 4 1 74.076 0.367 0.564
27 Tommie Agee NYN CF 27 4.2 4.8 153 696 182 30 7 24 55 31 15 90.708 0.344 0.469
28 Joe Morgan HOU 2B 26 4.2 5.3 144 658 147 28 9 8 102 42 13 83.865 0.383 0.396
29 Lou Brock SLN LF 31 4.2 4.0 155 729 202 29 5 13 60 51 15 90.618 0.361 0.422
30 Nate Colbert SDN 1B 24 4.1 3.4 156 636 148 17 6 38 56 3 5 85.822 0.328 0.509
31 Ron Fairly MON 1B 31 4.0 5.5 119 471 111 19 0 15 72 10 2 70.749 0.402 0.455
32 Ron Santo CHN 3B 30 3.8 5.6 154 655 148 30 4 26 92 2 0 93.284 0.368 0.476
33 Ollie Brown SDN RF 26 3.6 3.5 139 577 156 34 1 23 34 5 3 74.512 0.331 0.489
34 Willie Davis LAN CF 30 3.4 4.2 146 637 181 23 16 8 29 38 14 72.939 0.336 0.438
35 Willie Stargell PIT LF 30 3.4 3.5 136 529 125 18 3 31 44 0 1 71.615 0.329 0.510
36 Donn Clendenon NYN 1B 34 3.4 3.4 121 443 114 18 3 22 39 4 1 63.570 0.348 0.515
37 Deron Johnson PHI 1B 31 3.3 1.9 159 650 147 28 3 27 72 0 0 81.124 0.338 0.456
38 Wayne Garrett NYN 3B 22 3.3 2.6 114 454 93 17 4 12 81 5 1 62.662 0.390 0.421
39 Richie Hebner PIT 3B 22 3.1 3.7 120 475 122 24 8 11 42 2 3 64.485 0.362 0.464
40 Tony Taylor PHI 2B 34 3.1 4.1 124 495 132 26 9 9 50 9 11 69.801 0.374 0.462
41 Al Ferrara SDN LF 30 3.0 2.7 138 430 103 15 4 13 46 0 0 58.889 0.372 0.444
42 Don Money PHI 3B 23 2.9 3.9 120 507 132 25 4 14 43 4 7 68.104 0.361 0.463
43 Ed Spiezio SDN 3B 28 2.9 3.5 110 369 90 18 1 12 43 4 0 51.739 0.373 0.462
44 Lee May CIN 1B 27 2.9 2.4 153 649 153 34 2 34 38 1 1 74.723 0.297 0.484
45 Jose Cardenal SLN CF 26 2.9 2.7 148 599 162 32 6 10 45 26 9 72.091 0.348 0.427
46 Cleon Jones NYN LF 27 2.8 3.4 134 574 140 25 8 10 57 12 3 68.189 0.352 0.417
47 Art Shamsky NYN 1B 28 2.8 3.2 122 458 118 19 2 11 49 1 1 60.502 0.371 0.432
48 Mack Jones MON LF 31 2.8 2.8 108 345 65 11 3 14 59 5 3 52.676 0.398 0.458
49 Manny Mota LAN LF 32 2.7 2.8 124 481 127 12 6 3 47 11 6 56.861 0.377 0.384
50 Ron Hunt SFN 2B 29 2.6 1.1 117 442 103 17 1 6 44 1 2 57.660 0.394 0.382

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Age Pitching WAR Shark WAR G GS IP W L CG SV R BB SO Pitch Runs Saved ERA WHIP SOper9
1 Tom Seaver NYN 25 9.2 8.8 37 36 290.67 18 12 19 0 103 83 283 81.21 2.82 1.08 8.76
2 Fergie Jenkins CHN 27 8.9 7.3 40 39 313.00 22 16 24 0 128 60 274 87.28 3.39 1.04 7.88
3 Bob Gibson SLN 34 7.9 8.3 34 34 294.00 23 7 23 0 111 88 274 77.19 3.12 1.19 8.39
4 Gaylord Perry SFN 31 7.4 5.6 41 41 328.67 23 13 23 0 138 84 214 69.35 3.20 1.14 5.86
5 Ken Holtzman CHN 24 6.7 5.9 39 38 287.67 17 11 15 0 125 94 202 65.52 3.38 1.27 6.32
6 Carl Morton MON 26 5.8 5.0 43 37 284.67 18 11 10 0 123 125 154 46.12 3.60 1.43 4.87
7 Pat Jarvis ATL 29 5.6 4.9 36 34 254.00 16 16 11 0 110 72 173 49.26 3.61 1.23 6.13
8 Bill Hands CHN 30 5.6 4.9 39 38 265.00 18 15 12 1 121 76 170 54.19 3.70 1.34 5.77
9 Gary Nolan CIN 22 5.5 4.7 37 37 250.67 18 7 4 0 102 96 181 43.87 3.27 1.28 6.50
10 Dock Ellis PIT 25 4.8 3.7 30 30 201.67 13 10 9 0 81 87 128 38.63 3.21 1.39 5.71
11 Larry Dierker HOU 23 4.6 3.6 37 36 269.67 16 12 17 1 124 82 191 36.49 3.87 1.28 6.37
12 Jerry Koosman NYN 27 4.5 3.5 30 29 212.00 12 7 5 0 87 71 118 39.47 3.14 1.23 5.01
13 Dick Selma PHI 26 4.3 4.1 73 0 134.33 8 9 0 22 42 59 153 38.10 2.75 1.24 10.25
14 Milt Pappas 2 teams 31 4.3 4.0 32 23 180.33 12 10 7 0 78 43 105 42.56 3.34 1.23 5.24
15 Luke Walker PIT 26 4.1 3.5 42 19 163.00 15 6 5 3 56 89 124 32.44 3.04 1.34 6.85
16 Wayne Simpson CIN 21 4.0 2.9 26 26 176.00 14 3 10 0 73 81 119 32.05 3.02 1.17 6.09
17 Jim McAndrew NYN 26 3.8 3.4 32 27 184.33 10 14 9 2 77 38 111 33.47 3.56 1.11 5.42
18 Danny Coombs SDN 28 3.7 2.9 35 27 188.33 10 14 5 0 83 76 105 29.17 3.30 1.39 5.02
19 Steve Carlton SLN 25 3.5 2.9 34 33 253.67 10 19 13 0 123 109 193 34.37 3.73 1.37 6.85
20 Jim McGlothlin CIN 26 3.3 2.7 35 34 210.67 14 10 5 0 91 86 97 26.70 3.59 1.32 4.14
21 Steve Blass PIT 28 3.2 2.1 31 31 196.67 10 12 6 0 92 73 120 25.85 3.52 1.32 5.49
22 Claude Osteen LAN 30 3.2 2.7 37 37 258.67 16 14 11 0 121 52 114 25.71 3.83 1.28 3.97
23 Pat Dobson SDN 28 3.2 2.6 40 34 251.00 14 15 8 1 126 78 185 25.54 3.76 1.33 6.63
24 Clay Carroll CIN 29 3.1 2.9 65 0 104.33 9 4 0 16 38 27 63 25.13 2.59 1.26 5.43
25 Dave Giusti PIT 30 3.0 3.0 66 1 103.00 9 3 0 26 38 39 85 23.95 3.06 1.33 7.43
26 Bill Singer LAN 26 3.0 2.5 16 16 106.33 8 5 5 0 39 32 93 23.69 3.13 1.04 7.87
27 Barry Lersch PHI 25 2.8 2.2 42 11 138.00 6 3 3 3 52 47 92 24.42 3.26 1.20 6.00
28 Wayne Granger CIN 26 2.7 2.5 67 0 84.67 6 5 0 35 33 27 38 21.48 2.66 1.25 4.04
29 Jim Merritt CIN 26 2.7 2.1 35 35 234.00 20 12 12 0 114 53 136 21.30 4.08 1.29 5.23
30 Bob Moose PIT 22 2.6 2.3 28 27 189.67 11 10 9 0 88 64 119 21.10 3.99 1.32 5.65
31 George Stone ATL 23 2.6 2.5 35 30 207.33 11 11 9 0 111 50 131 23.16 3.86 1.29 5.69
32 Jim Nash ATL 25 2.6 1.3 34 33 212.33 13 9 6 0 105 90 153 22.73 4.07 1.42 6.49
33 Chuck Taylor SLN 28 2.6 2.2 56 7 124.33 6 7 1 8 47 31 64 24.91 3.11 1.18 4.63
34 Bob Veale PIT 34 2.5 1.9 34 32 202.00 10 15 5 0 99 94 178 20.33 3.92 1.40 7.93
35 Don Sutton LAN 25 2.5 2.0 38 38 260.33 15 13 10 0 127 78 201 20.18 4.08 1.26 6.95
36 Don Gullett CIN 19 2.5 2.5 44 2 77.67 5 2 0 6 23 44 76 20.27 2.43 1.26 8.81
37 Don McMahon SFN 40 2.5 2.4 61 0 94.33 9 5 0 19 32 45 74 23.49 2.96 1.22 7.06
38 Gary Gentry NYN 23 2.5 1.5 32 29 188.33 9 9 5 1 88 86 134 21.86 3.68 1.28 6.40
39 Dave Roberts SDN 25 2.5 2.0 43 21 181.67 8 14 3 1 80 43 102 19.67 3.81 1.24 5.05
40 Sandy Vance LAN 23 2.4 2.1 20 18 115.00 7 7 2 0 47 37 45 19.35 3.13 1.27 3.52
41 Jim Bunning PHI 38 2.4 1.3 34 33 219.00 10 15 4 0 111 56 147 21.14 4.11 1.32 6.04
42 Phil Niekro ATL 31 2.4 1.4 34 32 229.67 12 18 10 0 124 68 168 20.72 4.27 1.26 6.58
43 Jim Ray HOU 25 2.3 1.9 52 2 105.00 6 3 0 5 39 49 67 18.32 3.26 1.39 5.74
44 Jim Brewer LAN 32 2.3 2.1 58 0 89.00 7 6 0 24 36 33 91 18.14 3.13 1.11 9.20
45 Nolan Ryan NYN 23 2.2 1.7 27 19 131.67 7 11 5 1 59 97 125 19.26 3.42 1.39 8.54
46 Howie Reed MON 33 2.1 2.0 57 1 89.00 6 5 0 5 34 40 42 16.80 3.13 1.36 4.25
47 Don Wilson HOU 25 2.0 0.9 29 27 184.33 11 6 3 0 92 66 94 16.03 3.91 1.38 4.59
48 Juan Marichal SFN 32 1.9 0.1 34 33 242.67 12 10 14 0 128 48 123 18.17 4.12 1.31 4.56
49 Joe Hoerner PHI 33 1.8 1.9 44 0 57.67 9 5 0 9 20 20 39 16.22 2.65 1.27 6.09
50 Jack Billingham HOU 27 1.8 1.0 46 24 187.67 13 9 8 0 102 63 134 14.73 3.98 1.35 6.43

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Johnny Edwards HOU 32 2.6 139.0 1177.0 854.0 74.0 5.0 11.0 25.842
2 Johnny Bench CIN 22 2.3 139.0 1158.0 755.0 73.0 12.0 12.0 22.320
3 Jerry May PIT 26 1.5 45.0 358.0 280.0 32.0 2.0 2.0 15.088
4 John Bateman MON 29 1.2 137.0 1181.0 824.0 62.0 15.0 19.0 11.546
5 Bob Barton SDN 28 1.2 59.0 482.0 347.0 28.0 2.0 5.0 11.506
6 Manny Sanguillen PIT 26 1.0 125.0 1081.0 775.0 66.0 10.0 12.0 9.997
7 Doc Edwards PHI 33 1.0 34.0 222.0 177.0 19.0 6.0 6.0 8.557
8 Jerry Grote NYN 27 0.6 125.0 1064.0 855.0 46.0 8.0 12.0 5.755
1B 1 Wes Parker LAN 30 2.7 161.0 1441.0 1498.0 125.0 7.0 116.0 26.271
2 Willie McCovey SFN 32 2.1 146.0 1241.0 1217.0 134.0 15.0 117.0 17.134
3 Ron Fairly MON 31 1.6 118.0 943.0 944.0 90.0 5.0 112.0 15.240
4 Orlando Cepeda ATL 32 1.1 148.0 1276.0 1288.0 112.0 12.0 100.0 9.654
5 John Boccabella MON 29 0.8 33.0 221.0 234.0 33.0 2.0 25.0 8.034
6 Bob Bailey MON 27 0.3 18.0 97.0 98.0 13.0 1.0 12.0 2.895
7 John Mayberry HOU 21 0.2 45.0 348.0 371.0 35.0 2.0 29.0 2.397
8 Fred Whitfield MON 32 0.2 4.0 33.0 34.0 7.0 1.0 3.0 1.790
2B 1 Bill Mazeroski PIT 33 1.8 102.0 888.0 227.0 325.0 7.0 87.0 17.709
2 Julian Javier SLN 33 1.6 137.0 1153.0 329.0 413.0 15.0 84.0 12.810
3 Dave Campbell SDN 28 1.3 153.0 1267.0 359.0 455.0 22.0 96.0 12.930
4 Tommy Helms CIN 29 1.1 148.0 1241.0 350.0 410.0 13.0 107.0 11.181
5 Gary Sutherland MON 25 1.1 97.0 724.0 178.0 254.0 11.0 72.0 10.606
6 Joe Morgan HOU 26 1.1 142.0 1254.0 349.0 430.0 17.0 98.0 10.400
7 Dave Cash PIT 22 0.6 55.0 474.0 147.0 156.0 8.0 46.0 5.811
8 Glenn Beckert CHN 29 0.6 138.0 1192.0 302.0 412.0 22.0 88.0 4.689
3B 1 Doug Rader HOU 25 2.9 154.0 1371.0 147.0 357.0 18.0 39.0 28.295
2 Ron Santo CHN 30 1.8 152.0 1321.0 143.0 320.0 27.0 36.0 14.389
3 Clete Boyer ATL 33 1.6 126.0 1092.0 107.0 268.0 18.0 21.0 13.868
4 Don Money PHI 23 1.0 119.0 1063.0 131.0 236.0 15.0 27.0 9.007
5 Tony Taylor PHI 34 0.8 38.0 315.0 41.0 81.0 4.0 7.0 7.447
6 Bill Sudakis LAN 24 0.7 37.0 288.0 27.0 85.0 11.0 8.0 7.053
7 Ed Spiezio SDN 28 0.6 93.0 742.0 66.0 178.0 12.0 10.0 6.240
8 Billy Grabarkewitz LAN 24 0.6 97.0 826.0 88.0 190.0 12.0 19.0 5.934
SS 1 Dal Maxvill SLN 31 4.0 136.0 982.0 216.0 426.0 12.0 80.0 32.179
2 Gene Alley PIT 29 2.5 108.0 921.0 202.0 381.0 15.0 84.0 24.211
3 Bobby Wine MON 31 2.3 159.0 1309.0 284.0 481.0 19.0 137.0 22.242
4 Hal Lanier SFN 27 1.1 130.0 1091.0 256.0 397.0 22.0 83.0 8.399
5 Freddie Patek PIT 25 1.0 65.0 531.0 122.0 212.0 10.0 42.0 9.845
6 Don Kessinger CHN 27 1.0 154.0 1340.0 257.0 501.0 22.0 86.0 7.870
7 Woody Woodward CIN 27 0.9 77.0 574.0 101.0 226.0 9.0 48.0 8.819
8 Steve Huntz SDN 24 0.9 57.0 397.0 86.0 166.0 11.0 32.0 8.534
LF 1 John Briggs PHI 26 0.5 81.0 612.0 143.0 6.0 4.0 1.0 4.672
2 Cleon Jones NYN 27 0.5 128.0 1112.7 232.0 9.0 5.0 3.0 4.474
3 Billy Williams CHN 32 0.5 154.0 1302.3 244.0 13.0 2.0 1.0 3.639
4 Bernie Carbo CIN 22 0.3 118.0 938.0 189.0 8.0 4.0 2.0 3.292
5 Ron Stone PHI 27 0.2 53.0 393.3 88.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 2.172
6 Manny Mota LAN 32 0.1 108.0 851.0 166.0 9.0 5.0 4.0 1.426
7 Ivan Murrell SDN 27 0.1 61.0 423.7 90.0 6.0 5.0 2.0 1.353
8 Ken Singleton NYN 23 0.1 27.0 222.0 46.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.116
CF 1 Willie Davis LAN 30 0.7 139.0 1213.7 335.0 10.0 3.0 4.0 6.798
2 Tommie Agee NYN 27 0.6 150.0 1302.3 374.0 4.0 13.0 3.0 5.719
3 Joe Pepitone 2 teams 29 0.4 59.0 472.3 130.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 3.050
4 Larry Hisle PHI 23 0.4 85.0 724.3 202.0 3.0 5.0 0.0 3.209
5 Bobby Tolan CIN 24 0.4 150.0 1301.0 342.0 7.0 8.0 0.0 3.457
6 Boots Day 2 teams 22 0.3 36.0 253.3 82.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 2.996
7 Willie Mays SFN 39 0.3 128.0 1040.0 272.0 6.0 7.0 3.0 2.266
8 Jim Gosger MON 27 0.2 50.0 380.3 101.0 4.0 0.0 1.0 2.034
RF 1 Pete Rose CIN 29 0.6 155.0 1348.0 305.0 7.0 1.0 2.0 5.709
2 Rusty Staub MON 26 0.5 160.0 1374.7 308.0 15.0 5.0 4.0 4.408
3 Bill Russell LAN 21 0.4 57.0 435.3 116.0 6.0 3.0 1.0 3.790
4 Bobby Bonds SFN 24 0.4 137.0 1133.7 257.0 11.0 8.0 7.0 2.802
5 Byron Browne PHI 27 0.3 60.0 430.0 105.0 4.0 1.0 1.0 2.804
6 Art Shamsky NYN 28 0.2 54.0 398.3 95.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 2.332
7 Al Oliver PIT 23 0.2 54.0 454.7 103.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 1.934
8 Ken Henderson SFN 24 0.2 39.0 263.7 64.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.568