1970 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1970 St. Louis Cardinals
St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966)
  • St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)Bing Devine
Manager(s)Red Schoendienst
Local televisionKSD-TV
Local radioKMOX
(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.

Offseason[]

  • October 7, 1969: Curt Flood, Byron Browne, Joe Hoerner, and Tim McCarver were traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jerry Johnson, Dick Allen, and Cookie Rojas. Curt Flood refused to report to his new team. The Cardinals sent Willie Montañez to the Phillies on April 8, 1970, and Bob Browning (minors) to the Phillies on August 30, 1970, as compensation.[1]
  • January 17, 1970: Mike Tyson was drafted by the Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft.[2]
  • March 31, 1970: Ramón Hernández was released by the Cardinals.[3]

Curt Flood[]

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.

Regular season[]

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]

Steve Carlton posted one game where he struck out 16 batters.[8]

Third baseman Mike Shannon was limited to 52 games and soon would retire because of a kidney disease that threatened his life.

Season standings[]

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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
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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 —


Opening Day starters[]

Notable transactions[]

  • May 19, 1970: Don Shaw was purchased by the Cardinals from the Montreal Expos.[10]
  • May 29, 1970: Phil Gagliano was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Ted Abernathy.[11]
  • June 4, 1970: Bake McBride was drafted by the Cardinals in the 37th round of the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft.[12]
  • June 22, 1970: Chuck Hartenstein was selected off waivers by the Cardinals from the Pittsburgh Pirates.[13]
  • July 14, 1970: Chuck Hartenstein was sent by the Cardinals to the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.[13]

Roster[]

1970 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager
  •  2 Red Schoendienst

Coaches

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

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
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

Other batters[]

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
Joe Hague 139 451 122 .271 14 68
Ted Simmons 82 284 69 .243 3 24
Carl Taylor 104 245 61 .249 6 45
Vic Davalillo 111 183 57 .311 1 33
Ed Crosby 38 95 24 .253 0 6
Milt Ramírez 62 79 15 .190 0 3
Luis Meléndez 21 70 21 .300 0 8
Jim Beauchamp 44 58 15 .259 1 6
Cookie Rojas 23 47 5 .106 0 2
Phil Gagliano 18 32 6 .188 0 2
Jim Kennedy 12 24 3 .125 0 0
Jerry DaVanon 11 18 2 .111 0 0
José Cruz 6 17 6 .353 0 1
Jim Campbell 13 13 3 .231 0 1
Jorge Roque 5 1 0 .000 0 0
Joe Nossek 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Bart Zeller 1 0 0 --- 0 0

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Gibson 34 294 23 7 3.12 274
Steve Carlton 34 253.2 10 19 3.73 193
Mike Torrez 30 179.1 8 10 4.22 100
Jerry Reuss 20 127.1 7 8 4.10 74

Other pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Chuck Taylor 56 124.1 6 7 3.11 64
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
Harry Parker 7 22.1 1 1 3.22 9
Santiago Guzmán 8 13.2 1 1 7.24 9

Relief pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Frank Linzy 47 3 5 2 3.67 19
Sal Campisi 37 2 2 4 2.92 26
Tom Hilgendorf 23 0 4 3 3.92 13
Billy McCool 18 0 3 1 6.23 12
Reggie Cleveland 16 0 4 0 7.62 22
Al Hrabosky 16 2 1 0 4.74 12
Bob Chlupsa 14 0 2 0 8.82 10
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
Rich Nye 6 0 0 0 4.50 5
Fred Norman 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Awards and honors[]

1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Dick Allen
  • Bob Gibson
  • Joe Torre

Team award winners[]

  • Joe Torre and Bob Gibson, co-winners, St. Louis Baseball Man of the Year
  • Jerry Reuss, St. Louis Cardinals Rookie of the Year

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tulsa Oilers American Association Warren Spahn
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Ken Boyer
A Modesto Reds California League Jack Krol
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Joe Cunningham
A Cedar Rapids Cardinals Midwest League Roy Majtyka
A-Short Season Lewis-Clark Broncs Northwest League Fred Hatfield
Rookie GCL Cardinals Gulf Coast League Tom Burgess

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lewis-Clark[14]

References[]

  1. ^ Curt Flood page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Mike Tyson page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Ramón Hernández page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ George Vass, Baseball Digest, November 2004, Vol. 63, No. 11, ISSN 0005-609X
  5. ^ Baseball Digest, March 1995, Vol. 54, No. 3, ISSN 0005-609X
  6. ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com
  7. ^ "www.howstuffworks.com". Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2009.
  8. ^ Langosch, Jenifer (April 14, 2016). "Garcia's pitch movement on display in near no-no". MLB.com.
  9. ^ 1970 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac
  10. ^ Don Shaw page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Phil Gagliano page at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Bake McBride page at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ a b Chuck Hartenstein page at Baseball-Reference
  14. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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