Major League Baseball season
Major League Baseball team season
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
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- 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 Montanez
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:
Ramon Hernandez
was released by the Cardinals.
[3]
Curt Flood
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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.
Regular season
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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.
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[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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Record vs. opponents
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Sources:
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Team
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ATL
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CHC
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CIN
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HOU
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LAD
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MON
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NYM
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PHI
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PIT
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SD
|
SF
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STL
|
Atlanta
|
?
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8?4
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5?13
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9?9
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6?12
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6?6
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6?6
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7?5
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6?6
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9?9
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7?11
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7?5
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Chicago
|
4?8
|
?
|
7?5
|
7?5
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6?6
|
13?5
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7?11
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9?9
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8?10
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9?3
|
7?5
|
7?11
|
Cincinnati
|
13?5
|
5?7
|
?
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15?3
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13?5
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7?5
|
8?4
|
7?5
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8?4
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8?10
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9?9
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9?3
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Houston
|
9?9
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5?7
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3?15
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?
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8?10
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8?4
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6?6
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4?8
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6?6
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14?4
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10?8
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6?6
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Los Angeles
|
12?6
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6?6
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5?13
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10?8
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?
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8?4
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7?5
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6?5
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6?6
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11?7
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9?9
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7?5
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Montreal
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6?6
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5?13
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5?7
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4?8
|
4?8
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?
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10?8
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11?7
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9?9
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6?6
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6?6
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7?11
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New York
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6?6
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11?7
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4?8
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6?6
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5?7
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8?10
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?
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13?5
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6?12
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6?6
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6?6
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12?6
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Philadelphia
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5-7
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9?9
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5?7
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8?4
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5?6
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7?11
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5?13
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?
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4?14
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9?3
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8?4
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8?10
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Pittsburgh
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6?6
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10?8
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4?8
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6?6
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6?6
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9?9
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12?6
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14?4
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?
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6?6
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4?8
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12?6
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San Diego
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9?9
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3?9
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10?8
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4?14
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7?11
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6?6
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6?6
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3?9
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6?6
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?
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5?13
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4?8
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San Francisco
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11?7
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5?7
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9?9
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8?10
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9?9
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6?6
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6?6
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4?8
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8?4
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13?5
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?
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7?5
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St. Louis
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5?7
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11?7
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3?9
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6?6
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5?7
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11?7
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6?12
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10?8
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6?12
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8?4
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5?7
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?
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Opening Day starters
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Notable transactions
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Roster
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1970 St. Louis Cardinals
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Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
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Batting
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Starters by position
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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
Other batters
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pitching
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Starting pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Other pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Relief pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Awards and honors
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1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Team award winners
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Farm system
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lewis-Clark
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References
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- ^
Curt Flood page at Baseball Reference
- ^
Mike Tyson page at Baseball Reference
- ^
Ramon Hernandez page at Baseball Reference
- ^
George Vass,
Baseball Digest
, November 2004, Vol. 63, No. 11,
ISSN
0005-609X
- ^
Baseball Digest
, March 1995, Vol. 54, No. 3,
ISSN
0005-609X
- ^
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com
- ^
"www.howstuffworks.com"
. Archived from
the original
on June 7, 2011
. Retrieved
November 17,
2009
.
- ^
Langosch, Jenifer (April 14, 2016).
"Garcia's pitch movement on display in near no-no"
.
MLB.com
.
- ^
1970 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac
- ^
Don Shaw page at Baseball Reference
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Phil Gagliano page at Baseball Reference
- ^
Bake McBride page at Baseball Reference
- ^
a
b
Chuck Hartenstein page at Baseball-Reference
- ^
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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