1970 Baltimore Orioles Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 108-54
Finished 1st in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 1,057,069, Avg. 13,705
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Won World Series
American League Championship Series - Defeated Minnesota Twins 3-0
World Series - Defeated Cincinnati Reds 4-1
Manager: Earl Weaver (108-54)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland

1970 Baltimore Orioles Roster
1970 Baltimore Orioles Results

The Baltimore Orioles of the American League ended the 1970 season with a record of 108 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the AL's East Division.

The Orioles paced the league with 792 runs. Baltimore surrendered 574 runs, fewest in the league. Boog Powell walloped 35 home runs for the team, while Brooks Robinson, Paul Blair, Frank Robinson, Don Buford and Merv Rettenmund each added 20 or more also. Boog Powell drove in 114 runs. Frank Robinson topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .306. Mike Cuellar and Dave McNally apiece recorded 24 wins on the mound for the team, plus Jim Palmer, too contributed 15 or more wins, too Jim Palmer recorded a 2.71 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Earl Weaver coached the team. The 1970 Baltimore Orioles won the World Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Mike Cuellar	24	8	.750	3.48	40	40	0	21	4	0	297.7	273	126	115	34	69	5	190	1	1	6	1214
Dave McNally	24	9	.727	3.22	40	40	0	16	1	0	296.0	277	114	106	29	78	3	185	7	0	8	1218
Jim Palmer	20	10	.667	2.71	39	39	0	17	5	0	305.0	263	98	92	21	100	4	199	1	3	10	1257
Dick Hall	10	5	.667	3.08	32	0	17	0	0	3	61.3	51	25	21	8	6	2	30	0	0	0	232
Pete Richert	7	2	.778	1.98	50	0	25	0	0	13	54.7	36	14	12	5	24	3	66	1	0	4	216
Eddie Watt	7	7	.500	3.25	53	0	35	0	0	12	55.3	44	20	20	3	29	5	33	5	0	2	228
Jim Hardin	6	5	.545	3.53	36	19	4	3	2	1	145.3	150	60	57	13	26	3	78	1	0	3	597
Tom Phoebus	5	5	.500	3.07	27	21	2	3	0	0	135.0	106	58	46	11	62	2	72	6	0	7	567
Moe Drabowsky	4	2	.667	3.78	21	0	10	0	0	1	33.3	30	17	14	7	15	3	21	1	0	0	146
Marcelino Lopez	1	1	.500	2.08	25	3	4	0	0	0	60.7	47	19	14	2	37	3	49	0	0	0	261
Dave Leonhard	0	0		5.08	23	0	4	0	0	1	28.3	32	18	16	5	18	3	14	0	1	4	132
Fred Beene	0	0		6.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	8	5	4	1	5	4	4	0	0	0	31
Totals	108	54	.667	3.15	390	162	102	60	12	31	1478.7	1317	574	517	139	469	40	941	23	5	44	6099

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Brooks Robinson	158	673	608	84	168	31	4	18	94	1	1	53	53	.276	.335	.429	.764	261	18	4	1	7	5
Boog Powell	154	643	526	82	156	28	0	35	114	1	1	104	80	.297	.412	.549	.962	289	14	5	0	8	18
Davey Johnson	149	600	530	68	149	27	1	10	53	2	1	66	68	.281	.360	.392	.753	208	11	0	3	1	8
Frank Robinson	132	553	471	88	144	24	1	25	78	2	1	69	70	.306	.398	.520	.918	245	13	7	0	6	9
Don Buford	144	629	504	99	137	15	2	17	66	16	8	109	55	.272	.406	.411	.816	207	1	8	3	5	8
Paul Blair	133	548	480	79	128	24	2	18	65	24	11	56	93	.267	.344	.438	.782	210	9	3	5	4	1
Merv Rettenmund	106	385	338	60	109	17	2	18	58	13	7	38	59	.322	.394	.544	.938	184	8	3	4	2	1
Mark Belanger	145	527	459	53	100	6	5	1	36	13	2	52	65	.218	.303	.259	.562	119	4	5	9	2	3
Elrod Hendricks	106	365	322	32	78	9	0	12	41	1	0	33	44	.242	.317	.382	.699	123	4	4	2	4	4
Andy Etchebarren	78	256	230	19	56	10	1	4	28	4	1	21	41	.243	.313	.348	.660	80	10	3	0	2	2
Chico Salmon	63	184	172	19	43	4	0	7	22	2	2	8	30	.250	.287	.395	.683	68	3	1	3	0	0
Terry Crowley	83	190	152	25	39	5	0	5	20	2	0	35	26	.257	.394	.388	.782	59	5	0	2	1	3
Bobby Grich	30	104	95	11	20	1	3	0	8	1	1	9	21	.211	.279	.284	.563	27	2	0	0	0	0
Curt Motton	52	105	84	16	19	3	1	3	19	1	2	18	20	.226	.369	.393	.762	33	0	1	2	0	0
Jim Palmer	44	122	113	13	17	0	0	1	9	0	0	2	48	.150	.165	.177	.342	20	0	0	7	0	0
Dave McNally	41	126	105	14	14	6	0	1	6	0	0	15	53	.133	.242	.219	.461	23	3	0	6	0	0
Mike Cuellar	41	123	112	6	10	1	0	2	7	0	0	2	48	.089	.105	.152	.257	17	0	0	9	0	0
Clay Dalrymple	13	40	32	4	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	7	4	.219	.350	.344	.694	11	0	0	0	1	2
Tom Phoebus	27	46	43	2	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	16	.163	.163	.186	.349	8	0	0	3	0	0
Dave May	25	35	31	6	6	0	1	1	6	0	0	4	4	.194	.286	.355	.641	11	3	0	0	0	0
Johnny Oates	5	21	18	2	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	.278	.333	.389	.722	7	0	0	0	1	0
Don Baylor	8	20	17	4	4	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	3	.235	.300	.235	.535	4	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Hardin	36	51	45	2	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	4	21	.067	.143	.111	.254	5	1	0	2	0	0
Roger Freed	4	17	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.154	.294	.154	.448	2	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Watt	53	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Hall	32	13	12	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	1	0	1	0	0
Marcelino Lopez	25	16	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	.077	.250	.077	.327	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Leonhard	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Richert	50	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Floyd	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Moe Drabowsky	21	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Fred Beene	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1990	6416	5545	792	1424	213	25	179	748	84	39	717	952	.257	.344	.401	.745	2224	110	44	64	46	64

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Boog Powell	1B	145	143	1270.0	1209	89	10	107	.992	9.198	8.952	0	0	0
Terry Crowley	1B	23	8	127.0	102	6	1	9	.991	7.654	4.696	0	0	0
Frank Robinson	1B	7	8	51.0	41	2	1	3	.977	7.588	6.143	0	0	0
Roger Freed	1B	3	3	27.0	21	1	0	6	1.000	7.333	7.333	0	0	0
Chico Salmon	1B	2	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	6.750	1.500	0	0	0
Davey Johnson	2B	149	141	1282.0	379	390	8	101	.990	5.399	5.161	0	0	0
Chico Salmon	2B	12	12	92.0	19	22	3	2	.932	4.011	3.417	0	0	0
Bobby Grich	2B	9	8	82.0	28	31	0	5	1.000	6.476	6.556	0	0	0
Don Buford	2B	3	1	15.0	2	4	1	0	.857	3.600	2.000	0	0	0
Bobby Floyd	2B	1	0	8.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.250	2.000	0	0	0
Brooks Robinson	3B	156	156	1390.0	157	321	17	30	.966	3.095	3.064	0	0	0
Chico Salmon	3B	11	4	57.0	3	13	1	1	.941	2.526	1.455	0	0	0
Don Buford	3B	3	2	25.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.080	1.000	0	0	0
Paul Blair	3B	1	0	5.0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Bobby Grich	3B	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0	0
Elrod Hendricks	C	95	83	760.0	509	35	8	6	.986	6.442	5.726	10	26	24	48.0
Andy Etchebarren	C	76	65	583.0	392	29	7	3	.984	6.499	5.539	1	23	11	32.4
Clay Dalrymple	C	11	10	89.0	78	8	0	0	1.000	8.697	7.818	1	5	7	58.3
Johnny Oates	C	4	4	47.0	30	1	2	1	.939	5.936	7.750	0	1	1	50.0
Don Buford	OF	130	125	1118.0	221	13	3	3	.987	1.884	1.800	0	0	0
Paul Blair	OF	128	117	1086.0	368	10	4	3	.990	3.133	2.953	0	0	0
Frank Robinson	OF	120	114	1032.0	221	9	3	3	.987	2.006	1.917	0	0	0
Merv Rettenmund	OF	93	78	742.0	201	6	5	1	.976	2.511	2.226	0	0	0
Terry Crowley	OF	27	26	199.0	36	0	1	0	.973	1.628	1.333	0	0	0
Curt Motton	OF	21	19	152.0	32	1	0	0	1.000	1.954	1.571	0	0	0
Dave May	OF	9	3	49.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	.918	.556	0	0	0
Don Baylor	OF	6	3	48.0	15	0	0	0	1.000	2.813	2.500	0	0	0
Roger Freed	OF	1	1	11.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	3.273	4.000	0	0	0
Jim Palmer	P	39	39	305.0	21	42	2	4	.969	1.859	1.615	0	0	0
Mike Cuellar	P	40	40	298.0	9	34	2	1	.956	1.299	1.075	0	0	0
Dave McNally	P	40	40	296.0	10	37	1	4	.979	1.429	1.175	0	0	0
Jim Hardin	P	36	19	145.0	9	14	0	0	1.000	1.428	.639	0	0	0
Tom Phoebus	P	27	21	135.0	14	20	1	0	.971	2.267	1.259	0	0	0
Marcelino Lopez	P	25	3	61.0	2	6	4	1	.667	1.180	.320	0	0	0
Dick Hall	P	32	0	61.0	3	3	0	0	1.000	.885	.188	0	0	0
Eddie Watt	P	53	0	55.0	2	10	0	1	1.000	1.964	.226	0	0	0
Pete Richert	P	50	0	55.0	0	8	0	0	1.000	1.309	.160	0	0	0
Moe Drabowsky	P	21	0	33.0	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.364	.238	0	0	0
Dave Leonhard	P	23	0	28.0	0	9	0	1	1.000	2.893	.391	0	0	0
Fred Beene	P	4	0	6.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Mark Belanger	SS	143	125	1150.0	212	412	19	78	.970	4.883	4.364	0	0	0
Chico Salmon	SS	33	21	185.0	36	52	5	9	.946	4.281	2.667	0	0	0
Bobby Grich	SS	20	16	131.0	28	47	7	4	.915	5.153	3.750	0	0	0
Davey Johnson	SS	2	0	9.0	3	1	0	1	1.000	4.000	2.000	0	0	0
Bobby Floyd	SS	2	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	.500	0	0	0
Totals		1837	1458	13309.0	4430	1693	117	388	.981	4.141	3.333	12	55	43	43.9

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF
Dick Hall	ALCS	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	4.7	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	14
Jim Palmer	ALCS	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	9.0	7	1	1	0	3	12	0	36
Dave McNally	ALCS	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	9.0	6	3	3	2	5	5	0	36
Mike Cuellar	ALCS	0	0		12.46	1	1	0	0	0	4.3	10	6	6	1	1	2	0	25
Tom Phoebus	WS	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Dave McNally	WS	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	9.0	9	3	3	0	2	5	0	37
Mike Cuellar	WS	1	0	1.000	3.18	2	2	0	1	0	11.3	10	7	4	1	2	5	0	46
Jim Palmer	WS	1	0	1.000	4.60	2	2	0	0	0	15.7	11	8	8	2	9	9	1	68
Marcelino Lopez	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Richert	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	1	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Hall	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	1	2.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Moe Drabowsky	WS	0	0		2.70	2	0	1	0	0	3.3	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	12
Eddie Watt	WS	0	1	.000	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	3	0	6
Totals		7	1	.875	3.38	16	8	4	4	2	72.0	59	30	27	8	24	45	1	294

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Brooks Robinson	ALCS	3	13	12	3	7	2	0	2	0	0	1	.583	.538	.750	1.288	9	0	0	0	1	0
Boog Powell	ALCS	3	14	14	2	6	2	1	6	0	0	3	.429	.429	.786	1.214	11	1	0	0	0	0
Davey Johnson	ALCS	3	13	11	4	4	0	2	4	0	1	1	.364	.462	.909	1.371	10	1	1	0	0	0
Mark Belanger	ALCS	3	13	12	5	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	.333	.385	.333	.718	4	0	0	0	0	0
Don Buford	ALCS	2	10	7	2	3	0	1	3	0	2	0	.429	.500	.857	1.357	6	0	0	0	1	0
Elrod Hendricks	ALCS	1	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	1	0	0	0	0
Dave McNally	ALCS	1	5	5	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Robinson	ALCS	3	15	10	3	2	0	1	2	0	5	2	.200	.467	.500	.967	5	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Cuellar	ALCS	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Hall	ALCS	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Merv Rettenmund	ALCS	1	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	.333	.600	.333	.933	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Palmer	ALCS	1	4	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Etchebarren	ALCS	2	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	1	0	0	0	0
Paul Blair	ALCS	3	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.077	.143	.077	.220	1	0	0	1	0	0
Paul Blair	WS	5	22	19	5	9	1	0	3	1	2	4	.474	.524	.526	1.050	10	1	0	1	0	0
Brooks Robinson	WS	5	21	21	5	9	2	2	6	0	0	2	.429	.429	.810	1.238	17	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Robinson	WS	5	22	22	5	6	0	2	4	0	0	5	.273	.273	.545	.818	12	0	0	0	0	0
Davey Johnson	WS	5	21	16	2	5	2	0	2	1	5	2	.313	.476	.438	.914	7	0	0	0	0	1
Boog Powell	WS	5	22	17	6	5	1	2	5	0	5	2	.294	.455	.706	1.160	12	2	0	0	0	0
Elrod Hendricks	WS	3	12	11	1	4	1	1	4	0	1	2	.364	.417	.727	1.144	8	0	0	0	0	0
Don Buford	WS	4	18	15	3	4	0	1	1	0	3	2	.267	.389	.467	.856	7	0	0	0	0	0
Merv Rettenmund	WS	2	6	5	2	2	0	1	2	0	1	0	.400	.500	1.000	1.500	5	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Belanger	WS	5	20	19	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	.105	.150	.105	.255	2	0	0	0	0	1
Chico Salmon	WS	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dave McNally	WS	1	4	4	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	4	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Etchebarren	WS	2	9	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	.143	.333	.143	.476	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Palmer	WS	2	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Crowley	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Cuellar	WS	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Moe Drabowsky	WS	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Hall	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcelino Lopez	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Phoebus	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Richert	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Watt	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		83	318	280	60	86	13	16	57	2	32	52	.307	.378	.525	.903	147	7	1	3	2	4

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Boog Powell	ALCS	1B	3	3	27.0	24	1	0	3	1.000	8.333	8.333
Davey Johnson	ALCS	2B	3	3	27.0	11	4	0	3	1.000	5.000	5.000
Brooks Robinson	ALCS	3B	3	3	27.0	3	5	0	0	1.000	2.667	2.667
Andy Etchebarren	ALCS	C	2	2	18.0	19	0	0	0	1.000	9.500	9.500
Elrod Hendricks	ALCS	C	1	1	9.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000	5.000
Paul Blair	ALCS	CF	3	3	27.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333	1.333
Don Buford	ALCS	LF	2	2	18.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000
Merv Rettenmund	ALCS	LF	1	1	9.0	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.000	4.000
Jim Palmer	ALCS	P	1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	2.000
Dave McNally	ALCS	P	1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Dick Hall	ALCS	P	1	0	4.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Mike Cuellar	ALCS	P	1	1	4.3	1	3	0	0	1.000	8.308	4.000
Frank Robinson	ALCS	RF	3	3	27.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667	.667
Mark Belanger	ALCS	SS	3	3	27.0	6	14	0	3	1.000	6.667	6.667
Boog Powell	WS	1B	5	5	45.0	38	2	0	3	1.000	8.000	8.000
Davey Johnson	WS	2B	5	5	45.0	15	9	0	1	1.000	4.800	4.800
Brooks Robinson	WS	3B	5	5	45.0	9	14	1	2	.958	4.600	4.600
Elrod Hendricks	WS	C	3	3	27.0	17	2	1	0	.950	6.333	6.333
Andy Etchebarren	WS	C	2	2	18.0	10	0	1	0	.909	5.000	5.000
Paul Blair	WS	CF	5	5	45.0	18	0	1	0	.947	3.600	3.600
Don Buford	WS	LF	4	4	36.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	1.500
Merv Rettenmund	WS	LF	1	1	9.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	3.000
Jim Palmer	WS	P	2	2	15.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Mike Cuellar	WS	P	2	2	11.3	0	1	0	1	1.000	.794	.500
Dave McNally	WS	P	1	1	9.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000
Moe Drabowsky	WS	P	2	0	3.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.700	.500
Dick Hall	WS	P	1	0	2.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Tom Phoebus	WS	P	1	0	1.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Eddie Watt	WS	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Pete Richert	WS	P	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Marcelino Lopez	WS	P	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Frank Robinson	WS	RF	5	5	45.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.400	1.400
Mark Belanger	WS	SS	5	5	45.0	11	14	1	1	.962	5.000	5.000
Totals			80	72	648.0	216	72	5	17	.983	4.000	3.600

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