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The 1970 season of the National League was the ninety-fifth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
Eastern Division
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	89	73	0	.549	-.-	729 (4.50)	664 (4.10)	0.270	0.323	0.406	3.70	0.979
2	Chicago Cubs	162	84	78	0	.519	5.0	806 (4.98)	679 (4.19)	0.259	0.333	0.415	3.76	0.978
3	New York Mets	162	83	79	0	.512	6.0	695 (4.29)	630 (3.89)	0.249	0.333	0.370	3.45	0.979
4	St. Louis Cardinals	162	76	86	0	.469	13.0	744 (4.59)	747 (4.61)	0.263	0.330	0.379	4.06	0.977
5	Philadelphia Phillies	161	73	88	0	.453	15.5	594 (3.69)	730 (4.53)	0.238	0.304	0.356	4.17	0.981
6	Montreal Expos	162	73	89	0	.451	16.0	687 (4.24)	807 (4.98)	0.237	0.320	0.365	4.50	0.977
Western Division
1	Cincinnati Reds	162	102	60	0	.630	-.-	775 (4.78)	681 (4.20)	0.270	0.336	0.436	3.69	0.976
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	161	87	74	0	.540	14.5	749 (4.65)	684 (4.25)	0.270	0.334	0.382	3.82	0.979
3	San Francisco Giants	162	86	76	0	.531	16.0	831 (5.13)	826 (5.10)	0.262	0.347	0.409	4.50	0.973
4	Houston Astros	162	79	83	0	.488	23.0	744 (4.59)	763 (4.71)	0.259	0.331	0.391	4.23	0.978
5	Atlanta Braves	162	76	86	0	.469	26.0	736 (4.54)	772 (4.77)	0.270	0.332	0.404	4.33	0.977
6	San Diego Padres	162	63	99	0	.389	39.0	681 (4.20)	788 (4.86)	0.246	0.309	0.391	4.36	0.975

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Wes Parker Joe Torre Billy Williams	Los Angeles Dodgers St. Louis Cardinals Chicago Cubs	161
At Bats	Matty Alou	Pittsburgh Pirates	677
Runs Scored	Billy Williams	Chicago Cubs	137
Hits	Pete Rose Billy Williams	Cincinnati Reds Chicago Cubs	205
Doubles	Wes Parker	Los Angeles Dodgers	47
Triples	Willie Davis	Los Angeles Dodgers	16
Home Runs	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	45
Total Bases	Billy Williams	Chicago Cubs	373
Runs Batted In	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	148
Stolen Bases	Bobby Tolan	Cincinnati Reds	57
Caught Stealing	Bobby Tolan	Cincinnati Reds	20
Walks	Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants	137
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants	40
Hit by Pitch	Ron Hunt	San Francisco Giants	26
Strikeouts	Bobby Bonds	San Francisco Giants	189
Sacrifice Hits	Pat Dobson	San Diego Padres	19
Sacrifice Flies	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	11
Grounded into Double Plays	Cleon Jones	New York Mets	26
Batting Average	Rico Carty	Atlanta Braves	0.366
On-Base Percentage	Rico Carty	Atlanta Braves	0.454
Slugging Percentage	Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants	0.612
On-Base plus Slugging	Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants	1.056
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants	182

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Bob Gibson Gaylord Perry	St. Louis Cardinals San Francisco Giants	23
Losses	Steve Carlton	St. Louis Cardinals	19
Win-Loss Percentage	Wayne Simpson	Cincinnati Reds	0.824
Appearances	Ron Herbel	San Diego Padres/New York Mets	76
Games Started	Gaylord Perry	San Francisco Giants	41
Complete Games	Fergie Jenkins	Chicago Cubs	24
Shutouts	Gaylord Perry	San Francisco Giants	5
Games Finished	Wayne Granger	Cincinnati Reds	59
Saves	Wayne Granger	Cincinnati Reds	35
Innings Pitched	Gaylord Perry	San Francisco Giants	328.2
Batters Faced	Gaylord Perry	San Francisco Giants	1336
Hits Allowed	Gaylord Perry	San Francisco Giants	292
Home Runs Allowed	Phil Niekro	Atlanta Braves	40
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Carl Morton	Montreal Expos	125
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Tug McGraw Carl Morton	New York Mets Montreal Expos	17
Hit Batsmen	Bill Stoneman	Montreal Expos	14
Strikeouts	Tom Seaver	New York Mets	283
Wild Pitches	Rich Robertson	San Francisco Giants	18
Balks	Woodie Fryman Ron Herbel Jerry Koosman Carl Morton	Philadelphia Phillies San Diego Padres/New York Mets New York Mets Montreal Expos	3
Runs Allowed	Gaylord Perry	San Francisco Giants	138
Earned Runs Allowed	Fergie Jenkins Don Sutton	Chicago Cubs Los Angeles Dodgers	118
Earned Run Average	Tom Seaver	New York Mets	2.82
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Fergie Jenkins	Chicago Cubs	1.038

All-Star Game

The National League won the forty-first midsummer classic at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, OH on Tuesday, July 14, 1970 by a score of 5 to 4 in 12 innings. The league's manager was Gil Hodges.

Postseason

The National League Championship Series, featured Pittsburgh Pirates, the Eastern Division winner, and the Cincinnati Reds, the Western Division winner. The Reds defeated the Pirates, 3 games to 0.

In the World Series, the National League champion Cincinnati Reds were defeated by the American League's Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 1.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Johnny Bench, a catcher with the Cincinnati Reds. In the award's voting, he had 326 out of a possible 336 points and 22 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Cy Young Award, given its best pitcher, was Bob Gibson (gibsobo01) of the St. Louis Cardinals. In the award's voting, he had 118 out of a possible 120 points and 23 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Carl Morton, a pitcher with the Montréal Expos. In the award's voting, he had 11 out of a possible 24 points and 11 first place votes.

Gold Gloves

The following players won the Gold Glove Award, given to the league's best fielders as voted upon by its managers and coaches, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
P	Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals
C	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds
1B	Wes Parker	Los Angeles Dodgers
2B	Tommy Helms	Cincinnati Reds
3B	Don Kessinger	Chicago Cubs
SS	Doug Rader	Houston Astros
OF	Tommie Agee	New York Mets
	Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates
	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds

Monthly Awards

• Player of the Month Award
  • April: none
  • May: Rico Carty, Atlanta Braves
  • June: Tommie Agee, New York Mets
  • July: Bill Singer, Los Angeles Dodgers
  • August: Bob Gibson, St. Louis Cardinals
  • September: none

Hall of Fame Game

The twenty-eighth annual Hall of Fame Game was played on July 27 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the National League's Montreal Expos defeated the Chicago White Sox of the American League by a score of 10 to 6.

Umpires

• Al Barlick
• Fred Blandford*
• Ken Burkhart
• Nick Colosi
• Shag Crawford
• Satch Davidson
• Frank Dezelan
• Augie Donatelli
• Bob Engel
• Tom Gorman
• John Grimsley*
• George Grygiel*
• Doug Harvey
• John Kibler
• Stan Landes
• Hank Morgenweck*
• Andy Olsen
• Chris Pelekoudas
• Paul Pryor
• Frank Secory
• Mel Steiner
• Dick Stello
• Ed Sudol
• Dick Tremblay
• Ed Vargo
• Tony Venzon
• Harry Wendelstedt
• Lee Weyer
• Bill Williams

* Denotes a fill-in umpire