1970 American League Standings and Head-to-Head

1969 AL / 1971 AL / 1970 NL / 1970 MLB Standings and Head-to-Head

Postseason

WorldSeries (4-1):	Baltimore Orioles over Cincinnati Reds
LgChampSeries (3-0):	Baltimore Orioles over Minnesota Twins

East Division

Tm		W	L	W-L%	GB
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	108	54	.667	--
New York Yankees	NYY	93	69	.574	15.0
Boston Red Sox	BOS	87	75	.537	21.0
Detroit Tigers	DET	79	83	.488	29.0
Cleveland Indians	CLE	76	86	.469	32.0
Washington Senators	WSA	70	92	.432	38.0

West Division

Tm		W	L	W-L%	GB
Minnesota Twins	MIN	98	64	.605	--
Oakland Athletics	OAK	89	73	.549	9.0
California Angels	CAL	86	76	.531	12.0
Kansas City Royals	KCR	65	97	.401	33.0
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	65	97	.401	33.0
Chicago White Sox	CHW	56	106	.346	42.0

AL East Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	vEast	vWest	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	BAL	108	54	.667	---		4.9	3.5	1.3	-0.1	1.3	104-58	4	61-29	47-25	59-22	49-32	16-9	40-15	79-36	29-18	43-29	65-25
2	NYY	93	69	.574	15.0	15.0	4.2	3.8	0.4	0.0	0.4	89-73	4	46-44	47-25	53-28	40-41	9-9	30-27	59-38	34-31	35-37	58-32
3	BOS	87	75	.537	21.0	27.0	4.9	4.5	0.4	0.0	0.4	87-75	0	48-42	39-33	52-29	35-46	4-8	23-25	60-53	27-22	34-38	53-37
4	DET	79	83	.488	29.0	51.0	4.1	4.5	-0.4	0.1	-0.3	74-88	5	43-47	36-36	42-39	37-44	7-8	27-23	54-57	25-26	39-51	40-32
5	CLE	76	86	.469	32.0	63.0	4.0	4.2	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	78-84	-2	36-54	40-32	43-38	33-48	5-9	22-35	52-46	24-40	37-53	39-33
6	WSA	70	92	.432	38.0	93.0	3.9	4.3	-0.4	0.1	-0.3	74-88	-4	36-54	34-38	40-41	30-51	9-10	23-33	42-54	28-38	33-57	37-35
	Avg	85	76	.528			4.3	4.1				84-77		45-45	40-31	48-32	37-43	8-8	27-26	57-47	27-29	36-44	48-32

AL West Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	vEast	vWest	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	MIN	98	64	.605	---		4.6	3.7	0.9	-0.1	0.7	96-66	2	37-35	61-29	51-30	47-34	10-4	32-23	67-41	31-23	40-32	58-32
2	OAK	89	73	.549	9.0	9.0	4.2	3.7	0.5	-0.1	0.4	91-71	-2	37-35	52-38	49-32	40-41	3-8	30-21	52-40	37-33	31-41	58-32
3	CAL	86	76	.531	12.0	15.0	3.9	3.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	81-81	5	36-36	50-40	43-38	43-38	9-7	32-25	61-48	25-28	33-39	53-37
4	KCR	65	97	.401	33.0	78.0	3.8	4.4	-0.6	0.0	-0.6	70-92	-5	22-50	43-47	35-44	30-53	14-8	23-33	51-59	14-38	26-64	39-33
5	MIL	65	97	.401	33.0	78.0	3.8	4.6	-0.8	0.0	-0.8	66-96	-1	29-43	36-54	38-42	27-55	8-8	28-33	45-59	20-38	34-56	31-41
6	CHW	56	106	.346	42.0	123.0	3.9	5.1	-1.2	0.1	-1.1	62-100	-6	28-44	28-62	31-53	25-53	2-8	16-33	37-75	19-31	26-64	30-42
	Avg	76	85	.472			4.0	4.2				77-84		31-40	45-45	41-39	35-45	7-7	26-28	52-53	24-31	31-49	44-36

AL Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	vEast	vWest	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	BAL	108	54	.667	---		4.9	3.5	1.3	-0.1	1.3	104-58	4	61-29	47-25	59-22	49-32	16-9	40-15	79-36	29-18	43-29	65-25
2	MIN	98	64	.605	---		4.6	3.7	0.9	-0.1	0.7	96-66	2	37-35	61-29	51-30	47-34	10-4	32-23	67-41	31-23	40-32	58-32
3	NYY	93	69	.574	15.0	39.0	4.2	3.8	0.4	0.0	0.4	89-73	4	46-44	47-25	53-28	40-41	9-9	30-27	59-38	34-31	35-37	58-32
4	OAK	89	73	.549	9.0	18.0	4.2	3.7	0.5	-0.1	0.4	91-71	-2	37-35	52-38	49-32	40-41	3-8	30-21	52-40	37-33	31-41	58-32
5	BOS	87	75	.537	21.0	69.0	4.9	4.5	0.4	0.0	0.4	87-75	0	48-42	39-33	52-29	35-46	4-8	23-25	60-53	27-22	34-38	53-37
6	CAL	86	76	.531	12.0	27.0	3.9	3.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	81-81	5	36-36	50-40	43-38	43-38	9-7	32-25	61-48	25-28	33-39	53-37
7	DET	79	83	.488	29.0	117.0	4.1	4.5	-0.4	0.1	-0.3	74-88	5	43-47	36-36	42-39	37-44	7-8	27-23	54-57	25-26	39-51	40-32
8	CLE	76	86	.469	32.0	138.0	4.0	4.2	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	78-84	-2	36-54	40-32	43-38	33-48	5-9	22-35	52-46	24-40	37-53	39-33
9	WSA	70	92	.432	38.0	196.0	3.9	4.3	-0.4	0.1	-0.3	74-88	-4	36-54	34-38	40-41	30-51	9-10	23-33	42-54	28-38	33-57	37-35
10	KCR	65	97	.401	33.0	146.0	3.8	4.4	-0.6	0.0	-0.6	70-92	-5	22-50	43-47	35-44	30-53	14-8	23-33	51-59	14-38	26-64	39-33
11	MIL	65	97	.401	33.0	146.0	3.8	4.6	-0.8	0.0	-0.8	66-96	-1	29-43	36-54	38-42	27-55	8-8	28-33	45-59	20-38	34-56	31-41
12	CHW	56	106	.346	42.0	240.0	3.9	5.1	-1.2	0.1	-1.1	62-100	-6	28-44	28-62	31-53	25-53	2-8	16-33	37-75	19-31	26-64	30-42
	Avg	81	81	.500			4.2	4.2				81-81		38-42	42-38	44-36	36-44	8-8	27-27	54-50	26-30	34-46	46-34

Pennant Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL | East | West

Head-to-Head Records

Read across for wins and down the columns for losses

     |BAL BOS CLE DET NYY WSA|CAL CHW KCR MIL MIN OAK 
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  BAL| --  13  14  11  11  12|  7   9  12   7   5   7
  BOS|  5  --  12   9  10  12|  5   8   7   5   7   7
  CLE|  4   6  --   7   8  11|  6   6   8   7   6   7
  DET|  7   9  11  --   7   9|  6   6   6   8   4   6
  NYY|  7   8  10  11  --  10|  7   7  11   9   7   6
  WSA|  6   6   7   9   8  --|  5   8   6   7   6   2
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  CAL|  5   7   6   6   5   7| --  12  10  12   8   8
  CHW|  3   4   6   6   5   4|  6  --   7   7   6   2
  KCR|  0   5   4   6   1   6|  8  11  --  12   5   7
  MIL|  5   7   5   4   3   5|  6  11   6  --   5   8
  MIN|  7   5   6   8   5   6| 10  12  13  13  --  13
  OAK|  5   5   5   6   6  10| 10  16  11  10   5  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |BAL BOS CLE DET NYY WSA|CAL CHW KCR MIL MIN OAK

Head-to-Head Run Scoring

Read across for runs scored and down the columns for runs allowed

     |BAL BOS CLE DET NYY WSA|CAL CHW KCR MIL MIN OAK 
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  BAL| --  96 102  81  89  76| 48  76  76  47  55  46
  BOS| 67  --  79 100  86  90| 56  92  57  57  53  49
  CLE| 59  62  --  59  64  91| 53  44  56  65  42  54
  DET| 65  78  77  --  54  59| 55  57  61  60  51  49
  NYY| 78  81  64  71  --  74| 48  50  52  66  48  48
  WSA| 58  57  78  77  62  --| 48  53  55  57  49  32
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  CAL| 33  53  42  54  45  56| --  73  62  86  60  67
  CHW| 36  88  38  67  35  49| 58  --  67  68  63  64
  KCR| 45  47  38  50  28  47| 76  74  --  85  67  54
  MIL| 44  60  56  46  53  45| 58  88  55  --  58  50
  MIN| 52  53  43  66  42  43| 67 117  90  91  --  80
  OAK| 37  47  58  60  54  59| 63  98  74  69  59  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |BAL BOS CLE DET NYY WSA|CAL CHW KCR MIL MIN OAK

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