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1970 League Championship Series (3-0): Cincinnati Reds (102-60) over Pittsburgh Pirates (89-73)

WS: BAL-CIN / ALCS: BAL-MIN / NLCS: CIN-PIT
 1969 NLCS /  1971 NLCS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 3, 1970 at Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    3     3  9  0
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0     0  8  0

    PITCHERS: CIN - Nolan, Carroll (10)
              PIT - Ellis, Gibbon (10)

               WP - Gary Nolan
	       LP - Dock Ellis
             SAVE - Clay Carroll

   HOME RUNS: CIN - none
              PIT - none

  ATTENDANCE: 33,088

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 4, 1970 at Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  1    0  1  0    0  1  0     3  8  1
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  5  2

    PITCHERS: CIN - Merritt, Carroll (6), Gullett (6)
              PIT - Walker, Giusti (8)

               WP - Jim Merritt
	       LP - Luke Walker
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - Tolan
              PIT - none

  ATTENDANCE: 39,317

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 5, 1970 at Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     2 10  0
    Cincinnati Reds              2  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  x     3  5  0

    PITCHERS: PIT - Moose, Gibbon (8), Giusti (8)
              CIN - Cloninger, Wilcox (6), Granger (9), Gullett (9)

               WP - Milt Wilcox
	       LP - Bob Moose
             SAVE - Don Gullett

   HOME RUNS: PIT - none
              CIN - Bench, Perez

  ATTENDANCE: 40,538

Series Batting Stats

Cincinnati Reds Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Johnny Bench 3 9 2 2 0 0 1 1 3 1 .222 .417 .556 .972 0 0 158 605 97 177 45 148 5 .293 .932
Angel Bravo 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 65 65 10 18 0 3 0 .277 .688
Bernie Carbo 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 125 365 54 113 21 63 10 .310 1.004
Clay Carroll 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 14 1 1 0 0 0 .071 .205
Ty Cline 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 0 0 *50 65 13 18 0 8 1 .277 .805
Tony Cloninger 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 30 47 7 10 2 3 0 .213 .596
Dave Concepcion 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 265 38 69 1 19 10 .260 .641
Wayne Granger 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 10 0 1 0 0 0 .100 .200
Don Gullett 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 44 19 3 4 0 2 1 .211 .566
Tommy Helms 3 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .273 .545 0 0 150 575 42 136 1 45 2 .237 .543
Lee May 3 12 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 .167 .167 .250 .417 0 0 153 605 78 153 34 94 1 .253 .782
Hal McRae 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 70 165 18 41 8 23 0 .248 .756
Jim Merritt 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 35 83 7 14 3 6 0 .169 .484
Gary Nolan 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 37 82 4 13 0 6 0 .159 .400
Tony Perez 3 12 1 4 2 0 1 2 1 1 .333 .385 .750 1.135 0 0 158 587 107 186 40 129 8 .317 .990
Pete Rose 3 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .231 .231 .231 .462 0 0 159 649 120 205 15 52 12 .316 .855
Jimmy Stewart 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 101 105 15 28 1 8 5 .267 .665
Bobby Tolan 3 12 3 5 0 0 1 2 1 1 .417 .462 .667 1.128 1 1 152 589 112 186 16 80 57 .316 .860
Milt Wilcox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 .200 .400
Woody Woodward 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .100 .182 .100 .282 0 0 100 264 23 59 1 14 1 .223 .568
Totals 40 100 9 22 3 1 3 8 8 12 .220 .278 .360 .638 1 1 162 5540 775 1498 191 115 .270 .772

Pittsburgh Pirates Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Gene Alley 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 0 121 426 46 104 8 41 7 .244 .659
Matty Alou 3 12 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .357 .333 .690 0 1 155 677 97 201 1 47 19 .297 .685
Dave Cash 2 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .250 .472 0 0 64 210 30 66 1 28 5 .314 .784
Roberto Clemente 3 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 .214 .214 .214 .429 0 0 108 412 65 145 14 60 3 .352 .963
Dock Ellis 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 38 70 9 7 0 1 1 .100 .239
Joe Gibbon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Dave Giusti 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 16 1 3 0 3 0 .188 .628
Richie Hebner 2 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 .667 .750 1.000 1.750 0 0 120 420 60 122 11 46 2 .290 .827
Johnny Jeter 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 85 126 27 30 2 12 9 .238 .656
Bill Mazeroski 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 112 367 29 84 7 39 2 .229 .607
Bob Moose 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 29 66 5 12 0 2 0 .182 .492
Al Oliver 2 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250 .333 .250 .583 0 0 151 551 63 149 12 83 1 .270 .740
Jose Pagan 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 0 0 95 230 21 61 7 29 1 .265 .748
Freddie Patek 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 1 84 237 42 58 1 19 8 .245 .664
Bob Robertson 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 0 0 117 390 69 112 27 82 4 .287 .931
Manny Sanguillen 3 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0 0 128 486 63 158 7 61 2 .325 .788
Willie Stargell 3 12 0 6 1 0 0 1 1 1 .500 .538 .583 1.122 0 0 136 474 70 125 31 85 0 .264 .839
Luke Walker 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 42 46 0 6 0 5 0 .130 .314
Totals 35 102 3 23 6 0 0 3 12 19 .225 .307 .284 .591 0 2 162 5637 729 1522 130 66 .270 .731

Cincinnati Reds Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Clay Carroll 2 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 1.1 2 0 0 2 1.500 65 0 2.59 9 4 16 104.1 104 27 63 1.256
Tony Cloninger 1 1 3.60 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 2 4 1 2.200 30 18 3.83 9 7 1 148.0 136 78 56 1.446
Wayne Granger 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1.500 67 0 2.66 6 5 35 84.2 79 27 38 1.252
Don Gullett 2 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 3.2 1 0 2 3 0.818 44 2 2.43 5 2 6 77.2 54 44 76 1.262
Jim Merritt 1 1 1.69 1 0 0 0 5.1 3 1 0 2 0.563 35 35 4.08 20 12 0 234.0 248 53 136 1.286
Gary Nolan 1 1 0.00 1 0 0 0 9.0 8 0 4 6 1.333 37 37 3.27 18 7 0 250.2 226 96 181 1.285
Milt Wilcox 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 2 5 1.000 5 2 2.42 3 1 1 22.1 19 7 13 1.164
Totals 9 3 0.96 3 0 2 0 28.0 23 3 12 19 1.250 162 162 3.688 102 60 1444.2 1370 592 843 1.358

Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Dock Ellis 1 1 2.79 0 1 0 0 9.2 9 3 4 1 1.345 30 30 3.21 13 10 0 201.2 194 87 128 1.393
Joe Gibbon 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 1 3.000 41 0 4.83 0 1 5 41.0 44 24 26 1.659
Dave Giusti 2 0 3.86 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 1 1 1.714 66 1 3.06 9 3 26 103.0 98 39 85 1.330
Bob Moose 1 1 3.52 0 1 0 0 7.2 4 3 2 4 0.783 28 27 3.99 11 10 0 189.2 186 64 119 1.318
Luke Walker 1 1 1.29 0 1 0 0 7.0 5 1 1 5 0.857 42 19 3.04 15 6 3 163.0 129 89 124 1.337
Totals 7 3 2.67 0 3 0 0 27.0 22 8 8 12 1.111 162 162 3.696 89 73 1453.2 1386 625 990 1.383

WS: BAL-CIN / ALCS: BAL-MIN / NLCS: CIN-PIT
 1969 NLCS /  1971 NLCS

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