1970 Cincinnati Reds season

Buoyed by a lineup that included third baseman Tony Pérez, NL MVP catcher Johnny Bench, right fielder Pete Rose, center fielder Bobby Tolan and first baseman Lee May, the Reds got off to a 70–30 start. The Reds, who had been near the bottom of the NL in pitching in 1969, were aided by a young staff that included 18-game winner Gary Nolan (22), rookies Wayne Simpson (21) and Don Gullett (19), 20-game winner Jim Merritt (26) and record-setting reliever Wayne Granger, who appeared in a then-record 90 games in 1969.^[8] Simpson, a hard-throwing former first-round draft pick, started the season 9–1 and earned an all-star berth. He was 14–3 before he suffered a season-ending arm injury with 30 games left.^{[citation needed]}

1970 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	8–4	5–13	9–9	6–12	6–6	6–6	7–5	6–6	9–9	7–11	7–5
Chicago	4–8	—	7–5	7–5	6–6	13–5	7–11	9–9	8–10	9–3	7–5	7–11
Cincinnati	13–5	5–7	—	15–3	13–5	7–5	8–4	7–5	8–4	8–10	9–9	9–3
Houston	9–9	5–7	3–15	—	8–10	8–4	6–6	4–8	6–6	14–4	10–8	6–6
Los Angeles	12–6	6–6	5–13	10–8	—	8–4	7–5	6–5	6–6	11–7	9–9	7–5
Montreal	6–6	5–13	5–7	4–8	4–8	—	10–8	11–7	9–9	6–6	6–6	7–11
New York	6–6	11–7	4–8	6–6	5–7	8–10	—	13–5	6–12	6–6	6–6	12–6
Philadelphia	5-7	9–9	5–7	8–4	5–6	7–11	5–13	—	4–14	9–3	8–4	8–10
Pittsburgh	6–6	10–8	4–8	6–6	6–6	9–9	12–6	14–4	—	6–6	4–8	12–6
San Diego	9–9	3–9	10–8	4–14	7–11	6–6	6–6	3–9	6–6	—	5–13	4–8
San Francisco	11–7	5–7	9–9	8–10	9–9	6–6	6–6	4–8	8–4	13–5	—	7–5
St. Louis	5–7	11–7	3–9	6–6	5–7	11–7	6–12	10–8	6–12	8–4	5–7	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Johnny Bench	158	605	177	.293	45	148
1B	Lee May	153	605	153	.253	34	94
2B	Tommy Helms	150	575	136	.237	1	45
3B	Tony Pérez	158	587	186	.317	40	129
SS	Dave Concepción	101	265	69	.260	1	19
LF	Bernie Carbo	125	365	113	.310	21	63
CF	Bobby Tolan	152	589	186	.316	16	80
RF	Pete Rose	159	649	205	.316	15	52

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Woody Woodward	100	264	59	.223	1	14
Hal McRae	70	165	41	.248	8	23
Pat Corrales	43	106	25	.236	1	10
Jimmy Stewart	101	105	28	.267	1	8
Darrel Chaney	57	95	22	.232	1	4
Angel Bravo	65	65	18	.277	0	3
Ty Cline	48	63	17	.270	0	8
Frank Duffy	6	11	2	.182	0	0
Bill Plummer	4	8	1	.125	0	0
Jay Ward	6	3	0	.000	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Gary Nolan	37	250.2	18	7	3.27	181
Jim Merritt	35	234.0	20	12	4.08	136
Jim McGlothlin	35	210.2	14	10	3.59	97
Wayne Simpson	26	176.0	14	3	3.02	119

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tony Cloninger	30	148.0	9	7	3.83	56
Milt Wilcox	5	22.1	3	1	2.42	13
Jim Maloney	7	16.2	0	1	11.34	7
Mel Behney	5	10.0	0	2	4.50	2

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Wayne Granger	67	6	5	35	2.66	38
Clay Carroll	65	9	4	16	2.59	63
Don Gullett	44	5	2	6	2.43	76
Ray Washburn	35	4	4	0	6.92	37
Pedro Borbón	12	0	2	0	6.75	6
John Noriega	8	0	0	0	8.00	6
Bo Belinsky	3	0	0	0	4.50	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	9	0
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
W: Gary Nolan (1–0) L: Dock Ellis (0–1) SV: Clay Carroll (1)
HRs: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	8	1
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	2
W: Jim Merritt (1–0) L: Luke Walker (0–1) SV: Don Gullett (1)
HRs: CIN – Bobby Tolan (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	10	0
Cincinnati	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	3	5	0
W: Milt Wilcox (1–0) L: Bob Moose (0–1) SV: Don Gullett (2)
HRs: CIN – Tony Pérez (1), Johnny Bench (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore Orioles	4	3	6	3	8	5	2	2	0	33	50	5
Cincinnati Reds	7	2	4	0	1	1	2	3	0	20	35	3
Total Attendance: 253,183 Average Attendance: 50,637
Winning Player's Share: – $18,216, Losing Player's Share– $13,688 *Includes Playoffs and World Series

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Vern Rapp
AA	Asheville Tourists	Southern League	Jim Snyder
A	Tampa Tarpons	Florida State League	Dick Kennedy
A-Short Season	Sioux Falls Packers	Northern League	Russ Nixon
Rookie	GCL Reds	Gulf Coast League	Ron Plaza

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