[Joy in Mudville]

With the inaugural regular season of the Joy in Mudville League ending some intriguing playoff matchups have been set.

In the National League, father will face son. It's the East champion Pittsburgh Pirates (Paul F.) against the West-winning Los Angeles Dodgers (Marcus F.). The two teams split the 12 games they played during the regular season.

All-Star right fielder Roberto Clemente is questionable for the early part of the NLCS with a bruised wrist.

The American League playoffs will feature two GM/managers who spent a season enjoying the highs and lows (mostly lows) of coaching a high school girls' basketball team together more than a decade ago. They also spent more time dealing with wet softball and baseball diamonds than should be humanly possible. Translation: It's East titlist Baltimore (Dan V.) taking on West champion Oakland (Bob B.).

The A's dominated the Orioles in the regular season, winning nine of 12 games.

Los Angeles and Oakland will hold home field advantage by nature of the best overall records. Each playoff series is best of five.

JIM Notebook: Minnesota outfielder Tony Oliva won the AL batting title with a .370 average . . . Atlanta's Rico Carty took home the NL championship at .354 . . . a complete list of league leaders appears in the next posting below . . . Philadelphia's Jim Bunning and San Francisco's Juan Marichal each pitched one-hitters in the season's final month . . . Braves' pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm announced his retirement . . . Alex Johnson (Angels), Amos Otis (Royals) and Tito Fuentes (Giants) all had five-hit games.

Major League 1970 10-02-1970 Standings Report

American Standings

Eastern Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Baltimore Orioles 102 60 .630 - 95-67 7 53-28 49-32 13-3 28-23 Clinched L4 5-5 New York Yankees 94 68 .580 8.0 102-60 -8 53-28 41-40 11-11 27-25 L2 6-4 Boston Red Sox 85 77 .525 17.0 82-80 3 47-34 38-43 10-9 33-24 W2 6-4 Washington Senators 85 77 .525 17.0 85-77 0 43-38 42-39 12-9 22-21 W5 8-2 Detroit Tigers 73 89 .451 29.0 78-84 -5 40-41 33-48 8-8 22-27 L2 2-8 Cleveland Indians 50 112 .309 52.0 58-104 -8 27-54 23-58 9-14 18-41 W2 4-6 Western Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Oakland Athletics 105 57 .648 - 101-61 4 59-22 46-35 10-14 31-21 Clinched W3 5-5 Chicago White Sox 87 75 .537 18.0 82-80 5 42-39 45-36 10-9 28-21 W1 6-4 California Angels 79 83 .488 26.0 76-86 3 39-42 40-41 9-8 28-24 L1 8-2 Minnesota Twins 78 84 .481 27.0 77-85 1 41-40 37-44 5-6 26-25 W1 3-7 Kansas City Royals 73 89 .451 32.0 80-82 -7 40-41 33-48 9-15 25-39 L1 7-3 Milwaukee Brewers 61 101 .377 44.0 60-102 1 35-46 26-55 6-6 23-20 L5 1-9

National Standings

Eastern Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Pittsburgh Pirates 95 67 .586 - 97-65 -2 51-30 44-37 6-8 25-25 Clinched L1 3-7 Philadelphia Phillies 89 73 .549 6.0 86-76 3 45-36 44-37 14-4 29-24 W3 7-3 New York Mets 88 74 .543 7.0 90-72 -2 42-39 46-35 19-7 22-23 L1 6-4 Chicago Cubs 75 87 .463 20.0 77-85 -2 44-37 31-50 7-8 24-27 W1 5-5 St. Louis Cardinals 75 87 .463 20.0 77-85 -2 45-36 30-51 8-11 22-33 W1 6-4 Montreal Expos 55 107 .340 40.0 52-110 3 30-51 25-56 4-9 22-19 L4 3-7 Western Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Los Angeles Dodgers 98 64 .605 - 100-62 -2 54-27 44-37 6-7 27-23 Clinched W1 6-4 Cincinnati Reds 91 71 .562 7.0 90-72 1 51-30 40-41 7-10 30-29 W2 5-5 Atlanta Braves 88 74 .543 10.0 93-69 -5 47-34 41-40 9-11 30-30 L2 6-4 Houston Astros 87 75 .537 11.0 86-76 1 46-35 41-40 8-5 30-27 L1 5-5 San Francisco Giants 80 82 .494 18.0 73-89 7 42-39 38-43 5-8 27-17 W1 4-6 San Diego Padres 51 111 .315 47.0 53-109 -2 27-54 24-57 7-12 18-29 L1 4-6