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1970 year in review
Well we have just wrapped up the playoffs and the Minnesota Twins have captured the World Championship.
After finishing off the Baltimore Orioles the Twins went on to defeat the Houston Astros 4 games to 2. The Astros had previously swept the New York Mets.
Standings
AL East
Baltimore 107-55
Yankees 88-74
Tigers 88-74
Senators 83-79
Indians 71-91
BoSox 70-92
AL West
Twins 95-67
Royals 82-80
ChiSox 80-82
Angels 78-84
A's 77-85
Brewers 53-109
NL East
Mets 104-58
Pirates 84-78
Phillies 80-82
Cubs 76-86
Expos 75-87
Cardinals 73-89
NL West
Astros 94-68
Giants 92-70
Reds 88-74
Dodgers 82-80
Braves 68-94
Padres 56-106
Season accomplishments
Once again there were double digit 20 game winners with 11, The Orioles again had 3 (Palmer, Cuellar and McNally) while the Mets also had 3 (Seaver, Koosman and Jim McAndrew)
MVP honors
AL Jim Palmer (Bal) 24-9 2.00 era 7 shutouts 18 cg's
NL Willie McCovey (SF) .303 42 HR and 127 rbi (back to back winner)
Cy Young
AL Jim Palmer (Bal) see above
NL Jim McAndrew (NYM) 24-6 2.32 era 5 shutouts 15 cg
ROY
AL Roy Foster (Clev) .289 36hr 102 rbi
NL Ken Singleton (NYM) .310 20 hr 71 rbi
Milestones met
3000 hits-Hank Aaron (ATL)
2500 hits-Al Kaline (Det)
2000 hits-Vada Pinson (MIL)
600 HR-Willie Mays (SF)
300 HR-Norm Cash (Det)
Frank Howard (Wash)
200 W- Juan Marichal (SF)
Tony Perez had the seasons longest hitting streak at 29 games
Sam McDowell (Clev) and Bert Blyleven (Minn) both had 15k games
On a sad note Blyleven suffered a shoulder injury that forced him to retire after this, his, rookie campaign he went 16-7 2.73 era
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