1970 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1970
misc =

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current league = National League
y1 = 1892
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Busch Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = August "Gussie" Busch
managers = Red Schoendienst
television = KSD-TV
radio = KMOX
(Jack Buck, Jim Woods)
espntn = stl
brtn = stlThe St. Louis Cardinals 1970 season was the team's 89th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 79th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 76-86 during the season and finished fourth in the National League East, 13 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. The season was also the first of 26 seasons for AstroTurf at Busch Memorial Stadium.

Bob Gibson won a Gold Glove and the Cy Young Award this year, with a 3.12 ERA, 23 wins, and 274 strikeouts. The Cardinals won only 76 games, their lowest total since the days of the 154-game schedule.

Offseason

*October 7, 1969: Curt Flood was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Byron Browne, Joe Hoerner, and Tim McCarver to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jerry Johnson, Dick Allen, and Cookie Rojas. Curt Flood refused to report to his new team. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Willie Montanez (April 8, 1970) and Bob Browning (minors) (August 30, 1970) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/floodcu01.shtml]

Curt Flood

Mike Shannon was limited to 52 games and soon would retire because of a kidney disease that threatened his life. Curt Flood, because of a salary dispute with Gussie Busch, was traded after the 1969 season but refused to go to the Philadelphia Phillies and on January 16, 1970, filed a civil lawsuit to challenge baseball's reserve clause. The case eventually reached the Supreme Court and, though he lost, paved the way for free agency to change the game.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

*Dick Allen
*Lou Brock
*Jose Cardenal
*George Culver
*Joe Hague
*Julian Javier
*Leron Lee
*Dal Maxvill
*Joe Torre [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1970&t=SLN]

eason standings

Transactions

*June 4, 1970: Bake McBride was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 37th round of the 1970 amateur draft. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcbriba01.shtml]

Roster

Starting pitchers

Awards and honors

Cardinals In the All-Star Game

* first base - Richie Allen
* pitcher - Bob Gibson
* catcher - Joe Torre

Cardinals Award Winners

St. Louis Baseball Man of the Year
* Joe Torre and Bob Gibson

St. Louis Cardinals Rookie of the Year
* Jerry Reuss

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1970.shtml 1970 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1970&t=SLN 1970 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]