1970 Cincinnati Reds season

MLB yearly infobox alt‎
name = Cincinnati Reds
season = 1970
misc = 1970 National League Champions
1970 NL West Champions

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Crosley Field (since 1934)
Riverfront Stadium
y4 = 1970
city = Cincinnati, Ohio
y5 = 1882
owners = Francis Dale
general managers = Bob Howsam
managers =Sparky Anderson
television = WLW
(Ed Kennedy, Pee Wee Reese)
radio = WLW
(Jim McIntyre, Joe Nuxhall)|The Cincinnati Reds' 1970 season consisted of the Reds winning the National League West title with a record of 102-60, 14½ games ahead of the runner-up Los Angeles Dodgers. The Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in three straight games, to win their first National League pennant since 1961, before losing the World Series to the Baltimore Orioles in five games, with the Reds' only win coming game four. The Reds were managed by first-year manager George "Sparky" Anderson and played their home games at Crosley Field during the first part of the year, before moving into the then-new Riverfront Stadium on June 30. The Reds hosted the All-Star Game on July 14, with the NL All-Stars winning the game. Riverfornt Stadium also hosted the first two games of the World Series.

Offseason

*October 24, 1969: Mel Queen was purchased by the California Angels from the Cincinnati Reds. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/q/queenme02.shtml]
*November 14, 1969: Joaquin Andujar was signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/andujjo01.shtml]
*November 25, 1969: Pedro Borbon, Sr. was traded by the California Angels with Vern Geishert and Jim McGlothlin to the Cincinnati Reds for Alex Johnson and Chico Ruiz. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/borbope01.shtml]
*January 17, 1970: Joel Youngblood was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/y/youngjo02.shtml]
*February 4, 1970: Bo Belinsky was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cincinnati Reds for Dennis Ribant. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/belinbo01.shtml ]

Regular season

eason standings

Notable transactions

* June 4, 1970: Ray Knight was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 10th round of the 1970 amateur draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/knighra01.shtml Ray Knight Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Riverfront Stadium

Riverfront Stadium, was opened in 1970 and it was the home of the Cincinnati Reds National League baseball team and the Cincinnati Bengals National Football League team. Located on the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati, the stadium was best known as the home of "The Big Red Machine," as the Reds were often called in the 1970s. Construction began on February 1, 1968 and was completed at a cost of less than $50 million. On June 30, 1970, the Reds hosted the Atlanta Braves in their grand opening, with Hank Aaron hitting the first ever home run at Riverfront. Two weeks later on July 14, Riverfront hosted the 1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. This game is best remembered for the often-replayed collision at home plate between the home-grown Pete Rose and catcher Ray Fosse of the Cleveland Indians.

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

1970 National League Championship Series

Game One

October 3, Three Rivers Stadium

1970 World Series

1970 World Series (4-1): Baltimore Orioles (A.L.) over Cincinnati Reds (N.L.)

Awards and records

* Johnny Bench, National League MVP Award (He was the youngest National League player in the 20th Century to win the MVP Award.) [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/1970.shtml 1970 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference]