Monday, May 31, 2010

NL Standings as of 9/5/70




Strat-O-Matic Report






LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1970 National League

East WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1970 New York NYN 79 58 .577 ---- 24 83 79 .512
1970 Pittsburgh PIN 77 60 .562 2.0 89 73 .549
1970 St. Louis SLN 73 65 .529 6.5 76 86 .469
1970 Chicago CHN 68 70 .493 11.5 84 78 .519
1970 Philadelphia PHN 63 74 .460 16.0 73 88 .453
1970 Montreal MON 56 80 .412 22.5 73 89 .451

West WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1970 Cincinnati CIN 89 51 .636 ---- 10 102 60 .630
1970 Atlanta ATN 74 64 .536 14.0 76 86 .469
1970 Los Angeles LAN 72 64 .529 15.0 87 74 .540
1970 San Francisco SFN 70 67 .511 17.5 86 76 .531
1970 Houston HON 64 73 .467 23.5 79 83 .488
1970 San Diego SDN 39 98 .285 48.5 63 99 .389



OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
ATN 74 64 .536 38-33 36-31 17-17 57-47 9- 4 20-18 7-3 Lost 1
CHN 68 70 .493 35-38 33-32 16-15 52-55 7- 6 19-22 5-5 Lost 3
CIN 89 51 .636 50-22 39-29 24-15 65-36 10- 9 22-24 5-5 Lost 1
HON 64 73 .467 32-39 32-34 24-17 40-56 3-10 14-18 4-6 Lost 2
LAN 72 64 .529 36-30 36-34 24-22 48-42 9- 9 31-15 4-6 Won 2
MON 56 80 .412 31-36 25-44 23-25 33-55 8-10 21-29 4-6 Won 1
NYN 79 58 .577 33-32 46-26 22-19 57-39 7- 7 20-21 8-2 Won 2
PHN 63 74 .460 32-34 31-40 23-17 40-57 12- 6 28-17 3-7 Lost 2
PIN 77 60 .562 37-32 40-28 26-21 51-39 7- 6 18-19 10-0 Won 10
SDN 39 98 .285 18-48 21-50 13-20 26-78 6- 7 11-23 3-7 Won 1
SFN 70 67 .511 34-33 36-34 17-16 53-51 4-10 18-21 4-6 Won 1
SLN 73 65 .529 35-36 38-29 18-17 55-48 10- 8 26-21 4-6 Lost 1
TOTAL 824 824 .500

TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ InDiv OutDiv
ATN 17- 4 12-13 10-16 14-17 17-12 4- 2 34-32 40-32
CHN 9- 9 10-16 11-17 21-10 16-14 1- 4 32-34 36-36
CIN 12-10 22- 6 14-10 23- 9 16-13 2- 3 46-22 43-29
HON 9-12 14-15 13-13 8-19 18-11 2- 3 34-31 30-42
LAN 13- 7 15-13 15-12 12-14 14-15 3- 3 32-33 40-31
MON 9- 9 10-18 15-12 12-18 9-20 1- 3 24-40 32-40
NYN 10- 9 14-15 13-12 18-10 20-11 4- 1 36-29 43-29
PHN 9-10 16-12 12-13 13-15 11-21 2- 3 30-36 33-38
PIN 7-12 18-12 15-13 15-12 18-11 4- 0 37-28 40-32
SDN 5-16 9-23 9-16 7-19 7-21 2- 3 15-50 24-48
SFN 11-11 16-12 16- 8 10-17 14-17 3- 2 36-29 34-38
SLN 7- 9 14-15 14-15 18-11 18-12 2- 3 37-29 36-36


WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:

TEAM ATN CHN CIN HON LAN MON NYN PHN PIN SDN SFN SLN
ATN - 5 2 5 9 5 5 9 8 10 8 8
CHN 7 - 5 9 5 7 5 9 7 5 5 4
CIN 11 7 - 11 5 11 6 7 7 11 8 5
HON 7 3 2 - 5 6 5 7 4 13 7 5
LAN 6 7 8 8 - 7 6 7 6 8 2 7
MON 7 5 1 6 5 - 6 6 3 9 4 4
NYN 7 9 6 7 6 6 - 7 6 9 8 8
PHN 3 6 5 5 4 6 6 - 6 8 8 6
PIN 4 6 5 8 6 11 5 8 - 8 9 7
SDN 2 7 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 - 4 3
SFN 6 7 7 5 10 8 4 4 3 8 - 8
SLN 4 8 7 7 5 10 7 6 6 9 4 -


RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN:

TEAM ATN CHN CIN HON LAN MON NYN PHN PIN SDN SFN SLN
ATN - 50 53 63 75 55 60 57 74 63 81 60
CHN 54 - 52 68 53 69 63 64 50 59 63 47
CIN 88 64 - 89 70 68 43 59 75 80 73 61
HON 61 40 53 - 69 56 38 58 52 82 88 59
LAN 76 59 60 72 - 52 48 41 56 69 43 61
MON 62 62 37 55 52 - 36 56 46 57 36 48
NYN 62 69 49 48 57 52 - 51 33 86 83 61
PHN 26 52 42 57 37 55 53 - 48 69 60 44
PIN 65 50 50 73 60 65 32 60 - 75 82 65
SDN 43 61 53 45 46 38 47 47 35 - 78 46
SFN 66 79 84 87 64 63 70 55 70 73 - 63
SLN 43 57 48 74 52 76 62 47 70 52 76 -








Mets and Pirates keep pace

September 5, 1970

With New York visiting Wrigley Field and the Pirates hosting Philadelphia at shiny new Three Rivers Stadium, both teams took care of business in Friday and Saturday affairs to keep the Mets two games up in the only remaining pennant race of the 1970 season.

In Friday's afternoon affair, the Mets broke out with a six run second inning and never looked back, holding on by a 9-5 count. Donn Clendenon struck the big blow with a three run blast (24) to make the score 8-3 off Chicago starter Bill Hands (8-13), who has had a disappointing season that has hindered the Cubbies chance to stay in contention. Nolan Ryan (5-9) was erratic over 6-2/3 innings, striking out seven but walking six and allowing five runs before giving way to the bullpen. Ron Herbel provided two innings of scoreless relief to finish out the contest.

The Bucs won their ninth straight game in blowout fashion with a 9-1 win over the reeling Phillies. After trailing 1-0 early, the hosts dropped a four spot on starter Rick Wise (7-14), with back to back doubles from Willie Stargell and Manny Sanguillen driving in three of the runs. The latter would drive in another later in the game with a second two bagger. Gene Alley (13) added a long ball to lead off the 8th. Steve Blass (8-8) would go the distance, scattering six hits and striking out the same number.

New York continued to roll Saturday with an 8-3 win, scoring four in the first inning with four consecutive two out singles off Ken Holtzman (12-13) and coasting to their eighth victory in the last ten games. Clendenon would homer (25) again with a solo blast in the 8th inning. Jerry Koosman (12-7) tossed all nine innings for the victors, whiffing nine Cubs' swingers along the way.

Meanwhile, Pittsburgh ran its season high winning streak to double digits in a game played close to the vest, 2-1. Rookie Fred Cambria (3-0) pitched a stellar seven innings to keep his team in the game. Back to back homers from Al Oliver (15) and Stargell (30) would provide the only offense. Recently acquired lefty George Brunet would provide 1-2/3 innings of scoreless relief, while mainstay Dave Guisti recorded the final two outs for his 24th save of the season.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Catching up with the Metropolitans

This week, the Mets have been engaged in a big series at Busch Stadium with the defending World Champion, but currently third place Cardinals, whom they held a 3-1/2 game lead heading into the four game set. Accordingly, New York has taken the first three games of the series to open up a 6-1/2 game lead.



In the series opener, Jerry Koosman bested Nellie Briles, 3-1. Wayne Garrett was the offensive star with a homer (10th) and a triple. Art Shamsky also homered (12th) for the visitors.



Tuesday's affair took 11 innings for New York to come out on top, 4-2, despite a 15 hit attack from the home team. Bud Harrelson was the hero in this tilt with a two run triple in the second extra frame after St. Louis tied the game in the bottom of the ninth on Lou Brock's two out, bases empty home run off Ron Herbel, who had just been acquired from the Padres. Gibson went 7 innings, giving up two runs.

Wednesday was Tom Seaver's turn in the rotation, who took his 20-6 and 1.91 league leading ERA to the mound. Like the Cards' ace the night before, Seaver would leave with no decision, giving up a pair of runs over 7 innings of work before being lifted for a pinch hitter. It would take extra innings again after the guests tied the score in the 8th at 2-2. Cleon Jones got the big hit in the 10th with a two out single for the gamewinner.

The hosts avoided the sweep in the finale with a complete game from lefty Steve Carlton, cruising to a 6-1 win. Joe Torre smacked two homers that drove in 4 runs to pace St. Louis. Gary Gentry went the distance for New York while taking it on the chin for his 8th loss in 19 decisions. Nevertheless, the Mets left town with more distance than they arrived with at 5-1/2 games over the third place Cardinals.

NL East Pennant Race




With the other teams counting down their magic number, the Mets and Pirates are engaging in a classic pennant race in the NL East. The upstart Buccos have won 8 straight and stand 2-1/2 back of the second half surging Metropolitans.


Strat-O-Matic Report






LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1970 National League

East WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1970 New York NYN 77 57 .575 ---- 26 83 79 .512
1970 Pittsburgh PIN 75 60 .556 2.5 89 73 .549
1970 St. Louis SLN 71 64 .526 6.5 76 86 .469
1970 Chicago CHN 68 67 .504 9.5 84 78 .519
1970 Philadelphia PHN 62 72 .463 15.0 73 88 .453
1970 Montreal MON 55 79 .410 22.0 73 89 .451

West WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1970 Cincinnati CIN 87 50 .635 ---- 13 102 60 .630
1970 Atlanta ATN 72 63 .533 14.0 76 86 .469
1970 Los Angeles LAN 70 63 .526 15.0 87 74 .540
1970 San Francisco SFN 69 65 .515 16.5 86 76 .531
1970 Houston HON 63 71 .470 22.5 79 83 .488
1970 San Diego SDN 38 96 .284 47.5 63 99 .389



OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
ATN 72 63 .533 36-32 36-31 16-17 56-46 9- 4 19-18 6-4 Won 1
CHN 68 67 .504 35-35 33-32 16-13 52-54 7- 6 19-22 5-5 Won 1
CIN 87 50 .635 48-21 39-29 23-14 64-36 10- 8 22-24 4-6 Lost 3
HON 63 71 .470 31-37 32-34 24-16 39-55 3- 9 14-17 4-6 Won 1
LAN 70 63 .526 36-30 34-33 24-21 46-42 8- 9 30-14 4-6 Lost 1
MON 55 79 .410 31-36 24-43 22-25 33-54 7- 9 20-28 4-6 Lost 2
NYN 77 57 .575 33-32 44-25 21-18 56-39 7- 7 20-21 7-3 Won 3
PHN 62 72 .463 32-34 30-38 23-17 39-55 12- 6 28-16 4-6 Lost 1
PIN 75 60 .556 35-32 40-28 26-21 49-39 7- 6 17-19 9-1 Won 8
SDN 38 96 .284 18-48 20-48 13-19 25-77 5- 7 11-23 2-8 Lost 1
SFN 69 65 .515 34-33 35-32 16-16 53-49 4-10 18-21 6-4 Won 2
SLN 71 64 .526 33-35 38-29 18-17 53-47 9- 7 25-20 3-7 Lost 3
TOTAL 807 807 .500

TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ InDiv OutDiv
ATN 17- 4 12-13 10-16 14-17 17-12 2- 1 32-31 40-32
CHN 9- 9 10-16 11-17 21-10 16-14 1- 1 32-31 36-36
CIN 12-10 22- 6 14-10 23- 9 16-13 0- 2 44-21 43-29
HON 9-12 14-15 13-13 8-19 18-11 1- 1 33-29 30-42
LAN 13- 7 15-13 15-12 12-14 14-15 1- 2 30-32 40-31
MON 9- 9 10-18 15-12 12-18 9-20 0- 2 23-39 32-40
NYN 10- 9 14-15 13-12 18-10 20-11 2- 0 34-28 43-29
PHN 9-10 16-12 12-13 13-15 11-21 1- 1 29-34 33-38
PIN 7-12 18-12 15-13 15-12 18-11 2- 0 35-28 40-32
SDN 5-16 9-23 9-16 7-19 7-21 1- 1 14-48 24-48
SFN 11-11 16-12 16- 8 10-17 14-17 2- 0 35-27 34-38
SLN 7- 9 14-15 14-15 18-11 18-12 0- 2 35-28 36-36


WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:

TEAM ATN CHN CIN HON LAN MON NYN PHN PIN SDN SFN SLN
ATN - 5 2 5 8 5 5 9 8 10 7 8
CHN 7 - 5 9 5 7 5 9 7 5 5 4
CIN 11 7 - 11 5 11 6 7 7 10 7 5
HON 7 3 2 - 5 6 5 7 4 12 7 5
LAN 6 7 8 6 - 7 6 7 6 8 2 7
MON 7 5 1 6 5 - 6 6 3 9 4 3
NYN 7 7 6 7 6 6 - 7 6 9 8 8
PHN 3 5 5 5 4 6 6 - 6 8 8 6
PIN 4 6 5 8 6 11 5 6 - 8 9 7
SDN 2 7 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 - 4 3
SFN 5 7 7 5 10 8 4 4 3 8 - 8
SLN 4 8 7 7 5 9 6 6 6 9 4 -


RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN:

TEAM ATN CHN CIN HON LAN MON NYN PHN PIN SDN SFN SLN
ATN - 50 53 63 69 55 60 57 74 63 72 60
CHN 54 - 52 68 53 69 55 63 50 59 63 47
CIN 88 64 - 89 70 68 43 59 75 65 64 61
HON 61 40 53 - 59 56 38 58 52 77 88 59
LAN 71 59 60 53 - 52 48 41 56 69 43 61
MON 62 62 37 55 52 - 36 56 46 57 36 40
NYN 62 52 49 48 57 52 - 51 33 86 83 60
PHN 26 46 42 57 37 55 53 - 46 69 60 44
PIN 65 50 50 73 60 65 32 49 - 75 82 65
SDN 43 61 38 43 46 38 47 47 35 - 78 46
SFN 58 79 79 87 64 63 70 55 70 73 - 63
SLN 43 57 48 74 52 68 56 47 70 52 76 -