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The 1970 Pittsburgh Pirates season resulted in the team winning their first National League East title with a record of 89–73, five games ahead of the Chicago Cubs. However, they lost the NLCS to the National League West champion Cincinnati Reds , three games to none.
October 15, 1970: Charlie Sands and 2 minor leaguers were traded to the Pirates by the New York Yankees for 3 minor leaguers. [1] October 26, 1970: Joe Gibbon released by the Pirates. [2] December 2, 1970: Freddie Patek, Bruce Dal Canton and Jerry May were traded by the Pirates to the Kansas City Royals for Bob Johnson, Jackie Hernández and ...
The 1970 National League Championship Series was a semifinal matchup of the 1970 MLB Postseason between the East Division champion Pittsburgh Pirates and the West Division champion Cincinnati Reds. The Reds swept the Pirates three games to none and went on to lose the World Series to the Baltimore Orioles. The series was the second NLCS.
Prior to PNC Park, the Pirates played home games at Three Rivers Stadium and Forbes Field, among other stadiums. [3] In 1903, the Pirates were defeated by the Boston Americans in the first World Series. The Pirates returned to and won the World Series in 1909, over the Detroit Tigers. Since then the Pirates have won World Series in 1925, 1960 ...
Playoff Results 1969 New York Mets (1) 100–62 .617 Won NLCS 3–0 Won World Series 4–1 1970 Pittsburgh Pirates (1) 89–73 .549 Lost NLCS 3–0 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates (2) 97–65 .599 Won NLCS 3–1 Won World Series 4–3 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates (3) 96–59 .619 Lost NLCS 3–2 1973 New York Mets (2)
July 16 – Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium opens to the public, but the Cincinnati Reds spoil the party as they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4–3 before a crowd of 48,846. Pittsburgh's Richie Hebner records the first hit in the new stadium, and Cincinnati's Tony Pérez smacks the first home run.
This was the first postseason meeting in the history of the Pirates-Reds rivalry. The Reds swept the Pirates to advance to the World Series for the first time since 1961. In Pittsburgh for Game 1, the Reds shutout the Pirates in extra innings thanks to a solid pitching performance from Gary Nolan. The Pirates' offense was neutered yet again in ...
The Pirates previously played at Forbes Field from 1909 to 1970 and at Three Rivers Stadium from 1970 to 2000. Since 1948 the Pirates' colors have been black, gold and white, derived from the flag of Pittsburgh and matching the other major professional sports teams in Pittsburgh, the Steelers and the Penguins .