1970 Milwaukee Brewers

65-97 • .401 Win% • 4th in AL W

The 1970 Milwaukee Brewers went 65-97 (.401) finishing 4th in the AL W division. The club scored 613 runs, allowed 751, and played home games at County Stadium. Team leaders included Tommy Harper (31 HR, 82 RBI) and Marty Pattin (14-12, 3.39 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

65 Wins
97 Losses
.401 Win %
4th Rank
613 R 751 RA
Diff -138

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613 Runs Scored
751 Runs Allowed
-138 Run Diff
935K Attendance

📈 vs. 1970 AL Average

Batting Avg .241 3% below the 1970 league average (.249)
OBP .319 1% below the 1970 league average (.322)
SLG .358 5% below the 1970 league average (.378)
Team ERA 4.21 13% worse than the 1970 league average (3.72)
Runs Scored 613 9% below the 1970 league average (676 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCounty Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 935,496
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Avg per Game 11,549

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1970

Batting Avg

1 Tommy Harper 0.296 2 Steve Hovley 0.281 3 Ted Savage 0.279 4 Bernie Smith 0.276 5 Danny Walton 0.257

Home Runs

1 Tommy Harper 31 2 Danny Walton 17 3 Phil Roof 13 4 Ted Savage 12 5 Mike Hegan 11

RBI

1 Tommy Harper 82 2 Danny Walton 66 3 Mike Hegan 52 4 Ted Savage 50 5 Roberto Peña 42
1970 Milwaukee Brewers — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Tommy Harper 154 604 104 179 35 4 31 82 77 107 38 0.296
Ted Kubiak 158 540 63 136 9 6 4 41 72 51 4 0.252
Mike Hegan 148 476 70 116 21 2 11 52 67 116 9 0.244
Roberto Peña 121 416 36 99 19 1 3 42 25 45 3 0.238
Danny Walton 117 397 32 102 20 1 17 66 51 126 2 0.257
Dave May 100 342 36 82 8 1 7 31 44 56 8 0.240
Phil Roof 110 321 39 73 7 1 13 37 32 72 3 0.227
Jerry McNertney 111 296 27 72 11 1 6 22 22 33 1 0.243
Ted Savage 114 276 43 77 10 5 12 50 57 44 10 0.279
Russ Snyder 124 276 34 64 11 0 4 31 16 40 1 0.232
Bob Burda 78 222 19 55 9 0 4 20 16 17 1 0.248
Steve Hovley 40 135 17 38 9 0 0 16 17 11 5 0.281
Gus Gil 64 119 12 22 4 0 1 12 21 12 2 0.185
Max Alvis 62 115 16 21 2 0 3 12 5 20 1 0.183
Mike Hershberger 49 98 7 23 5 0 1 6 10 8 1 0.235
Bernie Smith 44 76 8 21 3 1 1 6 11 12 1 0.276
Marty Pattin 43 70 4 9 1 0 0 3 1 28 0 0.129
Tito Francona 52 65 4 15 3 0 0 4 6 15 1 0.231
Lew Krausse 38 65 3 9 0 1 0 4 8 31 0 0.138
Hank Allen 28 61 4 14 4 0 0 4 7 5 0 0.230
John Kennedy 25 55 8 14 2 0 2 6 5 9 0 0.255
Skip Lockwood 27 53 2 12 1 0 1 2 1 11 0 0.226
Greg Goossen 21 47 3 12 3 0 1 3 10 12 0 0.255
Gene Brabender 29 41 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 27 0 0.098
Floyd Wicker 15 41 3 8 1 0 1 3 1 8 0 0.195
Bobby Bolin 32 36 3 7 0 0 1 2 2 17 0 0.194
Rich Rollins 14 25 3 5 1 0 0 5 3 4 0 0.200
Al Downing 17 24 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 0.083
Wayne Comer 13 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.059
John Morris 20 17 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.176
Ken Sanders 50 13 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0.231
John Gelnar 53 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.083
George Lauzerique 11 10 2 2 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0.200
Bob Humphreys 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
Sandy Valdespino 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Pete Koegel 7 8 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0.250
Bob Meyer 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Dave Baldwin 28 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
John O'Donoghue 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bob Locker 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bruce Brubaker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Ellsworth 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ray Peters 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fred Stanley 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wayne Twitchell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1970

ERA

1 Ken Sanders 1.75 2 Dave Baldwin 2.55 3 Bob Humphreys 3.15 4 Al Downing 3.34 5 Marty Pattin 3.39

Wins

1 Marty Pattin 14 2 Lew Krausse 13 3 Gene Brabender 6 4 Bobby Bolin 5 5 Skip Lockwood 5

Strikeouts

1 Marty Pattin 161 2 Lew Krausse 130 3 Skip Lockwood 93 4 Bobby Bolin 81 5 Gene Brabender 76
1970 Milwaukee Brewers — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Marty Pattin 14 12 3.39 37 29 0 233.1 204 88 71 161
Lew Krausse 13 18 4.75 37 35 0 216.0 235 114 67 130
Skip Lockwood 5 12 4.30 27 26 0 173.2 173 83 79 93
Bobby Bolin 5 11 4.91 32 20 1 132.0 131 72 67 81
Gene Brabender 6 15 6.02 29 21 1 128.2 127 86 79 76
Al Downing 2 10 3.34 17 16 0 94.1 79 35 59 53
John Gelnar 4 3 4.19 53 0 4 92.1 98 43 23 48
Ken Sanders 5 2 1.75 50 0 13 92.1 64 18 25 64
John Morris 4 3 3.93 20 9 0 73.1 70 32 22 40
Bob Humphreys 2 4 3.15 23 1 3 45.2 37 16 22 32
Dave Baldwin 2 1 2.55 28 0 1 35.1 25 10 18 26
George Lauzerique 1 2 6.94 11 4 0 35.0 41 27 14 24
Bob Locker 0 1 3.41 28 0 3 31.2 37 12 10 19
John O'Donoghue 2 0 5.01 25 0 0 23.1 29 13 9 13
Bob Meyer 0 1 6.38 10 0 0 18.1 24 13 12 20
Dick Ellsworth 0 0 1.72 14 0 1 15.2 11 3 3 9
Bruce Brubaker 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 1 0
Ray Peters 0 2 31.50 2 2 0 2.0 7 7 5 1
Wayne Twitchell 0 0 10.80 2 0 0 1.2 3 2 1 5

👥 Roster (45)

Hank Allen Max Alvis Dave Baldwin Bobby Bolin Gene Brabender Bruce Brubaker Bob Burda Wayne Comer Al Downing Dick Ellsworth Tito Francona John Gelnar +33 more

45 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1970 Milwaukee Brewers

What was the 1970 Milwaukee Brewers record?
The 1970 Milwaukee Brewers finished 65-97 (.401 win pct).
Who led the 1970 Milwaukee Brewers in home runs?
Tommy Harper led the 1970 Milwaukee Brewers with 31 home runs.
What was the 1970 Milwaukee Brewers team ERA?
The 1970 Milwaukee Brewers posted a team ERA of 4.21.
Did the 1970 Milwaukee Brewers win the World Series?
No. The 1970 Milwaukee Brewers did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1970 Milwaukee Brewers play?
The 1970 Milwaukee Brewers played home games at County Stadium.
Who led the 1970 Milwaukee Brewers in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Tommy Harper (31 HR, 82 RBI) and Marty Pattin (14-12, 3.39 ERA).
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