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1970 NL Innings Pitched by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Innings pitched

The St. Louis Cardinals led the NL in innings pitched in 1970, with 1475.2, 14.2 ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The average across 12 NL teams is 1450.2.

Led the NL in 1970 St. Louis Cardinals 162 games
1475.2 Innings Pitched 14.2 clear of Philadelphia Phillies
# Team G IP
1 St. Louis Cardinals 162 1475.2
2 Philadelphia Phillies 161 1461.0
3 New York Mets 162 1459.2
4 Los Angeles Dodgers 161 1458.2
5 San Francisco Giants 162 1457.2
6 Houston Astros 162 1456.0
7 Pittsburgh Pirates 162 1453.2
NL average 1450.2
8 Cincinnati Reds 162 1444.2
9 San Diego Padres 162 1440.1
10 Montreal Expos 162 1438.2
11 Chicago Cubs 162 1435.0
12 Atlanta Braves 162 1430.2

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.