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1970 MLB Wins by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Games won

The Baltimore Orioles led all of MLB in wins in 1970, with 108, 6 ahead of the Cincinnati Reds. The average across 24 MLB teams is 81.0.

Led all of MLB in 1970 Baltimore Orioles 162 games
108 Wins 6 clear of Cincinnati Reds
# Team League G W
1 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 108
2 Cincinnati Reds NL 162 102
3 Minnesota Twins AL 162 98
4 New York Yankees AL 163 93
5 Oakland Athletics AL 162 89
5 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 89
7 Boston Red Sox AL 162 87
7 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 161 87
9 California Angels AL 162 86
9 San Francisco Giants NL 162 86
11 Chicago Cubs NL 162 84
12 New York Mets NL 162 83
MLB average 81.0
13 Detroit Tigers AL 162 79
13 Houston Astros NL 162 79
15 Atlanta Braves NL 162 76
15 Cleveland Indians AL 162 76
15 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 76
18 Montreal Expos NL 162 73
18 Philadelphia Phillies NL 161 73
20 Washington Senators AL 162 70
21 Kansas City Royals AL 162 65
21 Milwaukee Brewers AL 163 65
23 San Diego Padres NL 162 63
24 Chicago White Sox AL 162 56

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.