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1970 Summary
FIRST DIVISION
1. Baltimore (114-40) -- The Orioles won their second straight Commissioner's Trophy (for the best regular season) record, finishing 13 games ahead of the second place Tigers.
2. Detroit (101-53)
3. Oakland (101-53)
4. N.Y. Yankees (84-70)
5. Cleveland
6. Los Angeles
7. Minnesota
8. Chicago Cubs
9. Boston
10. San Francisco
11. RELEGATED -- Pittsburgh
12. RELEGATED -- Atlanta
SECOND DIVISION
1. PROMOTED -- NY Mets
2. PROMOTED -- Cincinnati
Houston
Kansas City
Montreal
California
St. Louis
ChiSox
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Washington
San Diego
PLAYOFFS
Detroit def. Oakland, 3-2
NY Yankees def. Baltimore, 3-2
WORLD SERIES
NY Yankees def. Detroit, 4-3
The Yankees rallied to win Game 7 at Tiger Stadium, tying the game in the 9th and winning it in the 14th on Tom Tresh's home run.
AWARDS - FIRST DIVISION
MVP - Earl C. Williams, BAL (.337-39-124, 1.054 OPS)
CY - Steve Kline, BAL (31-2, 1.60, 281 K)
ROY - Earl C. Williams, BAL (.337-39-124, 1.054 OPS)
AWARDS - SECOND DIVISION
MVP - Rusty Staub, MON (.329-37-132)
CY - Tom Seaver, NYM (23-7, 2.10, 245 K)
ROY - Gerry Janeski, NYM (22-3, 2.03, 273 K)
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