1970 MLB Innings Pitched by Team

The Baltimore Orioles led all of MLB in innings pitched in 1970, with 1478.2, 3.0 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 24 MLB teams is 1452.1.

Led all of MLB in 1970 Baltimore Orioles 162 games

1478.2 Innings Pitched 3.0 clear of St. Louis Cardinals

#	Team	League	G	IP
1	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	1478.2
2	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	1475.2
3	New York Yankees	AL	163	1471.2
4	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	1463.2
5	California Angels	AL	162	1462.1
6	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	161	1461.0
7	New York Mets	NL	162	1459.2
8	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	161	1458.2
9	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	1457.2
9	Washington Senators	AL	162	1457.2
11	Houston Astros	NL	162	1456.0
12	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	1453.2
	MLB average			1452.1
13	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	1451.1
14	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	1448.1
15	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	1447.1
16	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	163	1446.2
17	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	1446.1
18	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	1444.2
19	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	1442.2
20	San Diego Padres	NL	162	1440.1
21	Montreal Expos	NL	162	1438.2
22	Chicago Cubs	NL	162	1435.0
23	Atlanta Braves	NL	162	1430.2
24	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	1430.1

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.