The 1970 Pittsburgh Pirates season resulted in the team winning their first National League East title with a record of 89–73, five games ahead of the Chicago Cubs.
The Pirates were managed by Danny Murtaugh and played their home games at Forbes Field during the first part of the year, before moving into the brand new Three Rivers Stadium on July 16.
[2] In 1958, the Pirates had sold Forbes Field to the University of Pittsburgh, who wanted the land for expanded graduate facilities.
It was a doubleheader sweep of the Chicago Cubs and Bill Mazeroski got the final hit at Forbes Field.
[3] A site on the North Side had been chosen earlier in the year, but it took until April 25, 1968, to finally break ground.