Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ellis ya yi gwagwarmaya don sauran kakar 1970, kuma ya ƙare shekara tare da rikodin nasara 13 × 10 yayin da yake fama da ciwon gwiwar hannu da kafada. Koyaya, ya gama na biyu a NL tare da rufewa huɗu da na bakwai tare da ERA na 3.21. Pirates sun lashe gasar zakarun Turai ta National League (NL). Ellis ya fara wasa na 1 na 1970 National League Championship Series
(NLCS) zuwa Cincinnati Reds. Ellis ya dauki hasara, kuma Pirates ya rasa jerin zuwa Reds a wasanni uku.