1970 Washington Senators season

The 1970 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 70 wins and 92 losses. This was the franchise's penultimate season in Washington, D.C.

1970 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkRFK Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersBob Short
ManagersTed Williams
TelevisionWTOP
RadioWWDC (FM)
(Ron Menchine, Shelby Whitfield, Warner Wolf)
← 1969 Seasons 1971 →

Offseason edit

Regular season edit

Opening Day starters edit

Season standings edit

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 108 54 0.667 59–22 49–32
New York Yankees 93 69 0.574 15 53–28 40–41
Boston Red Sox 87 75 0.537 21 52–29 35–46
Detroit Tigers 79 83 0.488 29 42–39 37–44
Cleveland Indians 76 86 0.469 32 43–38 33–48
Washington Senators 70 92 0.432 38 40–41 30–51

Record vs. opponents edit


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Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK WSH
Baltimore 13–5 7–5 9–3 14–4 11–7 12–0 7–5 5–7 11–7 7–5 12–6
Boston 5–13 5–7 8–4 12–6 9–9 7–5 5–7 7–5 10–8 7–5 12–6
California 5–7 7–5 12–6 6–6 6–6 10–8 12–6 8–10 5–7 8–10 7–5
Chicago 3–9 4–8 6–12 6–6 6–6 7–11 7–11 6–12 5–7 2–16 4–8
Cleveland 4–14 6–12 6–6 6–6 7–11 8–4 7–5 6–6 8–10 7–5 11–7
Detroit 7–11 9–9 6–6 6–6 11–7 6–6 8–4 4–8 7–11 6–6 9–9
Kansas City 0–12 5–7 8–10 11–7 4–8 6–6 12–6 5–13 1–11 7–11 6–6
Milwaukee 5–7 7–5 6–12 11–7 5–7 4–8 6–12 5–13 3–9–1 8–10 5–7
Minnesota 7–5 5–7 10–8 12–6 6–6 8–4 13–5 13–5 5–7 13–5 6–6
New York 7–11 8–10 7–5 7–5 10–8 11–7 11–1 9–3–1 7–5 6–6 10–8
Oakland 5–7 5–7 10–8 16–2 5–7 6–6 11–7 10–8 5–13 6–6 10–2
Washington 6–12 6–12 5–7 8–4 7–11 9–9 6–6 7–5 6–6 8–10 2–10


Notable transactions edit

Roster edit

1970 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Paul Casanova 104 328 75 .229 6 30
1B Mike Epstein 140 430 110 .256 20 56
2B Tim Cullen 123 262 56 .214 1 18
SS Ed Brinkman 158 625 164 .262 1 40
3B Aurelio Rodríguez 142 547 135 .247 19 76
LF Frank Howard 161 566 160 .283 44 126
CF Ed Stroud 129 433 115 .266 5 32
RF Lee Maye 96 255 67 .263 7 30

Other batters edit

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Del Unser 119 322 83 .258 5 30
Rick Reichardt 107 277 70 .253 15 46
Bernie Allen 104 261 61 .234 8 29
Jim French 69 166 35 .211 1 13
Wayne Comer 77 129 30 .233 0 8
Tom Grieve 47 116 23 .198 3 10
Dave Nelson 47 107 17 .159 0 4
John Roseboro 46 86 20 .233 1 6
Ken McMullen 15 59 12 .203 0 3
Hank Allen 22 38 8 .211 0 4
Greg Goossen 21 36 8 .222 0 1
Dick Billings 11 24 6 .250 1 1
Jeff Burroughs 6 12 2 .167 0 1
Dick Nen 6 5 1 .200 0 0
Larry Biittner 2 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dick Bosman 36 230.2 16 12 3.00 134
Joe Coleman 39 218.2 8 12 3.58 152
Casey Cox 37 192.1 8 12 4.45 68
George Brunet 24 118.0 8 6 4.42 67

Other pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Hannan 42 128.0 9 11 4.01 61
Jim Shellenback 39 117.1 6 7 3.68 57
Jackie Brown 24 57.0 2 2 3.95 47
Dick Such 21 50.0 1 5 7.56 41
Bill Gogolewski 8 33.2 2 2 4.81 19

Relief pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Darold Knowles 71 2 14 27 2.07 71
Horacio Piña 61 5 3 6 2.79 41
Joe Grzenda 49 3 6 6 5.00 38
Denny Riddleberger 8 0 0 0 0.96 5
Jan Dukes 5 0 0 0 2.70 4
Bob Humphreys 5 0 0 0 1.35 6
Cisco Carlos 5 0 0 0 1.50 2
Pedro Ramos 4 0 0 0 7.56 10

Awards and honors edit

All-Star Game

Farm system edit

Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Whitey Kurowski and Dick Gernert
AA Pittsfield Senators Eastern League Dick Gernert and Joe Klein
A Burlington Senators Carolina League Joe Klein and Whitey Kurowski
A Anderson Senators Western Carolinas League Frank Gable
A-Short Season Geneva Senators New York–Penn League Bill Haywood

Notes edit

References edit

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
  • 1970 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1970 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com