1970_Washington_Senators_season

1970 Washington Senators
1970 Washington Senators
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	RFK Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Owners	Bob Short
Managers	Ted Williams
Television	WTOP
Radio	WWDC (FM); (Ron Menchine, Shelby Whitfield, Warner Wolf)

1970 Washington Senators season

Major League Baseball team 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.

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v t e 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

1970 American League record v t e Sources:
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	—

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

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

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

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

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

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