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)
← 1969Seasons1971 →

Offseason

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Regular season

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Opening Day starters

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Season standings

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AL EastWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Baltimore Orioles108540.66759–2249–32
New York Yankees93690.5741553–2840–41
Boston Red Sox87750.5372152–2935–46
Detroit Tigers79830.4882942–3937–44
Cleveland Indians76860.4693243–3833–48
Washington Senators70920.4323840–4130–51

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKWSH
Baltimore13–57–59–314–411–712–07–55–711–77–512–6
Boston5–135–78–412–69–97–55–77–510–87–512–6
California5–77–512–66–66–610–812–68–105–78–107–5
Chicago3–94–86–126–66–67–117–116–125–72–164–8
Cleveland4–146–126–66–67–118–47–56–68–107–511–7
Detroit7–119–96–66–611–76–68–44–87–116–69–9
Kansas City0–125–78–1011–74–86–612–65–131–117–116–6
Milwaukee5–77–56–1211–75–74–86–125–133–9–18–105–7
Minnesota7–55–710–812–66–68–413–513–55–713–56–6
New York7–118–107–57–510–811–711–19–3–17–56–610–8
Oakland5–75–710–816–25–76–611–710–85–136–610–2
Washington6–126–125–78–47–119–96–67–56–68–102–10


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1970 Washington Senators
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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Manager

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CPaul Casanova10432875.229630
1BMike Epstein140430110.2562056
2BTim Cullen12326256.214118
SSEd Brinkman158625164.262140
3BAurelio Rodríguez142547135.2471976
LFFrank Howard161566160.28344126
CFEd Stroud129433115.266532
RFLee Maye9625567.263730

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Del Unser11932283.258530
Rick Reichardt10727770.2531546
Bernie Allen10426161.234829
Jim French6916635.211113
Wayne Comer7712930.23308
Tom Grieve4711623.198310
Dave Nelson4710717.15904
John Roseboro468620.23316
Ken McMullen155912.20303
Hank Allen22388.21104
Greg Goossen21368.22201
Dick Billings11246.25011
Jeff Burroughs6122.16701
Dick Nen651.20000
Larry Biittner220.00000

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dick Bosman36230.216123.00134
Joe Coleman39218.28123.58152
Casey Cox37192.18124.4568
George Brunet24118.0864.4267

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jim Hannan42128.09114.0161
Jim Shellenback39117.1673.6857
Jackie Brown2457.0223.9547
Dick Such2150.0157.5641
Bill Gogolewski833.2224.8119

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Darold Knowles71214272.0771
Horacio Piña615362.7941
Joe Grzenda493665.0038
Denny Riddleberger80000.965
Jan Dukes50002.704
Bob Humphreys50001.356
Cisco Carlos50001.502
Pedro Ramos40007.5610

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAADenver BearsAmerican AssociationWhitey Kurowski and Dick Gernert
AAPittsfield SenatorsEastern LeagueDick Gernert and Joe Klein
ABurlington SenatorsCarolina LeagueJoe Klein and Whitey Kurowski
AAnderson SenatorsWestern Carolinas LeagueFrank Gable
A-Short SeasonGeneva SenatorsNew York–Penn LeagueBill Haywood

Notes

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References

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  • 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