1970 Cleveland Indians season

The 1970 Cleveland Indians season was the 70th season for the franchise. The club finished in fifth place in the American League East with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

1970 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Vernon Stouffer
General manager(s)Alvin Dark
Manager(s)Alvin Dark
Local televisionWJW-TV
Local radioWERE (1300)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 10854 0.667 59–22 49–32
New York Yankees 9369 0.574 15 53–28 40–41
Boston Red Sox 8775 0.537 21 52–29 35–46
Detroit Tigers 7983 0.488 29 42–39 37–44
Cleveland Indians 7686 0.469 32 43–38 33–48
Washington Senators 7092 0.432 38 40–41 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1970 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK WSH
Baltimore 13–57–59–314–411–712–07–55–711–77–512–6
Boston 5–135–78–412–69–97–55–77–510–87–512–6
California 5–77–512–66–66–610–812–68–105–78–107–5
Chicago 3–94–86–126–66–67–117–116–125–72–164–8
Cleveland 4–146–126–66–67–118–47–56–68–107–511–7
Detroit 7–119–96–66–611–76–68–44–87–116–69–9
Kansas City 0–125–78–1011–74–86–612–65–131–117–116–6
Milwaukee 5–77–56–1211–75–74–86–125–133–9–18–105–7
Minnesota 7–55–710–812–66–68–413–513–55–713–56–6
New York 7–118–107–57–510–811–711–19–3–17–56–610–8
Oakland 5–75–710–816–25–76–611–710–85–136–610–2
Washington 6–126–125–78–47–119–96–67–56–68–102–10

Notable transactions

Roster

1970 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CRay Fosse120450138.3071861
1BTony Horton115413111.2691759
2BEddie Leon152549136.2481056
3BGraig Nettles157549129.2352662
SSJack Heidemann13344594.211637
LFRoy Foster139477128.2682360
CFTed Uhlaender141473127.2681146
RFVada Pinson148574164.2862482

Other batters

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
Duke Sims11034591.2642356
Chuck Hinton10719562.318929
Buddy Bradford7516332.196723
Larry Brown7215540.258015
Lou Klimchock41569.16112
Ted Ford26468.17411
John Lowenstein174311.25616
Rich Rollins424310.23324
Ken Harrelson173911.28211
Vern Fuller29336.18212
Russ Nagelson17243.12512
Lou Camilli16150.00000

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Sam McDowell3930520122.92304
Rich Hand35159.26133.83110
Steve Hargan23142.21132.9072
Steve Dunning1994.1494.9677
Barry Moore1370.1354.2235

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA
Dean Chance45155984.24
Mike Paul3088284.81
Rick Austin3167.2254.79
Jim Rittwage826114.15

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dennis Higgins5846113.9982
Fred Lasher5521084.1952
Phil Hennigan426334.0243
Dick Ellsworth293324.5313
Vince Colbert231127.2617
Steve Mingori211012.6616
Bob Miller152214.18

Award winners

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Wichita Aeros American Association Ken Aspromonte
AA Savannah Indians Southern League Ray Hathaway
A Reno Silver Sox California League Pinky May
A Sumter Indians Western Carolinas League Len Johnston
Rookie GCL Indians Gulf Coast League Joe Lutz

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References

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