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
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Bob Short
Manager(s)Ted Williams
Local televisionWTOP
Local radioWWDC (FM)
(Ron Menchine, Shelby Whitfield, Warner Wolf)
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Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

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 5–13—5–78–412–69–97–55–77–510–87–512–6
California 5–77–5—12–66–66–610–812–68–105–78–107–5
Chicago 3–94–86–12—6–66–67–117–116–125–72–164–8
Cleveland 4–146–126–66–6—7–118–47–56–68–107–511–7
Detroit 7–119–96–66–611–7—6–68–44–87–116–69–9
Kansas City 0–125–78–1011–74–86–6—12–65–131–117–116–6
Milwaukee 5–77–56–1211–75–74–86–12—5–133–9–18–105–7
Minnesota 7–55–710–812–66–68–413–513–5—5–713–56–6
New York 7–118–107–57–510–811–711–19–3–17–5—6–610–8
Oakland 5–75–710–816–25–76–611–710–85–136–6—10–2
Washington 6–126–125–78–47–119–96–67–56–68–102–10—

Notable transactions

Roster
1970 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
SSEd Brinkman158625164.262140
RFLee Maye9625567.263730

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
Jim French6916635.211113
Dave Nelson4710717.15904
Johnny Roseboro468620.23316
Hank Allen22388.21104
Larry Biittner220.00000

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
Dick Bosman36230.216123.00134
George Brunet24118864.4267

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 SO
Jackie Brown2457223.9547
Bill Gogolewski833.2224.8119

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
Darold Knowles71214272.0771
Horacio Piña615362.7941
Joe Grzenda493665.0038
Jan Dukes50002.704
Cisco Carlos50001.502
Pedro Ramos40007.5610

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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
  1. Horacio Piña page at Baseball Reference
  2. Johnny Roseboro page at Baseball Reference
  3. Bill Madlock page at Baseball Reference
  4. Brant Alyea page at Baseball Reference
  5. Pedro Ramos page at Baseball Reference
  6. 1970 Washington Senators Roster by Baseball Almanac
  7. Ken McMullen page at Baseball Reference
  8. Hank Allen page at Baseball Reference
  9. Rick Waits page at Baseball Reference
  10. Bruce Sutter page at Baseball Reference
  11. Lee Maye page at Baseball Reference

References
  • 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
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