1970 Washington Senators season

1970 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Washington, D.C. (since 1961)
Other information
Owner(s) Bob Short
Manager(s) Ted Williams
Local television WTOP
Local radio WWDC (FM)
(Ron Menchine, Shelby Whitfield, Warner Wolf)
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The 1970 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 70 wins and 92 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

American League 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

1970 American League Records

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 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1970 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
SS Brinkman, EdEd Brinkman 158 625 164 .262 1 40
RF Maye, LeeLee Maye 96 255 67 .263 7 30

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
French, JimJim French 69 166 35 .211 1 13
Nelson, DaveDave Nelson 47 107 17 .159 0 4
Roseboro, JohnnyJohnny Roseboro 46 86 20 .233 1 6
Allen, HankHank Allen 22 38 8 .211 0 4
Biittner, LarryLarry Biittner 2 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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
Bosman, DickDick Bosman 36 230.2 16 12 3.00 134
Brunet, GeorgeGeorge Brunet 24 118 8 6 4.42 67

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
Brown, JackieJackie Brown 24 57 2 2 3.95 47
Gogolewski, BillBill Gogolewski 8 33.2 2 2 4.81 19

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
Knowles, DaroldDarold Knowles 71 2 14 27 2.07 71
Piña, HoracioHoracio Piña 61 5 3 6 2.79 41
Grzenda, JoeJoe Grzenda 49 3 6 6 5.00 38
Dukes, JanJan Dukes 5 0 0 0 2.70 4
Carlos, CiscoCisco Carlos 5 0 0 0 1.50 2
Ramos, PedroPedro Ramos 4 0 0 0 7.56 10

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

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

References

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