1970 Cleveland Indians season explained

Cleveland Indians
Season:	1970
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City:	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners:	Vernon Stouffer
General Managers:	Alvin Dark
Managers:	Alvin Dark
Television:	WJW-TV
Radio:	WERE (1300)

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.

Offseason

• December 5, 1969: Horacio Piña, Ron Law and Dave Nelson were traded by the Indians to the Washington Senators for Dennis Higgins and Barry Moore.^[1]
• December 10, 1969: Luis Tiant and Stan Williams were traded by the Indians to the Minnesota Twins for Dean Chance, Bob Miller, Ted Uhlaender, and Graig Nettles.^[2]
• January 17, 1970: Chris Chambliss was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft.^[3]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• June 4, 1970: 1970 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Tommy Smith was drafted by the Indians in the 5th round.^[4]
  • Dennis Kinney was drafted by the Indians in the 10th round.^[5]
• August 11, 1970: Lou Klimchock was released by the Indians.^[6]

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters

	Name	Position
22		RF
26		CF
27		LF
11		1B
8		C
18		SS
12		3B
24		2B
48		P

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Roster

1970 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (Pitching)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting Average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
align=left		31	18	0	2	1	0	0	0	.111	0
align=left		75	163	25	32	6	1	7	23	.196	0
align=left		72	155	17	40	5	2	0	15	.258	1
align=left		16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
align=left		45	42	1	3	0	0	0	3	.071	0
align=left		23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
align=left		19	31	0	5	0	0	0	1	.161	0
align=left		29	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
align=left		26	46	5	8	1	0	1	1	.174	0
align=left		120	450	62	138	17	1	18	61	.307	1
align=left		139	477	66	128	26	0	23	60	.268	3
align=left		29	33	3	6	2	0	1	2	.182	0
align=left		35	41	2	6	0	0	0	5	.146	0
align=left		28	45	4	5	1	0	0	0	.111	0
align=left		17	39	3	11	1	0	1	1	.282	0
align=left		133	445	44	94	14	2	6	37	.211	2
align=left		42	7	1	1	1	0	0	1	.143	0
align=left		58	12	1	3	0	0	0	1	.250	0
align=left		107	195	24	62	4	0	9	29	.318	0
align=left		115	413	48	111	19	3	17	59	.269	3
align=left		41	56	5	9	0	0	1	2	.161	0
align=left		43	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
align=left		152	549	58	136	20	4	10	56	.248	1
align=left		17	43	5	11	3	1	1	6	.256	1
align=left		40	105	5	13	0	0	1	2	.124	0
align=left		15	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	0
align=left		21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
align=left		13	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	.095	0
align=left		17	24	3	3	1	0	1	2	.125	0
align=left		157	549	81	129	13	1	26	62	.235	3
align=left		30	26	2	4	0	0	0	0	.154	0
align=left		148	574	74	164	28	6	24	82	.286	7
align=left		8	8	1	3	1	0	0	0	.375	0
align=left		42	43	6	10	0	0	2	4	.233	0
align=left		110	345	46	91	12	0	23	56	.264	0
align=left		141	473	56	127	21	2	11	46	.268	3
Team Totals	162	5463	649	1358	197	23	183	617	.249	25

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
align=left		2	5	4.79	31	8	3	67.2	74	36	36	26	53
align=left		9	8	4.24	45	19	4	155.0	172	80	73	59	109
align=left		1	1	7.26	23	0	2	31.0	37	25	25	16	17
align=left		4	9	4.96	19	17	0	94.1	93	55	52	54	77
align=left		3	3	4.53	29	1	2	43.2	49	23	22	14	13
align=left		6	13	3.83	35	25	3	159.2	132	71	68	69	110
align=left		11	3	2.90	23	19	0	142.2	101	47	46	53	72
align=left		6	3	4.02	42	1	3	71.2	69	34	32	44	43
align=left		4	6	3.99	58	0	11	90.1	82	43	40	54	82
align=left		1	7	4.06	43	1	5	57.2	57	34	26	30	44
align=left		20	12	2.92	39	39	0	305.0	236	108	99	131	304
align=left		2	2	4.18	15	2	1	28.0	35	14	13	15	15
align=left		1	0	2.66	21	0	1	20.1	17	8	6	12	16
align=left		3	5	4.22	13	12	0	70.1	70	34	33	46	35
align=left		2	8	4.81	30	15	0	88.0	91	51	47	45	70
align=left		1	1	4.15	8	3	0	26.0	18	12	12	21	16
Team Totals	76	86	3.91	162	162	35	1451.1	1333	675	630	689	1076

Award winners

• Ray Fosse, Gold Glove Award
• All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 1970 Cleveland Indians team page at Baseball Reference
• 1970 Cleveland Indians team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pinaho01.shtml Horacio Piña page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tiantlu01.shtml Luis Tiant page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chambch01.shtml Chris Chambliss page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithto04.shtml Tommy Smith page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kinnede01.shtml Dennis Kinney page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/klimclo01.shtml Lou Klimchock page at Baseball-Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE197004070.shtml 1970 Opening Day Lineup
8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007