1970 Washington Senators season explained

Washington Senators
Season:	1970
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	RFK Stadium
City:	Washington, D.C.
Owners:	Bob Short
Managers:	Ted Williams
Television:	WTOP
Radio:	WWDC (FM) (Ron Menchine, Shelby Whitfield, Warner Wolf)
Season List:	List of Texas Rangers seasons

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.

Offseason

• December 5, 1969: Dennis Higgins and Barry Moore were traded by the Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Horacio Piña, Ron Law and Dave Nelson.^[1]
• December 31, 1969: John Roseboro was signed as a free agent by the Senators.^[2]
• January 17, 1970: Bill Madlock was drafted by the Senators in the 5th round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase). Player signed May 25, 1970.^[3]
• March 21, 1970: Brant Alyea was traded by the Senators to the Minnesota Twins for Joe Grzenda and Charley Walters.^[4]
• March 30, 1970: Pedro Ramos was signed as a free agent by the Senators.^[5]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Hank Allen
• Dick Bosman
• Ed Brinkman
• Paul Casanova
• Mike Epstein
• Frank Howard
• Ken McMullen
• Dave Nelson
• Del Unser^[6]

Notable transactions

• April 27, 1970: Pedro Ramos was released by the Senators.^[5]
• April 27, 1970: Ken McMullen was traded by the Senators to the California Angels for Aurelio Rodríguez and Rick Reichardt.^[7]
• May 11, 1970: Hank Allen and Ron Theobald were traded by the Senators to the Milwaukee Brewers for Wayne Comer.^[8]
• June 4, 1970: 1970 Major League Baseball draft
  • Rick Waits was drafted by the Senators in the 5th round.^[9]
  • Bruce Sutter was drafted by the Senators in the 21st round, but did not sign.^[10]
• August 19, 1970: John Roseboro was released by the Senators.^[2]
• September 11, 1970: Lee Maye was selected off waivers from the Senators by the Chicago White Sox.^[11]

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
C		104	328	75	.229	6	30
1B		140	430	110	.256	20	56
2B		123	262	56	.214	1	18
SS		158	625	164	.262	1	40
3B		142	547	135	.247	19	76
LF		161	566	160	.283	44	126
CF		129	433	115	.266	5	32
RF		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
	119	322	83	.258	5	30
	107	277	70	.253	15	46
	104	261	61	.234	8	29
	69	166	35	.211	1	13
	77	129	30	.233	0	8
	47	116	23	.198	3	10
	47	107	17	.159	0	4
	46	86	20	.233	1	6
	15	59	12	.203	0	3
	22	38	8	.211	0	4
	21	36	8	.222	0	1
	11	24	6	.250	1	1
	6	12	2	.167	0	1
	6	5	1	.200	0	0
	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
	36	230.2	16	12	3.00	134
	39	218.2	8	12	3.58	152
	37	192.1	8	12	4.45	68
	24	118.0	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
	42	128.0	9	11	4.01	61
	39	117.1	6	7	3.68	57
	24	57.0	2	2	3.95	47
	21	50.0	1	5	7.56	41
	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
	71	2	14	27	2.07	71
	61	5	3	6	2.79	41
	49	3	6	6	5.00	38
	8	0	0	0	0.96	5
	5	0	0	0	2.70	4
	5	0	0	0	1.35	6
	5	0	0	0	1.50	2
	4	0	0	0	7.56	10

Awards and honors

• Frank Howard, A.L. Home Run Champion 1970

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

References

• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 3rd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 2007. 978-1-932391-17-6.
• 1970 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference
• 1970 Washington Senators 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/r/rosebjo01.shtml John Roseboro page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/madlobi01.shtml Bill Madlock page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alyeabr01.shtml Brant Alyea page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramospe01.shtml Pedro Ramos page at Baseball Reference
6. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1970&t=WS2 1970 Washington Senators Roster by Baseball Almanac
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcmulke01.shtml Ken McMullen page at Baseball Reference
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/allenha02.shtml Hank Allen page at Baseball Reference
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/waitsri01.shtml Rick Waits page at Baseball Reference
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/suttebr01.shtml Bruce Sutter page at Baseball Reference
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayele01.shtml Lee Maye page at Baseball Reference