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1970 Chicago White Sox season

Field	Value
name	Chicago White Sox
season	1970
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	White Sox Park
city	Chicago
owners	John Allyn
general_managers	Ed Short
managers	Don Gutteridge, Bill Adair and Chuck Tanner
television	WFLD
(Jack Drees, Billy Pierce)
radio	WMAQ (AM)
(Bob Elson, Red Rush)

(Jack Drees, Billy Pierce) (Bob Elson, Red Rush) |}} The 1970 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 70th season in the American League, and its 71st overall. They finished with a 56–106 record, their third-worst in 114 seasons of Major League Baseball, and finished in last position in the American League West, 42 wins behind the first-place Minnesota Twins.

Manager Don Gutteridge was fired September 1 with the team 49–87. Bill Adair served briefly as interim manager before Chuck Tanner, manager of the White Sox' Class AAA affiliate in Hawaii, came to the mainland to assume the position with the parent club. Tanner went 3–13 to close 1970 and remained skipper on the South Side through 1975.

The White Sox drew a paltry 495,355 fans to Comiskey Park, the lowest total in Major League Baseball.

The lone bright spot of 1970 was the hiring of organist Nancy Faust, who was a fixture at Comiskey and its successor, U.S. Cellular Field, for 40 years..

This was their last season of 100 losses or more until 2018, when they reached the century mark on the final day of the season.

Offseason

October 15, 1969: Woodie Held was released by the White Sox.
December 18, 1969: Pete Ward was traded by the White Sox to the New York Yankees for Mickey Scott and cash.
January 17, 1970: John Tamargo was drafted by the White Sox in the 4th round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase), but did not sign.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Walt Williams, RF
Luis Aparicio, SS
Carlos May, LF
Bill Melton, 3B
John Matias, 1B
Buddy Bradford, CF
Syd O'Brien, 2B
Duane Josephson, C
Tommy John, P

Notable transactions

June 4, 1970: 1970 Major League Baseball draft
- Lee Richard was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round (6th pick).
- Goose Gossage was drafted by the White Sox in the 9th round.
September 11, 1970: Lee Maye was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the Washington Senators.

Roster

1970 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers

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; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Luis Aparicio, SS	146	552	86	173	29	3	5	43	53	34	.313	8
Ken Berry, CF	141	436	45	128	12	2	7	50	43	61	.276	6
Ossie Blanco, 1B	34	66	4	13	0	0	0	8	3	14	.197	0
Buddy Bradford, CF, RF	32	91	8	17	3	0	2	8	10	30	.187	1
Chuck Brinkman, C	9	20	4	5	1	0	0	0	3	3	.250	0
Bob Christian, LF	12	15	3	4	0	0	1	3	1	4	.267	0
Ed Herrmann, C	96	297	42	84	9	0	19	52	31	41	.283	0
Gail Hopkins, 1B	116	287	32	82	8	1	6	29	28	19	.286	0
Duane Josephson, C	96	285	28	90	12	1	4	41	24	28	.316	0
Bobby Knoop, 2B	130	402	34	92	13	2	5	36	34	79	.229	0
Art Kusnyer, C	4	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	0
Carlos May, LF, 1B	150	555	83	158	28	4	12	68	79	96	.285	12
Lee Maye, PH	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.167	0
Rich McKinney, 3B, SS	43	119	12	20	5	0	4	17	11	25	.168	3
Bill Melton, 3B, RF	141	514	74	135	15	1	33	96	56	107	.263	2
John Matias, 1B, RF, LF	58	117	7	22	2	0	2	6	3	22	.188	1
Tommy McCraw, 1B, OF	129	332	39	73	11	2	6	31	21	50	.220	12
Rich Morales, SS, 3B, 2B	62	112	6	18	2	0	1	2	9	16	.161	1
Syd O'Brien, 3B, 2B, SS	121	441	48	109	13	2	8	44	22	62	.247	3
José Ortiz, OF	15	24	4	8	1	0	0	1	2	2	.333	1
Bob Spence, 1B	46	130	11	29	4	1	4	15	11	32	.223	0
Walt Williams, RF, LF, CF	110	315	43	79	18	1	3	15	19	30	.251	3

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Gerry Arrigo, P	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Jerry Crider, P	32	24	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	.083	0
Joe Horlen, P	28	52	2	6	1	0	0	1	2	14	.115	0
Gerry Janeski, P	35	66	0	5	0	0	0	5	2	31	.076	0
Tommy John, P	38	84	4	17	1	0	0	5	2	17	.202	0
Bart Johnson, P	18	29	3	8	2	0	0	2	1	6	.276	0
Jim Magnuson, P	13	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Bob Miller, P	16	23	0	4	0	0	0	2	3	5	.174	0
Barry Moore, P	24	19	2	5	0	0	0	2	1	4	.263	0
Danny Murphy, P	51	6	3	2	0	0	1	1	2	2	.333	0
Tommie Sisk, P	17	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	0
Lee Stange, P	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Floyd Weaver, P	31	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Wilbur Wood, P	77	18	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	11	.111	0
Billy Wynne, P	12	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	.077	0
	162	5514	633	1394	192	20	123	587	477	872	.253	53

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; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Gerry Arrigo	0	3	12.83	5	3	0	13.1	24	20	19	4	10	12
Jerry Crider	4	7	4.45	32	8	4	91.0	101	49	45	13	36	40
Don Eddy	0	0	2.31	7	0	0	11.2	10	4	3	0	6	9
Steve Hamilton	0	0	6.00	3	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	0	1	3
Joe Horlen	6	16	4.86	28	26	0	172.1	198	99	93	18	45	77
Gerry Janeski	10	17	4.77	35	35	0	205.2	247	125	109	22	73	79
Tommy John	12	17	3.27	37	37	0	269.1	253	117	98	19	117	138
Bart Johnson	4	7	3.82	18	15	0	89.2	92	53	48	11	48	71
Jim Magnuson	1	5	4.84	13	6	0	44.2	45	28	24	7	17	20
Bob Miller	4	6	5.01	15	12	0	70.0	88	42	39	11	36	36
Richie Moloney	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	1
Barry Moore	0	4	6.37	24	7	0	70.2	85	56	50	12	34	34
Danny Murphy	2	3	5.69	51	0	5	80.2	82	55	51	11	57	42
Denny O'Toole	0	0	2.70	3	0	0	3.1	5	1	1	0	2	3
Gene Rounsaville	0	1	9.95	8	0	0	6.1	10	8	7	1	2	3
Don Secrist	0	0	5.52	9	0	0	14.2	19	9	9	2	12	9
Tommie Sisk	1	1	5.40	17	1	0	33.1	37	28	20	6	18	16
Lee Stange	1	0	5.24	16	0	0	22.1	28	13	13	5	6	14
Floyd Weaver	1	2	4.38	31	3	0	61.2	52	33	30	7	36	51
Wilbur Wood	9	13	2.81	77	0	21	121.2	118	50	38	7	43	85
Billy Wynne	1	4	5.32	12	9	0	44.0	54	30	26	8	24	19
	56	106	4.54	162	162	30	1430.1	1554	822	722	164	623	762

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Duluth-Superior, GCL White Sox

Notes

The White Sox' only worse records have been 49 wins against 102 losses in 1932, and 51 wins against 101 losses in 1948.

References

1970 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

References

"1970 Chicago White Sox Statistics".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/heldwo01.shtml Woodie Held] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wardpe01.shtml Pete Ward] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tamarjo01.shtml John Tamargo] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/richale01.shtml Lee Richard] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gossari01.shtml Rich Gossage] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayele01.shtml Lee Maye] at ''Baseball Reference''
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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