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1970 Cleveland Indians season

Field	Value
name	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)

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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.
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.
January 17, 1970: Chris Chambliss was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 4, 1970: 1970 Major League Baseball draft
- Tommy Smith was drafted by the Indians in the 5th round.
- Dennis Kinney was drafted by the Indians in the 10th round.
August 11, 1970: Lou Klimchock was released by the Indians.

Opening Day Lineup

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22	Ted Ford	RF
26	Ted Uhlaender	CF
27	Roy Foster	LF
11	Tony Horton	1B
8	Ray Fosse	C
18	Jack Heidemann	SS
12	Graig Nettles	3B
24	Eddie Leon	2B
48	Sam McDowell	P

Roster

1970 Cleveland Indians
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; AVG = Batting Average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
	31	18	0	2	1	0	0	0	.111	0
	75	163	25	32	6	1	7	23	.196	0
	72	155	17	40	5	2	0	15	.258	1
	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	45	42	1	3	0	0	0	3	.071	0
	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	19	31	0	5	0	0	0	1	.161	0
	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	26	46	5	8	1	0	1	1	.174	0
	120	450	62	138	17	1	18	61	.307	1
	139	477	66	128	26	0	23	60	.268	3
	29	33	3	6	2	0	1	2	.182	0
	35	41	2	6	0	0	0	5	.146	0
	28	45	4	5	1	0	0	0	.111	0
	17	39	3	11	1	0	1	1	.282	0
	133	445	44	94	14	2	6	37	.211	2
	42	7	1	1	1	0	0	1	.143	0
	58	12	1	3	0	0	0	1	.250	0
	107	195	24	62	4	0	9	29	.318	0
	115	413	48	111	19	3	17	59	.269	3
	41	56	5	9	0	0	1	2	.161	0
	43	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	152	549	58	136	20	4	10	56	.248	1
	17	43	5	11	3	1	1	6	.256	1
	40	105	5	13	0	0	1	2	.124	0
	15	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	0
	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	13	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	.095	0
	17	24	3	3	1	0	1	2	.125	0
	157	549	81	129	13	1	26	62	.235	3
	30	26	2	4	0	0	0	0	.154	0
	148	574	74	164	28	6	24	82	.286	7
	8	8	1	3	1	0	0	0	.375	0
	42	43	6	10	0	0	2	4	.233	0
	110	345	46	91	12	0	23	56	.264	0
	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
	2	5	4.79	31	8	3	67.2	74	36	36	26	53
	9	8	4.24	45	19	4	155.0	172	80	73	59	109
	1	1	7.26	23	0	2	31.0	37	25	25	16	17
	4	9	4.96	19	17	0	94.1	93	55	52	54	77
	3	3	4.53	29	1	2	43.2	49	23	22	14	13
	6	13	3.83	35	25	3	159.2	132	71	68	69	110
	11	3	2.90	23	19	0	142.2	101	47	46	53	72
	6	3	4.02	42	1	3	71.2	69	34	32	44	43
	4	6	3.99	58	0	11	90.1	82	43	40	54	82
	1	7	4.06	43	1	5	57.2	57	34	26	30	44
	20	12	2.92	39	39	0	305.0	236	108	99	131	304
	2	2	4.18	15	2	1	28.0	35	14	13	15	15
	1	0	2.66	21	0	1	20.1	17	8	6	12	16
	3	5	4.22	13	12	0	70.1	70	34	33	46	35
	2	8	4.81	30	15	0	88.0	91	51	47	45	70
	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

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pinaho01.shtml Horacio Piña page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tiantlu01.shtml Luis Tiant page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chambch01.shtml Chris Chambliss page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithto04.shtml Tommy Smith page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kinnede01.shtml Dennis Kinney page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/klimclo01.shtml Lou Klimchock page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE197004070.shtml 1970 Opening Day Lineup] at ''Baseball-Reference''
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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