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1970 Washington Senators season

Field	Value
name	Washington Senators
season	1970
image	Washington Senators Cap Logo (1968 to 1971).svg
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	RFK Stadium
city	Washington, D.C.
record
league_place	6th
owners	Bob Short
managers	Ted Williams
television	WTOP
radio	WWDC (FM)
(Ron Menchine, Shelby Whitfield, Warner Wolf)
season_list	List of Texas Rangers seasons

(Ron Menchine, Shelby Whitfield, Warner Wolf) 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.
December 31, 1969: John Roseboro was signed as a free agent by the Senators.
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.
March 21, 1970: Brant Alyea was traded by the Senators to the Minnesota Twins for Joe Grzenda and Charley Walters.
March 30, 1970: Pedro Ramos was signed as a free agent by the Senators.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Hank Allen
Dick Bosman
Ed Brinkman
Paul Casanova
Mike Epstein
Frank Howard
Ken McMullen
Dave Nelson
Del Unser

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

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

Roster

1970 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers

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	Paul Casanova	104	328	75	.229	6	30
1B	Mike Epstein	140	430	110	.256	20	56
2B	Tim Cullen	123	262	56	.214	1	18
SS		158	625	164	.262	1	40
3B	Aurelio Rodríguez	142	547	135	.247	19	76
LF	Frank Howard	161	566	160	.283	44	126
CF	Ed Stroud	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
Del Unser	119	322	83	.258	5	30
Rick Reichardt	107	277	70	.253	15	46
Bernie Allen	104	261	61	.234	8	29
	69	166	35	.211	1	13
Wayne Comer	77	129	30	.233	0	8
Tom Grieve	47	116	23	.198	3	10
	47	107	17	.159	0	4
	46	86	20	.233	1	6
Ken McMullen	15	59	12	.203	0	3
	22	38	8	.211	0	4
Greg Goossen	21	36	8	.222	0	1
Dick Billings	11	24	6	.250	1	1
Jeff Burroughs	6	12	2	.167	0	1
Dick Nen	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
Joe Coleman	39	218.2	8	12	3.58	152
Casey Cox	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
Jim Hannan	42	128.0	9	11	4.01	61
Jim Shellenback	39	117.1	6	7	3.68	57
	24	57.0	2	2	3.95	47
Dick Such	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
Denny Riddleberger	8	0	0	0	0.96	5
	5	0	0	0	2.70	4
Bob Humphreys	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

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pinaho01.shtml Horacio Piña page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rosebjo01.shtml John Roseboro page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/madlobi01.shtml Bill Madlock page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alyeabr01.shtml Brant Alyea page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramospe01.shtml Pedro Ramos page at Baseball Reference]
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1970&t=WS2 1970 Washington Senators Roster by Baseball Almanac]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcmulke01.shtml Ken McMullen page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/allenha02.shtml Hank Allen page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/waitsri01.shtml Rick Waits page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/suttebr01.shtml Bruce Sutter page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayele01.shtml Lee Maye page at Baseball Reference]

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