1970 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersVernon Stouffer
General managersAlvin Dark
ManagersAlvin Dark
TelevisionWJW-TV
RadioWERE (1300)
Seasons

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

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 10854 0.667 — 59–22 49–32
New York Yankees 9369 0.574 15 53–28 40–41
Boston Red Sox 8775 0.537 21 52–29 35–46
Detroit Tigers 7983 0.488 29 42–39 37–44
Cleveland Indians 7686 0.469 32 43–38 33–48
Washington Senators 7092 0.432 38 40–41 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1970 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK WSH
Baltimore —13–57–59–314–411–712–07–55–711–77–512–6
Boston 5–13—5–78–412–69–97–55–77–510–87–512–6
California 5–77–5—12–66–66–610–812–68–105–78–107–5
Chicago 3–94–86–12—6–66–67–117–116–125–72–164–8
Cleveland 4–146–126–66–6—7–118–47–56–68–107–511–7
Detroit 7–119–96–66–611–7—6–68–44–87–116–69–9
Kansas City 0–125–78–1011–74–86–6—12–65–131–117–116–6
Milwaukee 5–77–56–1211–75–74–86–12—5–133–9–18–105–7
Minnesota 7–55–710–812–66–68–413–513–5—5–713–56–6
New York 7–118–107–57–510–811–711–19–3–17–5—6–610–8
Oakland 5–75–710–816–25–76–611–710–85–136–6—10–2
Washington 6–126–125–78–47–119–96–67–56–68–102–10—

Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
22Ted FordRF
26Ted UhlaenderCF
27Roy FosterLF
11Tony Horton1B
8Ray FosseC
18Jack HeidemannSS
12Graig Nettles3B
24Eddie Leon2B
48Sam McDowellP

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Roster

1970 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
Rick Austin 31 18 0 2 1 0 0 0 .111 0
Buddy Bradford 75 163 25 32 6 1 7 23 .196 0
Larry Brown 72 155 17 40 5 2 0 15 .258 1
Lou Camilli 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Dean Chance 45 42 1 3 0 0 0 3 .071 0
Vince Colbert 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Steve Dunning 19 31 0 5 0 0 0 1 .161 0
Dick Ellsworth 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Ted Ford 26 46 5 8 1 0 1 1 .174 0
Ray Fosse 120 450 62 138 17 1 18 61 .307 1
Roy Foster 139 477 66 128 26 0 23 60 .268 3
Vern Fuller 29 33 3 6 2 0 1 2 .182 0
Rich Hand 35 41 2 6 0 0 0 5 .146 0
Steve Hargan 28 45 4 5 1 0 0 0 .111 0
Ken Harrelson 17 39 3 11 1 0 1 1 .282 0
Jack Heidemann 133 445 44 94 14 2 6 37 .211 2
Phil Hennigan 42 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 .143 0
Dennis Higgins 58 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 .250 0
Chuck Hinton 107 195 24 62 4 0 9 29 .318 0
Tony Horton 115 413 48 111 19 3 17 59 .269 3
Lou Klimchock 41 56 5 9 0 0 1 2 .161 0
Fred Lasher 43 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Eddie Leon 152 549 58 136 20 4 10 56 .248 1
John Lowenstein 17 43 5 11 3 1 1 6 .256 1
Sam McDowell 40 105 5 13 0 0 1 2 .124 0
Bob Miller 15 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 0
Steve Mingori 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Barry Moore 13 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 .095 0
Russ Nagelson 17 24 3 3 1 0 1 2 .125 0
Graig Nettles 157 549 81 129 13 1 26 62 .235 3
Mike Paul 30 26 2 4 0 0 0 0 .154 0
Vada Pinson 148 574 74 164 28 6 24 82 .286 7
Jim Rittwage 8 8 1 3 1 0 0 0 .375 0
Rich Rollins 42 43 6 10 0 0 2 4 .233 0
Duke Sims 110 345 46 91 12 0 23 56 .264 0
Ted Uhlaender 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; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Rick Austin 2 5 4.79 31 8 3 67.2 36 36 26 53
Dean Chance 9 8 4.24 45 19 4 155.0 80 73 59 109
Vince Colbert 1 1 7.26 23 0 2 31.0 25 25 16 17
Steve Dunning 4 9 4.96 19 17 0 94.1 55 52 54 77
Dick Ellsworth 3 3 4.53 29 1 2 43.2 23 22 14 13
Rich Hand 6 13 3.83 35 25 3 159.2 71 68 69 110
Steve Hargan 11 3 2.90 23 19 0 142.2 47 46 53 72
Phil Hennigan 6 3 4.02 42 1 3 71.2 34 32 44 43
Dennis Higgins 4 6 3.99 58 0 11 90.1 43 40 54 82
Fred Lasher 1 7 4.06 43 1 5 57.2 34 26 30 44
Sam McDowell 20 12 2.92 39 39 0 305.0 108 99 131 304
Bob Miller 2 2 4.18 15 2 1 28.0 14 13 15 15
Steve Mingori 1 0 2.66 21 0 1 20.1 8 6 12 16
Barry Moore 3 5 4.22 13 12 0 70.1 34 33 46 35
Mike Paul 2 8 4.81 30 15 0 88.0 51 47 45 70
Jim Rittwage 1 1 4.15 8 3 0 26.0 12 12 21 16
Team Totals 76 86 3.91 162 162 35 1451.1 675 630 689 1076

Award winners

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Wichita Aeros American Association Ken Aspromonte
AA Savannah Indians Southern League Ray Hathaway
A Reno Silver Sox California League Pinky May
A Sumter Indians Western Carolinas League Len Johnston
Rookie GCL Indians Gulf Coast League Joe Lutz

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Notes

  1. ↑ Horacio Piña page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Luis Tiant page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Chris Chambliss page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Tommy Smith page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Dennis Kinney page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Lou Klimchock page at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ 1970 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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