1970 Cleveland Indians season

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 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.
Roster

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		120	450	138	.307	18	61
1B		115	413	111	.269	17	59
2B		152	549	136	.248	10	56
3B		157	549	129	.235	26	62
SS		133	445	94	.211	6	37
LF		139	477	128	.268	23	60
CF		141	473	127	.268	11	46
RF		148	574	164	.286	24	82

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
	110	345	91	.264	23	56
	107	195	62	.318	9	29
	75	163	32	.196	7	23
	72	155	40	.258	0	15
	41	56	9	.161	1	2
	26	46	8	.174	1	1
	17	43	11	.256	1	6
	42	43	10	.233	2	4
	17	39	11	.282	1	1
	29	33	6	.182	1	2
	17	24	3	.125	1	2
	16	15	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
	39	305	20	12	2.92	304
	35	159.2	6	13	3.83	110
	23	142.2	11	3	2.90	72
	19	94.1	4	9	4.96	77
	13	70.1	3	5	4.22	35

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
	45	155	9	8	4.24
	30	88	2	8	4.81
	31	67.2	2	5	4.79
	8	26	1	1	4.15

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
	58	4	6	11	3.99	82
	55	2	10	8	4.19	52
	42	6	3	3	4.02	43
	29	3	3	2	4.53	13
	23	1	1	2	7.26	17
	21	1	0	1	2.66	16
	15	2	2	1	4.18	-

Award winners

Ray Fosse, Gold Glove Award
All-Star Game
Farm system

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