1970 California Angels | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Anaheim Stadium | |
City | Anaheim, California | |
Owners | Gene Autry | |
General managers | Dick Walsh | |
Managers | Lefty Phillips | |
Television | KTLA | |
Radio | KMPC (Dick Enberg, Don Wells, Dave Niehaus, Jerry Coleman) | |
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The 1970 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing third in the American League West with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses.
Offseason
[edit]- October 22, 1969: Rubén Amaro Sr. was released by the Angels.[1]
- October 24, 1969: Mel Queen was purchased by the Angels from the Cincinnati Reds.[2]
- November 25, 1969: Pedro Borbón, Vern Geishert and Jim McGlothlin were traded by the Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Alex Johnson and Chico Ruiz.[3]
- January 14, 1970: Bill Harrelson and Dan Loomer (minors) were traded by the Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Jack Fisher.[4]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Minnesota Twins | 98 | 64 | .605 | — | 51–30 | 47–34 |
Oakland Athletics | 89 | 73 | .549 | 9 | 49–32 | 40–41 |
California Angels | 86 | 76 | .531 | 12 | 43–38 | 43–38 |
Kansas City Royals | 65 | 97 | .401 | 33 | 35–44 | 30–53 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 65 | 97 | .401 | 33 | 38–42 | 27–55 |
Chicago White Sox | 56 | 106 | .346 | 42 | 31–53 | 25–53 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | WSH | |
Baltimore | — | 13–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 14–4 | 11–7 | 12–0 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 7–5 | 12–6 | |
Boston | 5–13 | — | 5–7 | 8–4 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 12–6 | |
California | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 12–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 8–10 | 7–5 | |
Chicago | 3–9 | 4–8 | 6–12 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 2–16 | 4–8 | |
Cleveland | 4–14 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 6–6 | — | 7–11 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 11–7 | |
Detroit | 7–11 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 11–7 | — | 6–6 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–11 | 6–6 | 9–9 | |
Kansas City | 0–12 | 5–7 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 12–6 | 5–13 | 1–11 | 7–11 | 6–6 | |
Milwaukee | 5–7 | 7–5 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–12 | — | 5–13 | 3–9–1 | 8–10 | 5–7 | |
Minnesota | 7–5 | 5–7 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 13–5 | 13–5 | — | 5–7 | 13–5 | 6–6 | |
New York | 7–11 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 11–1 | 9–3–1 | 7–5 | — | 6–6 | 10–8 | |
Oakland | 5–7 | 5–7 | 10–8 | 16–2 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 5–13 | 6–6 | — | 10–2 | |
Washington | 6–12 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 2–10 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- April 7, 1970: Jack Fisher was released by the Angels.[4]
- April 27, 1970: Aurelio Rodríguez and Rick Reichardt were traded by the Angels to the Washington Senators for Ken McMullen.[5]
- June 4, 1970: Mike Krukow was drafted by the Angels in the 32nd round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.[6]
- August 31, 1970: Tony González was purchased by the Angels from the Atlanta Braves.[7]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Joe Azcue | 114 | 351 | 85 | .242 | 2 | 25 |
1B | Jim Spencer | 146 | 511 | 140 | .274 | 12 | 68 |
2B | Sandy Alomar Sr. | 162 | 672 | 169 | .251 | 2 | 36 |
SS | Jim Fregosi | 158 | 601 | 167 | .278 | 22 | 82 |
3B | Ken McMullen | 124 | 422 | 98 | .232 | 14 | 61 |
LF | Alex Johnson | 156 | 614 | 202 | .329 | 14 | 86 |
CF | Jay Johnstone | 119 | 320 | 76 | .238 | 11 | 39 |
RF | Roger Repoz | 137 | 407 | 97 | .238 | 18 | 47 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Tom Egan | 79 | 210 | 50 | .238 | 4 | 20 |
Bill Voss | 80 | 181 | 44 | .243 | 3 | 30 |
Jarvis Tatum | 75 | 181 | 43 | .238 | 0 | 6 |
Billy Cowan | 68 | 134 | 37 | .276 | 5 | 25 |
Tommie Reynolds | 59 | 120 | 30 | .250 | 1 | 6 |
Chico Ruiz | 68 | 107 | 26 | .243 | 0 | 12 |
Tony González | 26 | 92 | 28 | .304 | 1 | 12 |
Aurelio Rodríguez | 17 | 63 | 17 | .270 | 0 | 7 |
Doug Griffin | 18 | 55 | 7 | .127 | 0 | 4 |
Mickey Rivers | 17 | 25 | 8 | .320 | 0 | 3 |
Ray Oyler | 24 | 24 | 2 | .083 | 0 | 1 |
Tom Silverio | 15 | 15 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Reichardt | 9 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Randy Brown | 5 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Hicks | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Marty Perez | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Clyde Wright | 39 | 260.2 | 22 | 12 | 2.83 | 110 |
Tom Murphy | 39 | 227.0 | 16 | 13 | 4.24 | 99 |
Rudy May | 38 | 208.2 | 7 | 13 | 4.01 | 164 |
Andy Messersmith | 37 | 194.2 | 11 | 10 | 3.01 | 62 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Greg Garrett | 32 | 74.2 | 5 | 6 | 2.65 | 53 |
Tom Bradley | 17 | 69.2 | 2 | 5 | 4.13 | 53 |
Lloyd Allen | 8 | 24.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.62 | 12 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ken Tatum | 62 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 2.94 | 50 |
Eddie Fisher | 67 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3.04 | 74 |
Paul Doyle | 40 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5.14 | 34 |
Dave LaRoche | 38 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3.44 | 44 |
Mel Queen | 34 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4.20 | 44 |
Steve Kealey | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.15 | 14 |
Wally Wolf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 5 |
Terry Cox | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 3 |
Harvey Shank | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Idaho Falls
Notes
[edit]- ^ Rubén Amaro at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Mel Queen at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Pedro Borbón at Baseball-Reference
- ^ a b Jack Fisher at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Ken McMullen at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Mike Krukow at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Tony González at Baseball-Reference
References
[edit]- 1970 California Angels team at Baseball-Reference
- 1970 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.