1970 Detroit Tigers season

1970 Detroit Tigers
1970 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Tiger Stadium
City	Detroit, Michigan
Owners	John Fetzer
General managers	Jim Campbell
Managers	Mayo Smith
Television	WJBK; (George Kell, Larry Osterman)
Radio	WJR; (Ernie Harwell, Ray Lane)
	Seasons
	Seasons

The 1970 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 79–83, 29 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.

Offseason

December 13, 1969: Tom Matchick was traded by the Tigers to the Boston Red Sox for Dalton Jones.^[1]
February 19, 1970: The Tigers' Cy Young Award winning pitcher, Denny McLain, was suspended from baseball "indefinitely" by MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn.
April 1, 1970: Kuhn announced that McLain's suspension would last until July 1, 1970. McLain missed the first 71 games of the 162-game season.

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	108	54	0.667	—	59–22	49–32
New York Yankees	93	69	0.574	15	53–28	40–41
Boston Red Sox	87	75	0.537	21	52–29	35–46
Detroit Tigers	79	83	0.488	29	42–39	37–44
Cleveland Indians	76	86	0.469	32	43–38	33–48
Washington Senators	70	92	0.432	38	40–41	30–51

1970 American League record Sources:
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	—

April 8, 1970: Tom Tresh was released by the Tigers.^[2]
August 2, 1970: Kevin Collins was purchased by the Tigers from the Montreal Expos.^[3]

1970 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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	Bill Freehan	117	395	95	.241	16	52
1B	Norm Cash	130	370	96	.259	15	53
2B	Dick McAuliffe	146	530	124	.234	12	50
SS	César Gutiérrez	135	415	101	.243	0	22
3B	Don Wert	128	363	79	.218	6	33
LF	Willie Horton	96	371	113	.305	17	69
CF	Mickey Stanley	142	568	143	.252	13	47
RF	Al Kaline	131	467	130	.278	16	71

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
Jim Northrup	139	504	132	.262	24	80
Elliott Maddox	109	258	64	.248	3	24
Dalton Jones	89	191	42	.220	6	21
Jim Price	52	132	24	.182	5	15
Gates Brown	81	124	28	.226	3	24
Ike Brown	56	94	27	.287	4	15
Ken Szotkiewicz	47	84	9	.107	3	9
Gene Lamont	15	44	13	.295	1	4
Russ Nagelson	28	32	6	.188	0	2
Kevin Collins	25	24	5	.208	1	3
Tim Hosley	7	12	2	.167	1	2

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mickey Lolich	40	272.2	14	19	3.80	230
Joe Niekro	38	213.0	12	13	4.06	101
Les Cain	29	180.2	12	7	3.84	156
Earl Wilson	18	96.0	4	6	4.41	74
Denny McLain	14	91.1	3	5	4.63	52

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Kilkenny	36	129.0	7	6	5.16	105
Bob Reed	16	46.1	2	4	4.86	26

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tom Timmermann	61	6	7	27	4.11	49
Fred Scherman	48	4	4	1	3.23	58
John Hiller	47	6	6	3	3.03	89
Daryl Patterson	43	7	1	2	4.85	55
Norm McRae	19	0	0	0	2.87	16
Fred Lasher	12	1	3	3	5.00	8
Jerry Robertson	11	0	0	0	3.68	11
Lerrin LaGrow	10	0	1	0	7.30	7
Dennis Saunders	8	1	1	1	3.21	8

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	Frank Carswell
AA	Montgomery Rebels	Southern League	Stubby Overmire
A	Rocky Mount Leafs	Carolina League	Max Lanier
A	Lakeland Tigers	Florida State League	Dick Tracewski
A-Short Season	Batavia Trojans	New York–Penn League	Joe Lewis
Rookie	Bristol Tigers	Appalachian League	Al Lakeman

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.
1970 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

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