1970 Boston Red Sox season

The 1970 Boston Red Sox season was the 70th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses, 21 games behind the Baltimore Orioles, who went on to win the AL championship and the 1970 World Series.

Offseason

December 13, 1969: Dalton Jones was traded by the Red Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Tom Matchick.

Regular season

The 1970s began with a new manager for the Red Sox. After the firing of Dick Williams near the end of the 1969 season, general manager Dick O'Connell reached down into the farm system again for a replacement and came up with Eddie Kasko, who had managed the Red Sox Triple-A farm team, the Louisville Colonels, to a second-place finish in 1969. Kasko had been a major league infielder from 1957 to 1966, with the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, and the Red Sox.
Kasko took over a team in transition in 1970. Its leading pitcher was Ray Culp, with 17 wins. Jim Lonborg, the superstar of 1967, still was not back in form and went 4–1. Carl Yastrzemski led the American League with a.329 batting average, and Tony Conigliaro appeared to have recovered from the horrible beaning of 1967, hitting.266, with 36 home runs and 116 RBIs. Reggie Smith hit.303, and George Scott had a banner year at.296, with 16 homers and 63 RBIs. Unfortunately, the Red Sox finished 21 games behind the rampaging Baltimore Orioles, who won 108 games and then went on to defeat the Cincinnati Reds in the 1970 World Series.
There were no scheduled doubleheaders this season at Fenway Park.

Notable transactions

May 28, 1970: Tom Matchick was traded by the Red Sox to the Kansas City Royals for Mike Fiore.
July 14, 1970: Chuck Hartenstein was acquired by the Red Sox from the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.

Opening Day lineup

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Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Mike Andrews	151	589	91	149	28	1	17	65	2	81	.253	.390
Rico Petrocelli	157	583	82	152	31	3	29	103	1	67	.261	.473
Reggie Smith	147	580	109	176	32	7	22	74	10	51	.303	.497
Carl Yastrzemski	161	566	125	186	29	0	40	102	23	128	.329	.592
Tony Conigliaro	146	560	89	149	20	1	36	116	4	43	.266	.498
George Scott	127	480	50	142	24	5	16	63	4	44	.296	.467
Billy Conigliaro	114	398	59	108	16	3	18	58	3	35	.271	.462
Jerry Moses	92	315	26	83	18	1	6	35	1	21	.263	.384
Luis Alvarado	59	183	19	41	11	0	1	10	1	9	.224	.301
Tom Satriano	59	165	21	39	9	1	3	13	0	21	.236	.358
Ducky Schofield	76	139	16	26	1	2	1	14	0	21	.187	.245
John Kennedy	43	129	15	33	7	1	4	17	0	6	.256	.419
George Thomas	38	99	13	34	8	0	2	13	0	11	.343	.485
Bob Montgomery	22	78	8	14	2	0	1	4	0	6	.179	.244
Don Pavletich	32	65	4	9	1	1	0	6	1	10	.138	.185
Mike Fiore	41	50	5	7	0	0	0	4	0	8	.140	.140
Joe Lahoud	17	49	6	12	1	0	2	5	0	7	.245	.388
Mike Derrick	24	33	3	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	.212	.242
Carmen Fanzone	10	15	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	2	.200	.267
Tommy Matchick	10	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.071	.071
Pitcher Totals	162	445	43	79	12	2	5	33	0	21	.178	.247
Team Totals	162	5535	786	1450	252	28	203	743	50	594	.262	.428

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Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Ray Culp	17	14	3.04	33	33	0	251.1	211	104	85	91	197
Sonny Siebert	15	8	3.44	33	33	0	222.2	207	98	85	60	142
Gary Peters	16	11	4.06	34	34	0	221.2	221	114	100	83	155
Ken Brett	8	9	4.07	41	14	2	139.1	118	71	63	79	155
Mike Nagy	6	5	4.48	23	20	0	128.2	138	71	64	64	56
Vicente Romo	7	3	4.08	48	10	6	108.0	115	51	49	43	71
Cal Koonce	3	4	3.54	23	8	2	76.1	64	32	30	29	37
Sparky Lyle	1	7	3.88	63	0	20	67.1	62	37	29	34	51
Gary Wagner	3	1	3.35	38	0	7	40.0	36	21	15	19	20
Bill Lee	2	2	4.62	11	5	1	37.0	48	20	19	14	19
Jim Lonborg	4	1	3.18	9	4	0	34.0	33	12	12	9	21
Lee Stange	2	2	5.60	20	0	2	27.1	34	24	17	12	14
Ed Phillips	0	2	5.32	18	0	0	23.2	29	14	14	10	23
Chuck Hartenstein	0	3	8.05	17	0	1	19.0	21	17	17	12	12
Ray Jarvis	0	1	3.94	15	0	0	16.0	17	12	7	14	8
José Santiago	0	2	10.32	8	0	1	11.1	18	13	13	8	8
Roger Moret	1	0	3.24	3	1	0	8.1	7	3	3	4	2
Bobby Bolin	2	0	0.00	6	0	2	8.0	2	0	0	5	8
Dick Mills	0	0	2.45	2	0	0	3.2	6	4	1	3	3
John Curtis	0	0	11.57	1	0	0	2.1	4	4	3	1	1
Team Totals	87	75	3.87	162	162	44	1446.1	1391	722	622	594	1003

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Statistical leaders

Category	Player	Statistic
Youngest player	Roger Moret	20
Oldest player	Ducky Schofield	35
Wins Above Replacement	Carl Yastrzemski	9.5

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Batting

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Pitching

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Awards and honors

Tony Conigliaro, Hutch Award

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Winston-Salem, Greenville
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