1970 Washington Senators season

The 1970 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 70 wins and 92 losses. This was the franchise's penultimate season in Washington, D.C.

Offseason

December 5, 1969: Dennis Higgins and Barry Moore were traded by the Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Horacio Piña, Ron Law and Dave Nelson.
December 31, 1969: John Roseboro was signed as a free agent by the Senators.
January 17, 1970: Bill Madlock was drafted by the Senators in the 5th round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed May 25, 1970.
March 21, 1970: Brant Alyea was traded by the Senators to the Minnesota Twins for Joe Grzenda and Charley Walters.
March 30, 1970: Pedro Ramos was signed as a free agent by the Senators.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

April 27, 1970: Pedro Ramos was released by the Senators.
April 27, 1970: Ken McMullen was traded by the Senators to the California Angels for Aurelio Rodríguez and Rick Reichardt.
May 11, 1970: Hank Allen and Ron Theobald were traded by the Senators to the Milwaukee Brewers for Wayne Comer.
June 4, 1970: 1970 Major League Baseball draft
*Rick Waits was drafted by the Senators in the 5th round.
*Bruce Sutter was drafted by the Senators in the 21st round, but did not sign.
August 19, 1970: John Roseboro was released by the Senators.
September 11, 1970: Lee Maye was selected off waivers from the Senators by the Chicago White Sox.

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	Paul Casanova	104	328	75	.229	6	30
1B	Mike Epstein	140	430	110	.256	20	56
2B	Tim Cullen	123	262	56	.214	1	18
SS		158	625	164	.262	1	40
3B	Aurelio Rodríguez	142	547	135	.247	19	76
LF	Frank Howard	161	566	160	.283	44	126
CF	Ed Stroud	129	433	115	.266	5	32
RF		96	255	67	.263	7	30

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
Del Unser	119	322	83	.258	5	30
Rick Reichardt	107	277	70	.253	15	46
Bernie Allen	104	261	61	.234	8	29
	69	166	35	.211	1	13
Wayne Comer	77	129	30	.233	0	8
Tom Grieve	47	116	23	.198	3	10
	47	107	17	.159	0	4
	46	86	20	.233	1	6
Ken McMullen	15	59	12	.203	0	3
	22	38	8	.211	0	4
Greg Goossen	21	36	8	.222	0	1
Dick Billings	11	24	6	.250	1	1
Jeff Burroughs	6	12	2	.167	0	1
Dick Nen	6	5	1	.200	0	0
	2	2	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
	36	230.2	16	12	3.00	134
Joe Coleman	39	218.2	8	12	3.58	152
Casey Cox	37	192.1	8	12	4.45	68
	24	118.0	8	6	4.42	67

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	SO
Jim Hannan	42	128.0	9	11	4.01	61
Jim Shellenback	39	117.1	6	7	3.68	57
	24	57.0	2	2	3.95	47
Dick Such	21	50.0	1	5	7.56	41
	8	33.2	2	2	4.81	19

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
	71	2	14	27	2.07	71
	61	5	3	6	2.79	41
	49	3	6	6	5.00	38
Denny Riddleberger	8	0	0	0	0.96	5
	5	0	0	0	2.70	4
Bob Humphreys	5	0	0	0	1.35	6
	5	0	0	0	1.50	2
	4	0	0	0	7.56	10

Awards and honors

Frank Howard, A.L. Home Run Champion 1970

'''All-Star Game'''