1970 Boston Red Sox season

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1970  Boston Red Sox
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Fenway Park
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record87–75 (.537)
Divisional place3rd
Owner Tom Yawkey
President Tom Yawkey
General manager Dick O'Connell
Manager Eddie Kasko
Television WHDH-TV, Ch. 5
Radio WHDH-AM 850
(Ken Coleman, Ned Martin, Johnny Pesky)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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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.

Contents

Offseason

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.

Record by month [2]
MonthRecordCumulative AL East Ref.
WonLostWonLostPosition GB
April1181183rd (tie)2 [3]
May91720255th11+1⁄2 [4]
June141134364th10+1⁄2 [5]
July181352494th11 [6]
August161468634th17 [7]
September191287753rd20+1⁄2 [8]
October†0087753rd21 [9]
† Several other teams finished their season on October 1.

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. [10]

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 10854.667—59‍–‍2249‍–‍32
New York Yankees 9369.5741553‍–‍2840‍–‍41
Boston Red Sox 8775.5372152‍–‍2935‍–‍46
Detroit Tigers 7983.4882942‍–‍3937‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians 7686.4693243‍–‍3833‍–‍48
Washington Senators 7092.4323840‍–‍4130‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1970 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKWSH
Baltimore —13–57–59–314–411–712–07–55–711–77–512–6
Boston 5–13—5–78–412–69–97–55–77–510–87–512–6
California 5–77–5—12–66–66–610–812–68–105–78–107–5
Chicago 3–94–86–12—6–66–67–117–116–125–72–164–8
Cleveland 4–146–126–66–6—7–118–47–56–68–107–511–7
Detroit 7–119–96–66–611–7—6–68–44–87–116–69–9
Kansas City 0–125–78–1011–74–86–6—12–65–131–117–116–6
Milwaukee 5–77–56–1211–75–74–86–12—5–133–9–18–105–7
Minnesota 7–55–710–812–66–68–413–513–5—5–713–56–6
New York 7–118–107–57–510–811–711–19–3–17–5—6–610–8
Oakland 5–75–710–816–25–76–611–710–85–136–6—10–2
Washington 6–126–125–78–47–119–96–67–56–68–102–10—

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

  2 Mike Andrews 2B
  7 Reggie Smith CF
  8 Carl Yastrzemski   LF
  5 George Scott 1B
  6 Rico Petrocelli SS
25 Tony Conigliaro RF
  1 Luis Alvarado 3B
10 Jerry Moses C
43 Gary Peters P

Source: [12]

Roster

1970 Boston Red Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Mike Andrews 151589911492811765281.253.390
Rico Petrocelli 1575838215231329103167.261.473
Reggie Smith 14758010917632722741051.303.497
Carl Yastrzemski 1615661251862904010223128.329.592
Tony Conigliaro 1465608914920136116443.266.498
George Scott 127480501422451663444.296.467
Billy Conigliaro 114398591081631858335.271.462
Jerry Moses 923152683181635121.263.384
Luis Alvarado 59183194111011019.224.301
Tom Satriano 59165213991313021.236.358
Ducky Schofield 76139162612114021.187.245
John Kennedy 4312915337141706.256.419
George Thomas 3899133480213011.343.485
Bob Montgomery 2278814201406.179.244
Don Pavletich 3265491106110.138.185
Mike Fiore 415057000408.140.140
Joe Lahoud 1749612102507.245.388
Mike Derrick 243337100500.212.242
Carmen Fanzone 101503100302.200.267
Tommy Matchick 101421000002.071.071
Pitcher Totals1624454379122533021.178.247
Team Totals162553578614502522820374350594.262.428

Source:

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Ray Culp 17143.0433330251.12111048591197
Sonny Siebert 1583.4433330222.2207988560142
Gary Peters 16114.0634340221.222111410083155
Ken Brett 894.0741142139.1118716379155
Mike Nagy 654.4823200128.213871646456
Vicente Romo 734.0848106108.011551494371
Cal Koonce 343.54238276.16432302937
Sparky Lyle 173.886302067.16237293451
Gary Wagner 313.35380740.03621151920
Bill Lee 224.62115137.04820191419
Jim Lonborg 413.1894034.0331212921
Lee Stange 225.60200227.13424171214
Ed Phillips 025.32180023.22914141023
Chuck Hartenstein 038.05170119.02117171212
Ray Jarvis 013.94150016.017127148
José Santiago 0210.3280111.118131388
Roger Moret 103.243108.173342
Bobby Bolin 200.006028.020058
Dick Mills 002.452003.264133
John Curtis 0011.571002.144311
Team Totals87753.87162162441446.113917226225941003

Source:

Statistical leaders

Carl Yastrzemski Carl Yastrzemski 1976.jpg
Carl Yastrzemski
CategoryPlayerStatistic
Youngest player Roger Moret 20
Oldest player Ducky Schofield 35
Wins Above Replacement Carl Yastrzemski 9.5

Source: [13]

Batting

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
G Games played Carl Yastrzemski 161
PA Plate appearances Carl Yastrzemski698
AB At bats Mike Andrews 589
R Runs scoredCarl Yastrzemski125
H Hits Carl Yastrzemski186
2B Doubles Reggie Smith 32
3B Triples Reggie Smith7
HR Home runs Carl Yastrzemski40
RBI Runs batted in Tony Conigliaro 116
SB Stolen bases Carl Yastrzemski23
CS Caught stealing Carl Yastrzemski13
BB Base on balls Carl Yastrzemski128
SO Strikeouts George Scott 95
BA Batting average Carl Yastrzemski.329
OBP On-base percentage Carl Yastrzemski.452
SLG Slugging percentage Carl Yastrzemski.592
OPS On-base plus slugging Carl Yastrzemski1.044
OPS+ Adjusted OPS Carl Yastrzemski177
TB Total bases Carl Yastrzemski335
GIDP Grounded into double play Rico Petrocelli 16
HBP Hit by pitch Tony Conigliaro8
SH Sacrifice hits Ray Culp 5
SF Sacrifice flies Rico Petrocelli10
IBB Intentional base on balls Carl Yastrzemski12

Source: [13]

Pitching

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
W Wins Ray Culp 17
L Losses Ray Culp14
W-L % Winning percentage Vicente Romo .700 (7-3)
ERA Earned run average Ray Culp3.04
GGames pitched Sparky Lyle 63
GSGames started Gary Peters 34
GFGames finishedSparky Lyle40
CG Complete games Ray Culp15
SHO Shutouts Gary Peters4
SV Saves Sparky Lyle20
IP Innings pitched Ray Culp251+1⁄3
SO Strikeouts Ray Culp197
WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched Sonny Siebert 1.199

Source: [13]

Awards and honors

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Louisville Colonels International League Billy Gardner
AA Pawtucket Red Sox Eastern League Matt Sczesny
A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Bill Slack
A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League John Butler
A Greenville Red Sox Western Carolinas League Rac Slider
A-Short Season Jamestown Falcons New York–Penn League Jackie Jensen

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Winston-Salem, Greenville
Source: [15] [16]

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  4. ↑ "Events of Sunday, May 31, 1970".
  5. ↑ "Events of Tuesday, June 30, 1970".
  6. ↑ "Events of Friday, July 31, 1970".
  7. ↑ "Events of Monday, August 31, 1970".
  8. ↑ "Events of Wednesday, September 30, 1970".
  9. ↑ "Events of Thursday, October 1, 1970".
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