1970 Cleveland Indians

76-86 • 0.469 Win% • 5th in AL E

📊 Season Record

76 Wins
86 Losses
0.469 Win %
5th Rank
649 R 675 RA
Diff -26

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⚡ Quick Stats

649 Runs Scored
675 Runs Allowed
-26 Run Diff
728K Attendance

📈 vs. 1970 AL Average

Batting Avg .248 equal to the 1970 league average (.249)
OBP .311 3% below the 1970 league average (.320)
SLG .349 6% above the 1970 league average (.329)
Team ERA 3.91 5% worse than the 1970 league average (3.72)
Runs Scored 649 4% below the 1970 league average (676 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCleveland Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 728,209
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Avg per Game 8,990

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Chuck Hinton 0.318 2 Ray Fosse 0.307 3 Vada Pinson 0.286 4 Tony Horton 0.269 5 Ted Uhlaender 0.268

Home Runs

1 Graig Nettles 26 2 Vada Pinson 24 3 Roy Foster 23 4 Duke Sims 23 5 Ray Fosse 18

RBI

1 Vada Pinson 82 2 Graig Nettles 62 3 Ray Fosse 61 4 Roy Foster 60 5 Tony Horton 59
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Vada Pinson 148 574 74 164 0 0 24 82 28 69 7 0.286
Eddie Leon 152 549 58 136 0 0 10 56 47 89 1 0.248
Graig Nettles 157 549 81 129 0 0 26 62 81 77 3 0.235
Roy Foster 139 477 66 128 0 0 23 60 54 75 3 0.268
Ted Uhlaender 141 473 56 127 0 0 11 46 39 44 3 0.268
Ray Fosse 120 450 62 138 0 0 18 61 39 55 1 0.307
Jack Heidemann 133 445 44 94 0 0 6 37 34 88 2 0.211
Tony Horton 115 413 48 111 0 0 17 59 30 54 3 0.269
Duke Sims 110 345 46 91 0 0 23 56 46 59 0 0.264
Chuck Hinton 107 195 24 62 0 0 9 29 25 34 0 0.318
Buddy Bradford 75 163 25 32 0 0 7 23 21 43 0 0.196
Larry Brown 72 155 17 40 0 0 0 15 20 14 1 0.258
Sam McDowell 40 105 5 13 0 0 1 2 2 42 0 0.124
Lou Klimchock 41 56 5 9 0 0 1 2 3 9 0 0.161
Ted Ford 26 46 5 8 0 0 1 1 3 13 0 0.174
Steve Hargan 28 45 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 0.111
John Lowenstein 17 43 5 11 0 0 1 6 1 9 1 0.256
Rich Rollins 42 43 6 10 0 0 2 4 3 5 0 0.233
Dean Chance 45 42 1 3 0 0 0 3 2 32 0 0.071
Rich Hand 35 41 2 6 0 0 0 5 1 11 0 0.146
Ken Harrelson 17 39 3 11 0 0 1 1 6 4 0 0.282
Vern Fuller 29 33 3 6 0 0 1 2 3 9 0 0.182
Steve Dunning 19 31 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 14 0 0.161
Mike Paul 30 26 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.154
Russ Nagelson 17 24 3 3 0 0 1 2 3 9 0 0.125
Barry Moore 13 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.095
Rick Austin 31 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 0.111
Lou Camilli 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.000
Dennis Higgins 58 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0.250
Fred Lasher 43 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Jim Rittwage 8 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.375
Phil Hennigan 42 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0.143
Bob Miller 15 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.200
Dick Ellsworth 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Vince Colbert 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Steve Mingori 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Steve Hargan 2.90 2 Sam McDowell 2.92 3 Rich Hand 3.83 4 Dennis Higgins 3.99 5 Phil Hennigan 4.02

Wins

1 Sam McDowell 20 2 Steve Hargan 11 3 Dean Chance 9 4 Rich Hand 6 5 Phil Hennigan 6

Strikeouts

1 Sam McDowell 304 2 Rich Hand 110 3 Dean Chance 109 4 Dennis Higgins 82 5 Steve Dunning 77
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Sam McDowell 20 12 2.92 39 39 0 305.0 131 304
Rich Hand 6 13 3.83 35 25 3 159.2 69 110
Dean Chance 9 8 4.24 45 19 4 155.0 59 109
Steve Hargan 11 3 2.90 23 19 0 142.2 53 72
Steve Dunning 4 9 4.96 19 17 0 94.1 54 77
Dennis Higgins 4 6 3.99 58 0 11 90.1 54 82
Mike Paul 2 8 4.81 30 15 0 88.0 45 70
Phil Hennigan 6 3 4.02 42 1 3 71.2 44 43
Barry Moore 3 5 4.22 13 12 0 70.1 46 35
Rick Austin 2 5 4.79 31 8 3 67.2 26 53
Fred Lasher 1 7 4.06 43 1 5 57.2 30 44
Dick Ellsworth 3 3 4.53 29 1 2 43.2 14 13
Vince Colbert 1 1 7.26 23 0 2 31.0 16 17
Bob Miller 2 2 4.18 15 2 1 28.0 15 15
Jim Rittwage 1 1 4.15 8 3 0 26.0 21 16
Steve Mingori 1 0 2.66 21 0 1 20.1 12 16

👥 Roster (36)

Rick Austin Buddy Bradford Larry Brown Lou Camilli Dean Chance Vince Colbert Steve Dunning Dick Ellsworth Ted Ford Ray Fosse Roy Foster Vern Fuller +24 more

36 players

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