1970 CLEVELAND INDIANS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 76-86 .469
Result: 5th in American League - East Division
Manager(s): Alvin Dark
General Manager: Alvin Dark
Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 729,752
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Cleveland Indians affiliate history

Oldest Player: Chuck Hinton (36)
Youngest Player: Jack Heidemann (20)
Longest Tenure: Sam McDowell (10)
Top Hitter: Vada Pinson (29)
Top Pitcher: Sam McDowell (4)
Top Draft Pick: Steve Dunning (#2)

Roster Continuity: 49.62%

American League Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
Baltimore	108	54	.667	--
NY Yankees	93	69	.574	15.0
Boston	87	75	.537	21.0
Detroit	79	83	.488	29.0
Cleveland	76	86	.469	32.0
Washington	70	92	.432	38.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
28	Vada Pinson	of	29	31	UDFA: 1956	MLB	148	574	74	164	28	6	24	82	7	6	28	69	3	7	0	6	12	.286	.319	.481	800	276	611	434	95	5.9	.287
12	Graig Nettles	3b	44	25	1965-4-74	MLB	157	549	81	129	13	1	26	62	3	1	81	77	3	3	0	0	12	.235	.336	.404	741	222	633	433	82	5.1	.231
24	Eddie Leon	ss-2b	54	23	1967-2-35	MLB	152	549	58	136	20	4	10	56	1	2	47	89	2	2	23	3	11	.248	.308	.353	661	194	624	452	63	3.7	.278
27	Roy Foster	of	39	24	UDFA: 1963	MLB	139	477	66	128	26	0	23	60	3	3	54	75	12	4	1	1	15	.268	.357	.468	824	223	545	369	84	6.2	.276
26	Ted Uhlaender	of	45	29	UDFA: 1961	MLB	141	473	56	127	21	2	11	46	3	6	39	44	1	3	3	8	6	.268	.321	.391	712	185	524	369	67	4.9	.272
8	Ray Fosse	c	-	23	1965-1-7	MLB	120	450	62	138	17	1	18	61	1	5	39	55	1	5	4	3	9	.307	.361	.469	830	211	497	333	80	6.5	.316
18	Jack Heidemann	ss	51	20	1967-1-11	MLB	133	445	44	94	14	2	6	37	2	4	34	88	2	8	4	10	7	.211	.265	.292	557	130	495	376	31	2.2	.244
11	Tony Horton	1b	-	25	-	MLB	115	413	48	111	19	3	17	59	3	2	30	54	4	5	0	5	18	.269	.321	.453	774	187	452	327	62	5.1	.271
9	Duke Sims	c	80	29	UDFA: 1959	MLB	110	345	46	91	12	0	23	56	0	4	46	59	6	1	1	0	5	.264	.360	.499	859	172	398	264	66	6.7	.259
23	Chuck Hinton	of	-	36	-	MLB	107	195	24	62	4	0	9	29	0	2	25	34	0	1	2	2	3	.318	.392	.477	869	93	224	142	37	7.1	.344
25	Buddy Bradford	of	-	25	UDFA: 1962	MLB	75	163	25	32	6	1	7	23	0	1	21	43	1	1	0	1	8	.196	.290	.374	665	61	186	141	15	2.9	.219
16	Larry Brown	ss-2b	-	30	-	MLB	72	155	17	40	5	2	0	15	1	0	20	14	0	1	3	2	6	.258	.339	.316	655	49	180	126	19	4.0	.280
48	Sam McDowell	p	78	27	UDFA: 1960	MLB	40	105	5	13	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	42	0	0	8	0	0	.124	.140	.152	293	16	115	100	-5	-1.3	.194
29	Lou Klimchock	3b-2b	-	30	-	MLB	41	56	5	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	9	1	1	0	1	1	.161	.213	.214	427	12	61	49	1	0.7	.170
22	Ted Ford	of	-	23	1966-1-11	MLB	26	46	5	8	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	13	0	0	1	0	0	.174	.224	.261	485	12	50	39	2	1.2	.219
34	Steve Hargan	p	81	27	UDFA: 1961	MLB	28	45	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	0	0	8	0	0	.111	.130	.133	264	6	54	48	-2	-1.0	.167
10	Rich Rollins	3b	-	32	-	MLB	42	43	6	10	0	0	2	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.283	.372	655	16	46	33	5	4.1	.222
29	John Lowenstein	of	-	23	1968-18-402	MLB	17	43	5	11	3	1	1	6	1	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	1	.256	.273	.442	715	19	44	33	6	4.5	.303
32	Dean Chance	p	-	29	-	MLB	45	42	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	32	0	0	4	1	0	.071	.111	.071	183	3	49	44	-5	-3.1	.273
45	Rich Hand	p	-	21	1969-1-1	MLB	35	41	2	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	11	0	0	5	2	0	.146	.159	.146	305	6	49	42	-1	-0.5	.187
40	Ken Harrelson	1b-of	-	28	-	MLB	17	39	3	11	1	0	1	1	0	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	1	.282	.378	.385	762	15	45	29	6	5.9	.294
13	Vern Fuller	2b	-	26	-	MLB	29	33	3	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.333	583	11	36	27	3	2.7	.217
46	Steve Dunning	p	-	21	1970-1-2	MLB	19	31	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	0	0	3	0	0	.161	.187	.161	349	5	35	29	-1	-0.9	.294
39	Mike Paul	p	-	25	1967-20-389	MLB	30	26	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	.154	.154	.154	308	4	27	23	-1	-0.9	.211
25	Russ Nagelson	of	-	25	1966-14-272	MLB	17	24	3	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.292	514	7	27	21	1	1.4	.143
31	Barry Moore	p	-	27	-	MLB	13	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	.095	.095	.095	190	2	22	21	-1	-1.7	.105
33	Rick Austin	p	-	23	1968-3-54	MLB	31	18	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.238	.167	405	3	21	16	0	-0.3	.250
17	Lou Camilli	ss-2b	-	23	1967-3-55	MLB	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.118	.000	118	0	17	16	-1	-2.4	.000
35	Dennis Higgins	p	-	30	UDFA: 1958	MLB	58	12	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.357	.250	607	3	15	11	1	1.7	.375
42	Jim Rittwage	p	-	25	-	MLB	8	8	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.500	875	4	8	5	2	9.5	.375
36	Fred Lasher	p	-	28	-	MLB	43	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	9	9	-	-	.000
38	Phil Hennigan	p	-	24	1966-4-60	MLB	42	7	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	2	0	0	.143	.400	.286	686	2	12	8	1	4.0	.250
33	Bob Miller	p	-	31	UDFA: 1958	MLB	15	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.333	.200	533	1	6	5	0	0.1	.250
42	Dick Ellsworth	p	-	30	-	MLB	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
44	Vince Colbert	p	-	24	1968-11-234	MLB	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
31	Steve Mingori	p	-	26	UDFA: 1965	MLB	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (36 players)							162	5463	649	1358	197	23	183	617	25	36	503	909	37	42	76	45	119	.249	.314	.394	708	2150	6124	4381	704	4.3	.266

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
48	Sam McDowell	4	27	UDFA: 1960	MLB	20	12	2.92	39	39	19	1	2	0	305.0	236	108	99	25	131	304	17	0	1.20	6.96	0.74	3.87	8.97	0.43	.271	0.94
45	Rich Hand	53	21	1969-1-1	MLB	6	13	3.83	35	25	3	1	5	3	159.2	132	71	68	27	69	110	1	2	1.26	7.44	1.52	3.89	6.20	0.63	.237	0.92
32	Dean Chance	-	29	-	MLB	9	8	4.24	45	19	1	1	14	4	155.0	172	80	73	18	59	109	7	1	1.49	9.99	1.05	3.43	6.33	0.54	.326	2.05
34	Steve Hargan	63	27	UDFA: 1961	MLB	11	3	2.90	23	19	8	1	1	0	142.2	101	47	46	14	53	72	4	0	1.08	6.37	0.88	3.34	4.54	0.74	.211	1.25
46	Steve Dunning	-	21	1970-1-2	MLB	4	9	4.96	19	17	0	0	1	0	94.1	93	55	52	16	54	77	3	0	1.56	8.87	1.53	5.15	7.35	0.70	.292	0.86
35	Dennis Higgins	46	30	UDFA: 1958	MLB	4	6	3.99	58	0	0	0	29	11	90.1	82	43	40	8	54	82	6	0	1.51	8.17	0.80	5.38	8.17	0.66	.305	0.91
39	Mike Paul	-	25	1967-20-389	MLB	2	8	4.81	30	15	1	0	3	0	88.0	91	51	47	13	45	70	2	0	1.55	9.31	1.33	4.60	7.16	0.64	.308	0.75
38	Phil Hennigan	-	24	1966-4-60	MLB	6	3	4.02	42	1	0	0	17	3	71.2	69	34	32	7	44	43	1	0	1.58	8.67	0.88	5.53	5.40	1.02	.291	1.10
31	Barry Moore	-	27	-	MLB	3	5	4.22	13	12	0	0	1	0	70.1	70	34	33	8	46	35	2	0	1.65	8.96	1.02	5.89	4.48	1.31	--	1.32
33	Rick Austin	-	23	1968-3-54	MLB	2	5	4.79	31	8	1	1	7	3	67.2	74	36	36	10	26	53	1	0	1.48	9.84	1.33	3.46	7.05	0.49	.320	1.14
36	Fred Lasher	57	28	-	MLB	1	7	4.06	43	1	0	0	13	5	57.2	57	34	26	6	30	44	1	0	1.51	8.90	0.94	4.68	6.87	0.68	.307	1.11
42	Dick Ellsworth	-	30	-	MLB	3	3	4.53	29	1	0	0	11	2	43.2	49	23	22	4	14	13	1	0	1.44	10.10	0.82	2.89	2.68	1.08	.306	1.35
44	Vince Colbert	-	24	1968-11-234	MLB	1	1	7.26	23	0	0	0	10	2	31.0	37	25	25	4	16	17	4	1	1.71	10.74	1.16	4.65	4.94	0.94	.320	1.70
33	Bob Miller	-	31	UDFA: 1958	MLB	2	2	4.18	15	2	0	0	6	1	28.0	35	14	13	1	15	15	0	0	1.79	11.25	0.32	4.82	4.82	1.00	.351	1.13
42	Jim Rittwage	-	25	-	MLB	1	1	4.15	8	3	1	0	0	0	26.0	18	12	12	0	21	16	2	0	1.50	6.23	0.00	7.27	5.54	1.31	.234	1.10
31	Steve Mingori	-	26	UDFA: 1965	MLB	1	0	2.66	21	0	0	0	8	1	20.1	17	8	6	2	12	16	1	0	1.43	7.52	0.89	5.31	7.08	0.75	.263	1.14
Totals: (36 players)						76	86	3.91	162	162	34	5	128	35	1,451	1333	675	630	183	689	1076	53	4	1.28	8.27	1.01	4.27	6.67	0.64	.298

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ray Fosse	C	120		854	70	10	7	.989	0.00
Duke Sims	C	39		277	13	2	2	.993	0.00
Chuck Hinton	C	4		28	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tony Horton	1B	112		898	73	6	106	.994	0.00
Chuck Hinton	1B	40		164	8	1	14	.994	0.00
Duke Sims	1B	29		180	18	3	15	.985	0.00
Ken Harrelson	1B	13		80	7	0	15	1.000	0.00
Vada Pinson	1B	7		19	1	0	2	1.000	0.00
Lou Klimchock	1B	5		35	1	0	4	1.000	0.00
Vern Fuller	1B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Sam McDowell	1B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Leon	2B	141		342	378	13	102	.982	0.00
Larry Brown	2B	16		28	25	1	6	.981	0.00
Vern Fuller	2B	16		18	16	3	4	.919	0.00
John Lowenstein	2B	10		12	31	0	5	1.000	0.00
Lou Klimchock	2B	5		4	8	0	2	1.000	0.00
Chuck Hinton	2B	3		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Lou Camilli	2B	2		4	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Sam McDowell	2B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Graig Nettles	3B	154		134	358	17	40	.967	0.00
Larry Brown	3B	17		10	18	2	2	.933	0.00
Rich Rollins	3B	5		1	2	2	1	.600	0.00
Vern Fuller	3B	4		0	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Chuck Hinton	3B	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
John Lowenstein	3B	2		1	6	2	1	.778	0.00
Buddy Bradford	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Lou Camilli	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Eddie Leon	3B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Rittwage	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jack Heidemann	SS	132		216	354	23	79	.961	0.00
Larry Brown	SS	27		34	62	5	15	.950	0.00
Eddie Leon	SS	23		26	40	5	10	.930	0.00
Lou Camilli	SS	3		0	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
John Lowenstein	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Vada Pinson	OF	141		265	8	5	3	.982	0.00
Ted Uhlaender	OF	134		225	5	2	1	.991	0.00
Roy Foster	OF	131		188	6	7	0	.965	0.00
Buddy Bradford	OF	64		119	1	2	0	.984	0.00
Duke Sims	OF	36		48	3	3	1	.944	0.00
Chuck Hinton	OF	35		36	4	1	0	.976	0.00
Ted Ford	OF	12		24	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Russ Nagelson	OF	4		5	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Graig Nettles	OF	3		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
John Lowenstein	OF	2		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dennis Higgins	P	58	90	7	14	1	0	.955	2.10
Dean Chance	P	45	155	3	20	2	2	.920	1.34
Fred Lasher	P	43	57	1	6	4	0	.636	1.10
Phil Hennigan	P	42	71	12	11	0	1	1.000	2.91
Sam McDowell	P	39	305	3	35	4	1	.905	1.12
Rich Hand	P	35	159	11	22	2	2	.943	1.87
Rick Austin	P	31	67	4	13	0	1	1.000	2.28
Mike Paul	P	30	88	2	6	1	1	.889	0.82
Dick Ellsworth	P	29	43	3	12	0	1	1.000	3.13
Vince Colbert	P	23	31	2	6	1	0	.889	2.32
Steve Hargan	P	23	142	13	24	0	3	1.000	2.34
Steve Mingori	P	21	20	3	3	1	0	.857	2.69
Steve Dunning	P	19	94	7	17	2	2	.923	2.30
Bob Miller	P	15	28	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.32
Barry Moore	P	13	70	4	14	0	1	1.000	2.31
Jim Rittwage	P	8	26	2	4	0	1	1.000	2.08

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